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Archae

(46,335 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 08:37 PM Nov 2014

Dumbest guy on the Internet won't admit he was wrong...

New Police Videos Released Show Uninjured Darren Wilson

Remember how we heard about Darren Wilson's terrible injuries received while he was trying to stop Michael Brown from the horrible crime of jaywalking?

Now we have living proof that there was nothing like that "fractured eye socket" injury the Dumbest Man on the Internet Jim Hoft claimed.

Little Green Footballs:

Two videos released today by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch show Officer Darren Wilson (in a white T-shirt) at the police station immediately after he shot Michael Brown to death in Ferguson; the first shows him leaving the station to go to the hospital, the second shows him returning from the hospital.

These videos are the final word on St. Louis hate-blogger Jim Hoft’s “fractured eye socket” hoax — because there are absolutely no visible injuries to Wilson’s face, and when he returns from the hospital there are no bandages, either. If he was indeed struck by Michael Brown, it could not have been severe enough to fracture his eye socket; by this time there would have been severe pain and swelling, but here we see Wilson walking casually with no assistance and in no apparent discomfort. Hardly the behavior of a man who had just suffered a “savage beating,” as Jim Hoft (and other right wing media) claimed.

So how does Hoft react to this definitive proof that his story was false? By linking to his “fractured eye socket” post and repeating his claim that Wilson was “severely injured,” of course — right under the video that shows it to be a lie.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/new-police-videos-released-show-uninjured

http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2013/10/769-jim-hoft.html

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Dumbest guy on the Internet won't admit he was wrong... (Original Post) Archae Nov 2014 OP

That is actually part of the stupidity syndrome... Kalidurga Nov 2014 #1

Hoft doesn't give a damn how false a story is. Archae Nov 2014 #2

I had a feeling that was going to tick me off Kalidurga Nov 2014 #3

The dumbest guy on the Internet is also the most ethically challenged on the Internet. Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #4

I had just watched the video before I came over to DU mimi85 Nov 2014 #5

Wilson has already gotten away with it. This would have been explosive if Chakab Nov 2014 #7

Sad to say, you're right. mimi85 Nov 2014 #9

The media narrative now is all about the riot they KNOW will happen... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #6

When found to be wrong and probably stupid rpannier Nov 2014 #8

Hoff is a truly stupid person Gothmog Nov 2014 #10

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

1. That is actually part of the stupidity syndrome...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 08:41 PM

Nov 2014

Not being able to even entertain or admit to the idea of being wrong. Then there is the possibility that he isn't stupid so much as just being a straight up liar that doesn't care if he is spreading a false story.

Archae

(46,335 posts)

2. Hoft doesn't give a damn how false a story is.

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 08:43 PM

Nov 2014

Just read the second link I posted.

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

3. I had a feeling that was going to tick me off

Reply to Archae (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 08:49 PM

Nov 2014

I was right. They say he is dumb. I think he is just a person of average intelligence that is inclined to lie a lot. If you call him on a lie he just makes another one up. Yeah his lies are dumb and easily debunked. But, then he just gets on his horse and gish gallops until whoever he is talking to keels over from exhaustion.

So we have a chronic liar that feeds lies to "crazy" Glen Beck who parrots them to his audience and we have them to deal with. And the scary thing is these people are motivated to vote.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

4. The dumbest guy on the Internet is also the most ethically challenged on the Internet.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 09:26 PM

Nov 2014

mimi85

(1,805 posts)

5. I had just watched the video before I came over to DU

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:28 PM

Nov 2014

How's Cop Wilson going to get out of this one? Though it was a similar walk as Zimmerman's with that slight scratch on the back of his head. Hell, once the blood was wiped off you'd hardly see a thing. Think how much a paper cut can bleed. What jackasses! Both Wilson and Zimmerman. Wonder what scam GZ is up to now?

Chakab

(1,727 posts)

7. Wilson has already gotten away with it. This would have been explosive if

Reply to mimi85 (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 11:29 PM

Nov 2014

it came out before Brown was smeared. Now, people are entrenched in this positions.

Just like the Martin/Zimmerman situation. I know people who cling to the belief that Martin "got what he deserved" irrespective of how much evidence that has come out since the trial (and before it for that matter) about how much Zimmerman loves to provoke violent confrontations and lie to the police.