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Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts) Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:40 PM Jun 2014

A popular GOP meme debunked! Share this with your friends who still believe the lies.

Normally, I would put this in propaganda debunking; however, due to the timeliness of this, I thought I'd bring it here:

This is from the Facebook page "The Bayou Progressive"

This is the propaganda:

This is the debunk:

A popular GOP meme debunked! Share this with your friends who still believe the lies.

These 6 men did NOT die looking for Bowe Bergdahl, the POW President Obama brought home. This is how these 6 brave soldiers REALLY DIED and the dates:

Pvt. 1st Class Morris Walker died Aug. 18 in Dila, Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Also killed was Staff Sgt. Clayton P. Bowen.

Army Staff Sgt. Kurt Curtiss, 27, was fatally shot Aug. 25 in a firefight as his unit tried to clear a group of insurgents out of a hospital in Paktika province.

Complete article at above link

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A popular GOP meme debunked! Share this with your friends who still believe the lies. (Original Post) Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2014 OP

the worst part is Skittles Jun 2014 #1

The worst part is that 9/10 low information readers will swallow it whole Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2014 #2

I had a fb "friend"... HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #3

I've had similar experiences Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2014 #4

Yep, or even just plain logic. ex: HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #5

Skittles

(153,138 posts)

1. the worst part is

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:43 PM

Jun 2014

repukes do not give a DAMN about live soldiers OR dead soldiers

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

2. The worst part is that 9/10 low information readers will swallow it whole

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 7, 2014, 10:44 PM

Jun 2014

...and I know some who will label the debunk a lie.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

3. I had a fb "friend"...

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 12:10 AM

Jun 2014

... a former co-worker... who would constantly post the latest RW poutrage du jour. Naturally, I'd debunk it... after all, if you're posting stuff on fb you're inviting comments, right? So, after repeatedly debunking the falsehoods he was posting, he eventually "unfriended" me. No great loss. But it does illustrate that these people aren't interested in being informed or educated. They want to live in a bubble where their bigotry, ignorance, and fantasies get positive reinforcement from others, and contradictive evidence that causes them cognitive dissonence isn't present. Thats why Limbaugh, Beck, Palin, Cruz, and the others are so popular with the wingnuts.

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)

4. I've had similar experiences

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #3)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 08:43 AM

Jun 2014

If you site Snopes, for example, they'll respond that Snopes is a George Soros -funded tool of the administration.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

5. Yep, or even just plain logic. ex:

Reply to Algernon Moncrieff (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 10:36 AM

Jun 2014

him: " Obama stole the election in '12 with the help of ACORN".
me: "ACORN was defunded and closed in '10. "
him: "liar! Thats just a media lie"
etc...

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