tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post3510064972021973114..comments2024-03-29T12:28:32.250+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Too Much GloomSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-14867902509474340562018-11-27T10:18:45.857+00:002018-11-27T10:18:45.857+00:00The Washington post wrote a piece about the real f...The Washington post wrote a piece about the real fake news industry. It’s a thing. Sadly people believe the lies. I’ve been thinking about trying the romanoffs and will be curious to hear how you find it as you get further in. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-13509430697338086602018-11-27T01:50:39.838+00:002018-11-27T01:50:39.838+00:00I wouldn't trust myself to comment on a FB pos...I wouldn't trust myself to comment on a FB post spouting nonsense. And I've seen how people can do as Catriona and Ms Moon mentioned, i.e., calling Snopes a left-wing, lying site.<br /><br />That building is such a peculiar but lovely shade of orange! It seems bright at first glance, then the colour just becomes richer and deeper the more you look!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-53967380168820570942018-11-26T22:45:35.856+00:002018-11-26T22:45:35.856+00:00I'm glad you referred them to Snopes. But I am...I'm glad you referred them to Snopes. But I am reminded of a few lines from Paul Simon's The Boxer, "Still a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-85531187761033816932018-11-26T21:08:52.856+00:002018-11-26T21:08:52.856+00:00Good for you. Maybe you may a small dent in that w...Good for you. Maybe you may a small dent in that woman's ignorance. <br />Yes, things are looking pretty darn dismal Brexit-wise. <br />People like the ex-pat blogger in France, Cro Magnon, and blogger Tom Stephenson have spelled out how very dark it could become. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366449267039641100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-68709252167564384652018-11-26T17:50:46.842+00:002018-11-26T17:50:46.842+00:00I have repeatedly referred people to Snopes also b...I have repeatedly referred people to Snopes also but they never seem to learn.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-60356600621605272312018-11-26T15:22:16.561+00:002018-11-26T15:22:16.561+00:00Sometimes you can tell the right wingers something...Sometimes you can tell the right wingers something and they get it but not very often.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-28613818672067911022018-11-26T14:44:00.509+00:002018-11-26T14:44:00.509+00:00I thought you might have flown off to Florida when...I thought you might have flown off to Florida when I saw that photo. It has such a modern and tropical look to it.<br />Good for you for pointing out that false story. How people can believe such nonsense is beyond me. <br />Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-58121520724480922492018-11-26T14:34:23.948+00:002018-11-26T14:34:23.948+00:00I don't know why people believe some of the ou...I don't know why people believe some of the outlandish things. well, I do. they do because they want to. they'd rather believe than know the truth. during the midterms campaigns a woman posted one of the falsehoods going around about Beto to which I responded it wasn't true and perhaps she should do some research about what he stands for before passing along lies and she acknowledged my comment and that perhaps I was right. but then later she passed along another piece of crap about Beto. so, obviously she was not trying to find out the truth.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51241836259329781172018-11-26T14:08:46.218+00:002018-11-26T14:08:46.218+00:00I've gotten the same reaction before as Catrin...I've gotten the same reaction before as Catrina- that Snopes is not to be trusted. <br />People who believe in Trump are just going to believe in him no matter what. <br />One time a woman I know posted a thing on FB about how wasn't it wonderful that Jesus was welcome back in the White House again? She's an evangelical Christian, of a sort, and I commented, "I don't understand what this means," which I thought was fairly nonjudgemental. Another of her friends went off on her post and then she removed it. So. I guess sometimes other people's opinions are at least recognized. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-57266543053578873622018-11-26T14:02:03.143+00:002018-11-26T14:02:03.143+00:00Good for you for sending the Snopes article. I thi...Good for you for sending the Snopes article. I think it's less about stamping out the lies altogether, an impossible task, than taking every opportunity to maintain cordial contact and make fact-based information available to those who are vulnerable to the lies. Catriona is right that arguing is futile, but I don't think making the effort to gently correct is wasted. <br /><br />Which you did admirably well. She may not stop believing and passing on these memes but you have planted a seed. Thank you.Lynn Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326695931684876331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-66733211096895153782018-11-26T13:55:57.256+00:002018-11-26T13:55:57.256+00:00I've been directing 'friends' to snope...I've been directing 'friends' to snopes since the 'Obama wasn't born in the US' party, begun by one Donald Trump, I believe. I usually don't get a reply, sometimes get a short thank you, and once even got the retort that snopes is a Democrat-run website and therefore unreliable. These days I usually just scroll by because arguing with an ignorant person is futile.Catrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408495829569772826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-7616762568314437012018-11-26T11:05:22.973+00:002018-11-26T11:05:22.973+00:00Truth is hard to pin down these days. Blaming Cali...Truth is hard to pin down these days. Blaming Californian forestry people, Trump said he'd been talking to the president of Finland about fire prevention and in Finland they do a lot of raking and clearing up to prevent forest fires. It turns out that President Sauli Niinistö had not spoken to Trump about this matter and besides 75% of Finland's land area is forest! How the hell could that be raked up? In short, Trump was once again blatantly lying - this time to have a nasty dig at the California Forestry Department. And please don't ask me about his disgraceful Puerto Rican lies. Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com