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Republicans already peddling a silly conspiracy theory on Iowa ballots? (Original Post) Seasider Nov 4 OP
Don't believe anything you read from a random source on social media. TwilightZone Nov 4 #1
Didn't say I believed it Seasider Nov 4 #3
Facebook is a cesspool of stupidity. AZ8theist Nov 4 #2
Oh good grief. progressoid Nov 4 #4
This is the kind of crap that the Russians would be moniss Nov 5 #5

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
1. Don't believe anything you read from a random source on social media.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 10:05 PM
Nov 4

Especially it's a repost of a repost and nobody in the chain is a legitimate source.

Everything after "A friend told me..." or "A friend posted this..." is almost always false.

Assume everything is false until proven otherwise. Saves a lot of time.

AZ8theist

(6,527 posts)
2. Facebook is a cesspool of stupidity.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 10:26 PM
Nov 4

I don't bother with it, but see excerpts from Facebook Science.
There are some truly dumb, dumb, DUMB people there.
America is loaded with "morans".......it's the reason we have to deal with the KING IMBECILE, Dotard.

The Russians know this. That's why they flood it with bots. They know a vast number of Americans are really stupid and easy to manipulate.

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