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ChoppinBroccoli

(3,764 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 01:58 PM Oct 2017

Beware: The RW Memes Are Being Circulated

I tried to post a picture of it, but couldn't get it to work, but a friend of mine on Facebook alerted me that one of her lesser evolved relatives was posting a meme that has been circulating claiming that they accessed the Las Vegas shooter's Facebook page and it was littered with pro-Obama/pro-Hillary stuff, that he was a major Democrat and a fan of Rachel Maddow, and that he belonged to a bunch of anti-Trump groups and was a member of some George Soros-funded group (does anyone else find it funny that RWers can't form a single idea without invoking the name of George Soros?)

I know from reading it HERE yesterday that the shooter had no social media presence, so I recognized this for the lie that it was as soon as I saw it, and I pointed that out. The person who posted it naturally didn't believe me (because of course he didn't), but many others after me followed and confirmed that it was a work of fiction.

I then pointed out that, isn't it funny that 99% of all the internet memes/emails/etc. that are proven to be false are pro-RW talking points? Gee, I wonder why that is. Probably because RW ideas are so good, and their policies so sound, and they have such a long record of success to trumpet.

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lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
1. The facebook page being referenced
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 02:00 PM
Oct 2017

was not that of the shooter, it was someone else associated with the GF of the shooter.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
3. But, but, but... there's a fuzzy youtube video of a white guy at a rally!
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 02:05 PM
Oct 2017

Clearly, if there was a white guy at a rally, it had to be him.

Ninsianna

(1,349 posts)
8. They have a ready and willing audience.
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 03:13 PM
Oct 2017

Note the TYT guy who was blaming the Dems and Obama for the shootinng somehow, that thread has the usual suspects attacking Democrats, including Zogby attacking Joy Reid and an LGBTQ journalist.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
9. I've seen 2 at a glance
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 03:14 PM
Oct 2017

I don't bother to read them

one about multiple shooters, something about a dead security guard and casino guards chasing another guard around, a man in the room next door saying their were multiple gunman blah blah blah

another one about how the gunman was tied to false flag, antifa and ISIS all at once!

stopbush

(24,376 posts)
10. Ha! Its just like Oliver Stone with his idiotic JFK movie.
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 03:23 PM
Oct 2017

EVERYONE hated JFK and wanted him dead: the mob, the Russians, the Cubans, the military, the Secret Service, LBJ etc. Not only that - all of these entities that were at war with each other somehow set their differences aside to kill JFK.

So, yeah, memes like these pick up on EVERY single person on the RW enemies list, wraps them up together and makes a rock solid case that...they’re nuts.

procon

(15,805 posts)
11. Seems like another example of divisive fake news churned out by Russian trolls.
Tue Oct 3, 2017, 03:37 PM
Oct 2017

This latest episode of domestic terrorism gives the Russians ample opportunities to attack us using multiple cyber fronts.

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