Unbelievable the BS going around

@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
October 27, 2021 10:26pm CST
The level of political nastiness in this country just escalates and escalates. Hanging Obama in effigy, pretend cutting off Trump's head, etc. etc. And Facebook allows people to post the most blatant lies. The most recent one is a picture of Joe Biden with his wife Jill claiming that she was his babysitter and that he was messing around with her when she was underage and that he married her at 18 right after his first wife died. The problem is, this is easily fact checked. They met when she was 24 and married when she was 26, and they met several years after his first wife's death. Good grief, people. There are enough actual issues that we can talk about and disagree on or agree on, criticize factually, etc. Why do we need to make up lies, and why do people feel they need to spread them, deny they're false, etc.? Ugh.
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@Deepizzaguy (102814)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Oct 21
I agree that slander of persons that we do not agree with is terrible.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Oct 21
Seriously, there's enough legitimate stuff to criticize if you disagree with someone's politics.
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@Deepizzaguy (102814)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Oct 21
@dawnald I know how that feels. Also if you criticize a sports star.
• United States
30 Oct 21
As bad as it is now, I expect that it shall get worse. The trajectory that we are on as a country is not a good one.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
30 Oct 21
No argument there.
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@BarBaraPrz (47308)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Oct 21
Reality is different for different people, who seem to live in parallel worlds...
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Oct 21
In this country they live side by side
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@jstory07 (139697)
• Roseburg, Oregon
28 Oct 21
I always check things like that when I see things about the President. Facts are easy to check.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Oct 21
This one was super easy to check
@Yadah04 (3363)
• Philippines
28 Oct 21
If only every user is responsible enough to post or share what they have proved is the truth then lies wouldn't be so widespread.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
28 Oct 21
I wish, but people zone in to what their biases are and share things. That's bad enough, but then some of them double down and stick to the lie even when proven wrong.
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@Luap1050 (876)
5 Dec 21
Its always gonna be one thing or another... people love to find something to target or complain about...