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All-In [42021]
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InfoWars and the MAGA kids
Jan 23, 2019, 2:44 PM
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Okay, so we all know the Covington kids aren't the little demons as they were originally portrayed. They were the targets. And we've established the professional media as a whole dropped the ball. They've run corrections and now have the story right, but obviously there is some need of self-reflection on their part.
Which is why I wasn't surprised that InfoWars comes in over the top landblasting the media as a whole for getting the story wrong at first. And, of course, I recognize that probably 99 percent of you reading this know InfoWars is a BS, fake news website. Those who actually believe it are a few among us.
But therein lies the problem.
Let's hop back to February of last year following the Parkland school shooting. InfoWars led the charge in libeling the survivors of the shooting by calling them paid crisis actors and declaring the shooting a conspiracy, just like they did with Sandy Hook (Alex Jones is now being sued over this). They offered no retraction (THIS is a time when a retraction is used).
We see this emerge from people who consume sites like InfoWars and their like. Declare the professional media conspirators and manifesting this grand agenda (quite laughable that anyone thinks they're all assisting each other; for example, the NY Times and WaPo are staunch competitors) while believing any amount of horse crap spewed by those sites.
The difference we see is clear: The professional media has, collectively, over this Covington story pulled an "Oops, our bad" and made the corrections.
These fringe websites never do that. And short of a libel suit, there are no consequences for actions.
Thus, Americans who devour those sites, and a select few on here, take these fiction sites as garbage and actually believe everything in the major media is made up (while at the same time claiming they don't watch or read the major media).
And as a side note, I fully expect the main Covington boy and his parents to file libel/slander suits, but his attorney needs to tell him to stop giving interviews and remaining in the public spotlight.
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Infowars is a lunatic fringe website.
Jan 23, 2019, 2:47 PM
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So yes.. I agree we should certainly not give an ounce of credibility to anyone using it as reference material.
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But there's the rub...
Jan 23, 2019, 2:50 PM
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At some point, it becomes dangerous and harmful, like with Parkland.
It would be like the WaPo sticking to the original version of the Covington story and some of us here continuing to push the narrative. And to be fair, I have seen some individuals elsewhere continuing to try to place the blame on the kids despite the facts to the contrary.
I dunno. Some disturbing refusal to let go of preferred narratives nowadays.
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CU Medallion [73569]
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do you care if the lib wacko sites retract anything?
Jan 23, 2019, 2:53 PM
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who gives a flip what blogs do. Trying to lump a blog to legit news orgs is a little disingenuous.
I'm more concerned about "legit" orgs.
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110%er [7026]
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As of this morning,
Jan 23, 2019, 2:58 PM
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the MSNBC website still had "Native American man harassed by high schoolers, tells his story" on the front page.
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All-In [42021]
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Plenty of people do. That's the problem.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:10 PM
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Not a fan of lib wacko sites, either.
And I care about any website not retracting an intentionally made-up story that causes harm to innocent people.
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Oculus Spirit [79400]
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What if they retract an intentionally made up story, but
Jan 23, 2019, 3:17 PM
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continue to try to push their original narrative by posting those pics of the 'blackout'? There was, and continues to be plenty of that going on.
They're pulling the predictable, "Ok, we were wrong about the situation.....this time. BUT LOOK, I SWEAR THEY GOT A RACISM PROBLEM, so we're not totally wrong!!"
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CU Medallion [73569]
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meanwhile, black israelites laughing it up
Jan 23, 2019, 3:20 PM
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same goes for Antifa and all the Soros backed groups created to create problems
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lol***
Jan 23, 2019, 3:24 PM
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CU Medallion [73569]
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good luck on that. you have a billions websites
Jan 23, 2019, 3:18 PM
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spreading 9/11 conspiracies.
Flat earthers.
you have vial liberal websites that millions of libs read, etc....
free speech.
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What needs to happen is for these "fringe" sites
Jan 23, 2019, 2:48 PM
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and the legitimate ones as well to find the Black Hebrew Israelites involved, interview them, and then we will find out if the LEFT will reject them and their rhetoric....
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I would be honestly shocked...
Jan 23, 2019, 2:50 PM
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To see any of them agree to an interview now that the real video is out.
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Oh they would.. They believe what they say wholeheartedly.
Jan 23, 2019, 2:53 PM
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But the media would never put themselves in the line of that fire. That's a lose lose for them. And they'll end up being called racist for it in the end by the radical social media mob.
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Re: Oh they would.. They believe what they say wholeheartedly.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:41 PM
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Yeah but lets be real, we would all pay to see Alex Jones vs. BHI. Especially if Paul Finebaum was the moderator.
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110%er [7026]
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Take my $$$$***
Jan 23, 2019, 3:47 PM
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Agree, but the attempt should be made
Jan 23, 2019, 2:56 PM
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Maybe the effort will drive them back into hiding....
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How do you know what Infowars is saying
Jan 23, 2019, 2:49 PM
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about this?
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Some of my Facebox friends have poor judgment.***
Jan 23, 2019, 2:51 PM
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Ah, I see.
Jan 23, 2019, 2:57 PM
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If they are sharing stories from there, which I have experienced, you can use the option of "muting" everything from the InfoWars page. Then you'll no longer see them, no matter how many of your friends post them.
If they are posting a link, maybe not so easy. If they were frequent offenders, I'd probably choose to unfollow the friend.
That is, if avoiding the InfoWars stories is something you would desire.
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I generally like to know that people I know are posting
Jan 23, 2019, 2:59 PM
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things like that. Lets me know to avoid these people because they are ignorant or stupid or both..
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Well, like I said, you can unfollow a friend...
Jan 23, 2019, 3:01 PM
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Which means you'll never see what they post, unless you go to their page on purpose, or perhaps if another friend interacts with their posts.
If you want to rule out all opportunities of interaction, that would be the "block" option, but that would also prevent them from seeing your posts, which is usually option I don't exercise.
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I actually was.. lol***
Jan 23, 2019, 3:05 PM
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It takes a lot to get unfollowed or removed from my list
Jan 23, 2019, 3:09 PM
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Here are the people I've unfollowed or unfriended:
-Someone who sent me endless Candy Crush invites.
-Someone who posted about the same #### so many times in one day that I couldn't see any else's stuff.
-Someone who wouldn't stop posting about their kids' bodily functions and asking me to pray for them. Also was an anti-vaxxer.
-An old high school classmate who I never knew that well who kept calling herself "Star Child" when she posted. Nope. Bye.
-Two people who kept spreading the Parkland shooting lies.
Other than that, I'm pretty strict about not removing someone over politics or anything else. I'd rather debate, discuss, and try to reason. I still like to share a beer with those people anyway.
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I see, no problem.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:13 PM
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I tried interacting with my friends on political subjects around the time of the 2016 election, and it did not go well, and I vowed never to do it again. I'd rather pretend my friends don't have political opinions.
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No way, dude.
Jan 23, 2019, 9:59 PM
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Where else will I see old high school classmates peddling Rodan and Fields ####?
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My friends don't offend me and there's no problem.
Jan 23, 2019, 3:33 PM
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He asked me where I saw the article, and I answered him.
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Oculus Spirit [80978]
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There's a problem enough that you made a post regarding
Jan 23, 2019, 3:44 PM
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info wars. They make wild, outlandish, ridiculous claims all the time. Why does that website bother you today?
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Pretty sure I explained it.***
Jan 23, 2019, 3:48 PM
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whatevs. I might have to hunt down that kid to cash in on
Jan 23, 2019, 3:04 PM
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the beej from that SNL writer.
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knew this was coming sooner or later***
Jan 23, 2019, 3:05 PM
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if you ever turn your keen mind to the way the left gets a
Jan 23, 2019, 3:32 PM
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pass on everything by the media, please advise.
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so CNN = InfoWars? ooooookay
Jan 23, 2019, 3:42 PM
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Infowars is a fringe of the fringe on the far right fringe. To equate their actions to that of CNN, CNBC and the like really tells me a whole lot about CNN et al.
A free Press does not equal a free to do and say as they please with no repercussions Press.
Info wars is being sued as you say. CNN et al should suffer the same fate. However a lawsuit may send InfoWars the way of Gawker. The same suit would be a blip on the insurance premium of CNN.
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Re: so CNN = InfoWars? ooooookay
Jan 23, 2019, 3:44 PM
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CNN is garbage. Why do righties always prop up CNN?
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InfoWars are Kooks. Why does the left run there to justify
Jan 23, 2019, 3:48 PM
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your hate?
I couldnt tell you what InfoWars says. ..... Because they are batshit crazy.
But the mainstream news media is the equivalent on the left of InfoWars on the right.....Per the OP
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No, that's not "Per the OP".
Jan 23, 2019, 6:49 PM
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You can only interpret that if you have poor reading comprehension.
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Ummmm
Jan 23, 2019, 6:48 PM
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How on earth did you take any of what you just typed out of my post? Go back and read it again.
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Was expecting them to claim they were actors or something
Jan 23, 2019, 3:54 PM
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The problem is that every time the real media lazily goes along with a story because it fits into their narrative, it also feeds the narrative of the conspiracy theorists. Conspiracy theorists can't see things as isolated screw ups, it's always got to be evidence of a wider corruption.
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Re: Was expecting them to claim they were actors or something
Jan 23, 2019, 3:57 PM
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Exactly.
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Re: That was two pretty big screw ups in a week, though***
Jan 23, 2019, 4:18 PM
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Luckily for the left, Fox came in hot and blew it themselves for a sec jumping the gun.
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Re: Was expecting them to claim they were actors or something
Jan 23, 2019, 6:51 PM
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That's a good point. The nut job sites see correlation, or at least try to fool their weak-minded readers that it's there for ad clicks.
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Re: InfoWars and the MAGA kids
Jan 23, 2019, 4:02 PM
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I might kinda find the infowars conspiracy theories entertaining, if they didn't suggest conspiracies that revolved around school shootings. That crosses a line. I don't ever look at their site...mainly for that reason
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