Remember the saying, "don't believe everything you read?" There seems to be a lot of that going on in this country lately. At least amongst those who subscribe to the 1% of news that's not a part of the liberal media conspiracy (dripping with sarcasm). What I'm talking about in short are right wing propaganda chain emails. You know the ones. Obama is a Muslim, doesn't wear a flag pin, wasn't born here, wants to move "In God we trust" from the face of the new $1 coins to the edge. (That was already approved long before he was in office during the Bush admin.)
I'm regularly forwarded such emails, and they are passed along almost as if they were the word of God. During the elections I was swamped with such letters, all of which were refuted on Snopes or FactCheck.org in about 2 minutes. I responded to such emails by saying that I'd prefer to hear about how great the candidate these people support is and why, and that I didn't appreciate bullshit propaganda smearing any candidate in any party. Tell me something good. Don't make up something bad. Funny thing is, I didn't receive one email utilizing these tactics from the liberal left. The the "liberal media conspiracy" I mean the mainstream media has taken care of it ... I'm sure.
That's my monthly political rant (frequency subject to change)for now. Thanks for reading. This is Jason Brock sighning out... Good night.
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