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"I just wanted to be hateful and racist in private with my 500 Facebook friends. I didn't want others to know that"
Its the same as with this woman who sparkt the riots in the UK recently, by spreading false information she had from a russian bot.
Actions have consequences. Even Facebook posts.
Literally had this talk with my son. "You are responsible for your own actions"
Oh no, my actions online have real life consequences... Who would have thought?
Yeah, I agree she is at fault for spreading harmful and fucking racist misinformation online. At the same time though it must be wild to have a president candidate pick it up and run with it. It's a shame it took this kind of experience to make her see the potential harm of her actions.
"At the same time though it must be wild to have a president candidate pick it up and run with it."
Which is why I worry we may see more of this. Attention-seeking hateful people realizing they can get the ultimate retweets.
You're right and I really wish you weren't.
Me too.
I wonder if anyone listens to me....
okay. lets give this a try.
Trump is an insurrectionist, a rapist, a traitor. He's sold national secrets. He cheats at golf, and cheats on his wife. He's a pedophile. He's a mass murderer (according to christian doctrine,). He's a liar, an oathbreaker.
there's only one solution
I wonder if people who suffered damage from her words could drag her in court for that.
I wonder what she "meant to happen" then?
All she wanted was a simple lynching of some "undesirables" by other people and no repercussions for herself.
Is that too much to ask?
/s
They're not hurting the people they need to be hurting.
To be honest, although it was dumb, it was also unfortunate. There is no way we will get a hold on viral fake news because there will always be that one unlucky or stupid bastard posting something silly.
Don't eat the pets, people!
the guy that started the couch memes:
At least couches don't have families.
Or DO THEY!?
Cows are pets
And you can even feed them a vegan diet.
I don’t think cows’ digestive systems can handle vegans 🫢
What is even the point of having four stomachs then?
Don't you start.
Jersey cows are adorable and make great pets.
Apart. I'm guessing, from the massive poos.
Well, everything poos,
and massive is relative.
You should see my poos!
Yeah, but I assume your poos go in a toilet and not on the ground.
You’ve never truly pooped until you pop a squat in your back yard.
I'll take your word for it. I clean up enough dog poo out there as it is. And it's much smaller than cow poo. Generally not as soft too.
Cow poo is good fertilizer though. You’d have a beautiful garden.
You're really not convincing me to have a pet cow here...
I wouldn’t recommend fertilizing your garden with your own poo!!
Having no garden, I'm not fertilizing it with anything's poo.
I think you would love a garden.
I think I have a black thumb.
… where are you putting your thumb?
Either she's an idiot who doesn't understand why it's important to think before you speak, or she's a racist who is trying to weasel out of a shitstorm of her own making.
Well it's not fair that she should have to suffer consequences for her own actions.
/s