PLEASE don't allow the spread of hate via lies

[Egghead_Jr]

I never lie.

Dang! Did it again...

 

[Ridgerunner]

Thanks for the link.

You know it’s bad when a husband sends follow-up emails to apologize for what his wife just sent out. Unfortunately through mutual acquaintances, we are on her mailing list. In her case it is more gullibility or dementia than pure hatred, but someone started those email chains.

Some other scams to watch out for are those where they say to contact your representative or senator about a certain bill, usually sent without a link to the actual bill. Occasionally there might be something to it, but often the bill has already been defeated, sometimes years ago, or a lot of the time, the bill does not even apply to what they say it does. For example, "This bill is going to shut down backyard chickens" when practically always, it is aimed at the big commercial operations and we are already in the exemptions. If you look it up, you'll find the bill usually does not do what they say it will do, if it is even still active.

The other one I don't like is where they want you to save certain animals from being destroyed by whomever. There are a lot of people that bite on these. Practically always the herd or flock has gotten so densely populated that they are in danger of being decimated by starvation and disease and are doing property damage. The numbers are just out of control. Proper herd and flock management to keep the numbers at a good level means a healthy herd or flock. Most of the time, humane methods are being used to get the numbers back under control.

Another one I don't like is when they take things out of context and present it as ridiculous, when it is really not. I've even seen these on network news, like the shrimp on a treadmill. A responsible news story would explain what they are trying to learn and why they chose shrimp. Would you prefer they used elephants? Maybe shrimp are cheaper than elephants and still give good results. I'm not opposed to some pure science research, but usually there is a valid reason for what they are doing. I don't remember the details of the shrimp one, maybe what happens to your muscles when they get tired so they could better understand how certain medicines react, but I'm not sure. But next time you see something ridiculed, stop and think if you are getting the whole story.

See, I just did it. I don't remember exactly why they were using shrimp or what they hoped to learn. But now someone will possibly spread as fact that it was for medical research. I really don't remember.

Enough of my ranting. I totally agree. Don't believe everything you see on social media, whatever form, until you perform your own due diligence.

 

[fuzziebutt]

There is truthorfiction.com, and for true details about killed Christians around the world, and what you can do to help stop it, Voice of the Martyrs is the best.

 

[Imp]

Everything posted on the internet is true!

Imp

 

[KristyHall]

I knew it, Imp thanks for setting me strait!

*resumes reading "LOL cats"*

 

[Imp]

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Have to leave for work in a couple minutes. Now I'll leave laughing.

Imp

 

[xchairity_casex]

i like the "hopeful" uplifting stories though even though im sure most of them are made up like the women who died saving her son when a building crumbled on top of her.
i dont care if those are made up they are sad but uplifting to hear makes you think "wow thats amazing"

 

[WingingIt]

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I did this with my Dad's wife. She'd send out those panic emails. You know, the ones about the guy hiding under your car at the gas station to slit your ankles, then when you fall down, he knocks you out with a perfume sample, locks you in the trunk and uses your GPS and keys to go rob your house, then you are killed by accident because he flashes his headlights at another car during the get away and they are a gang member, so they shoot him and the car crashes down a ravine and you are never found....

THOSE kinds of helpful emails. I kept sending her links proving them wrong and asked her to quit sending them to me, but she kept doing it.
So I'd "reply all" with a note that, once again, her email is wrong, I've told her where to check them, but she won't, so I'm correcting it for her by contacting all of you.

She FINALLY got the hint and quit sending me crap. I bet the rest still get them, though. lol

 

[frostbite]

I agree that there is way too much misinformation that gets forwarded. It annoys me no end when legitimate causes or ideas or issues are sullied by the fraudulent arguments of the zealots, and diminished further by the enthusiasm of the gullible. It seems that every cause under heaven has those those who care more about winning than they care about truth. We all just have to be wise about these things, "....as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves."

 

[Royd]

Let's stay on topic, folks.
~Wynette, Moderator​