Stupidest viral claims of 2012

[rivergator]

From Factcheck. I'm pretty sure we've seen them all on Too Hot. most far more than once.

Dueling graphics on the debt both overstated and understated President Obama’s contribution to the debt.

No, Obama didn’t give Alaskan islands to Russia, and his early records weren’t “sealed.”

Over-the-top “death panel” claims about the Affordable Care Act included purely invented stories about elderly Americans being denied dialysis or brain surgery.

Vote-rigging conspiracies claimed that Tagg Romney owned voting machines in Ohio (he doesn’t) and that uncounted military ballots swung the election for Obama (from a “faux news” site).

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[ChartsandGrafs]

Did they bother to fact check the number of kids Obama has murdered with his drones?

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Did they bother to fact check the number of kids Obama has murdered with his drones?

Probably not before you failed to look up the definition of "murder."

[ChartsandGrafs]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

Probably not before you failed to look up the definition of "murder."

Right, I forgot that it's not murder if the government does the killing. Then it's just "collateral damage".

LULZ!

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Right, I forgot that it's not murder if the government does the killing. Then it's just "collateral damage".

LULZ!

I see you're more focused on internetz slang than actually trying to read up on what you profess to know about. Which is about what I expected.

[rivergator]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Did they bother to fact check the number of kids Obama has murdered with his drones?

Was that a viral falsehood this past year?

[ChartsandGrafs]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

I see you're more focused on internetz slang than actually trying to read up on what you profess to know about. Which is about what I expected.

Requesting permission to land, government apologist, requesting permission to land.

[ChartsandGrafs]

Originally Posted by rivergator

Was that a viral falsehood this past year?

Why are you asking me? I thought Factcheck had all the answers.

Is that not so?

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Requesting permission to land, government apologist, requesting permission to land.

I see you're as "back" as the full fury of f$u fans/alums/trailer trash in August, 2011--which tells me you figured out a way to repay your power bill since I'm sure posting crackpot conspiracy theories online 24-7 is probably not very conducive to having a job/career.

Since you're "fail" at actually understanding what entails "murder" and what does not--I'll even be kind and only post a one-word definition for you to look up: "intent."

[rivergator]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Why are you asking me? I thought Factcheck had all the answers.

Is that not so?

No, I don't believe it fact checks everything that ever occurs to anyone anywhere. This particular piece was about false rumors that went viral this year.
It's really not hard to understand.

[JerseyGator01]

Utrasound = rape.

Game. set. match.

This claim was the explosion of the idea from years earlier that the ultrasound machine is a right-wing trap. The Dems kept that one in their back pocket for an election year.

[G8trGr8t]

Do you have to pay cap gains tax on home sales?

[ChartsandGrafs]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

Since you're "fail" at actually understanding what entails "murder" and what does not--I'll even be kind and only post a one-word definition for you to look up: "intent."

Yes, Obama intends to drone bomb targets where he knows civilians who are present, including women and small children, will be maimed and killed. That's his intent, to throw the baby out with the bathwater. That's called "murder".

Thanks, and come again.

[G8trGr8t]

Where can I review 0's college aid applications?

[G8trGr8t]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Yes, Obama intends to drone bomb targets where he knows civilians are present and will get maimed and killed. That's called "murder".

Thanks, and come again.

So any enemy combatants should be safe as long as they have their wife with them?

[ChartsandGrafs]

Originally Posted by G8trGr8t

So any enemy combatants should be safe as long as they have their wife with them?

Why, are you making an argument for indiscriminate killing?

Fantastic. Welcome to the world of international terrorism. Orientation starts shortly. How does it feel to be no better than the people you are fighting?

Maybe you can get a job in Obama's administration, seeing as how you share his murderous views?

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

Yes, Obama intends to drone bomb targets where he knows civilians who are present, including women and small children, will be maimed and killed. That's his intent, to throw the baby out with the bathwater. That's called "murder".

Thanks, and come again.

Looks like you're already staking your claim to 2013's most fictitious post and we're only a week in.

Suffice it to say, not a single thing you posted here can be substantiated by anything other than you making things up. Which comes pretty close to the definition of "fabrication." If civilians are known to be present before ANY military operation (be it a drone strike, a regular bomb run, etc), then it's called off. Period and end of story. Careers have been ended when mistakes are made on this.

[ChartsandGrafs]

Originally Posted by gatorev12

Looks like you're already staking your claim to 2013's most fictitious post and we're only a week in.

Suffice it to say, not a single thing you posted here can be substantiated by anything other than you making things up. Which comes pretty close to the definition of "fabrication." If civilians are known to be present before ANY military operation (be it a drone strike, a regular bomb run, etc), then it's called off. Period and end of story. Careers have been ended when mistakes are made on this.

LOL, sure, in your vivid imagination, but in the real world, no. Civilians are dying in drone bombings all the time. The U.S. government knows this. They know their attacks aren't precision enough to avoid collateral damage. The administration simply doesn't care.

Period and end of story.

[rivergator]

Originally Posted by G8trGr8t

Where can I review 0's college aid applications?

seriously, again?

[gatorev12]

Originally Posted by ChartsandGrafs

LOL, sure, in your vivid imagination, but in the real world, no. Civilians are dying in drone bombings all the time. The U.S. government knows this. They know their attacks aren't precision enough to avoid collateral damage. The administration simply doesn't care.

Period and end of story.

Not quite...you've made the allegation in multiple threads now that Obama/the US "murders" innocent civilians--and even went so far as to make the analogy that we *were* intentionally targeting them to "throw the baby out with the bathwater."

Which, unless you can prove a SINGLE case of an American drone strike being done to deliberately kill civilians along with the intended target, is a ridiculous and asinine assertion--but I'm guessing you won't care.

And fyi: no, I'm not denying that civilians occasionally do get killed. There's a difference when they get killed accidentally when we don't know they're there--and between intentional murder.

Also fyi: I'm sure you recognize that many terrorists intentionally hole themselves up with civilians and/or conduct operational planning meetings in civilian areas to deliberately use them as human shields, right? Any comment on that?