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Nevilledog

(51,055 posts) Sun Oct 11, 2020, 04:41 PM Oct 2020

"Here's how disinformation spreads."

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Tweet text: Will Sommer
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Here's how disinformation spreads. Someone is shot at a rally in Denver, various right-wing personalities instantly claim antifa did it and rack up thousands of RTs. The police say the suspect wasn't connected to antifa, but that gets a fraction of the attention.

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"Here's how disinformation spreads." (Original Post) Nevilledog Oct 2020 OP

There's nothing like... Newest Reality Oct 2020 #1

Yup. Nevilledog Oct 2020 #2

There are still people to this day that believe COVID is a hoax by the Democrats. StarryNite Oct 2020 #3

The story is on page one. CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #4

Who was it, who said "A lie goes around the world before the truth can get it's pants on"? nt Hugin Oct 2020 #5

Woops, everyone thinks that's Mark Twain, but apparently not ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2020 #6

I knew it wasn't Twain... Hugin Oct 2020 #7

The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #8

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

1. There's nothing like...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 04:46 PM

Oct 2020

Making a fictional painting of your own custom enemy and then fighting it.

It's like shadow boxing with a portrait.

Nevilledog

(51,055 posts)

2. Yup.

Reply to Newest Reality (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 04:49 PM

Oct 2020

We're not immune to jumping to conclusions sometimes. However, the difference is we ask questions and accept it when facts show we were in error. For these assholes, nothing shakes their mistaken beliefs.

StarryNite

(9,442 posts)

3. There are still people to this day that believe COVID is a hoax by the Democrats.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 04:49 PM

Oct 2020

And that wearing masks can make you sick.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

4. The story is on page one.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 05:08 PM

Oct 2020

The retraction is on page 27.

Besides, they believe what they want to believe. Pizza places beware those damn fools of "LGBTQAnon" (wanna start a rumor?)..

Hugin

(33,100 posts)

5. Who was it, who said "A lie goes around the world before the truth can get it's pants on"? nt

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 05:11 PM

Oct 2020

eppur_se_muova

(36,256 posts)

6. Woops, everyone thinks that's Mark Twain, but apparently not ...

Reply to Hugin (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 05:35 PM

Oct 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/books/famous-misquotations.html

Hugin

(33,100 posts)

7. I knew it wasn't Twain...

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #6)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 06:09 PM

Oct 2020

But, for some reason Jonathan Swift doesn't stick in my head.

Thanks!

keithbvadu2

(36,722 posts)

8. The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Oct 11, 2020, 06:29 PM

Oct 2020

The only organized 'Antifa' seems to be Trump supporters showing up with their spray paint, Molotov cocktails, or guns, pretending to be protesters.

And now Trumpsters pretending to be part of BLM protests.

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