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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,489 posts) Mon Nov 6, 2017, 09:30 PM Nov 2017

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

Hat tip, https://simple.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Retweeted by Dave Weigel: https://twitter.com/daveweigel

Fake news website YourNewsWire's baseless claim that TX church alleged shooter was antifa member has more than 173,000 Facebook engagements.

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"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2017 OP

The "truth" doesn't matter to the deplorables Va Lefty Nov 2017 #1

When people want to know why the GOP has been Hortensis Nov 2017 #2

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

1. The "truth" doesn't matter to the deplorables

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 09:34 PM

Nov 2017

they already have their talking points and, oh yeah, Fake News.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

2. When people want to know why the GOP has been

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:20 PM

Nov 2017

winning, this is the largest part of it. Lies travel supersonic because they're ENTERTAINING. How can enlarging our ports compare with Anthony Weiner's weener?

How could Hillary Clinton's long, hard, honest and competent hours spent rescuing a party left deeply in debt compare to malicious lies from an ousted jumped-up talking head, who emotes profitably about weeping and rage and announced she could have just dismissed the candidates chosen by 17 million Democrats?

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