Another idiot spreading misinformation

[carpettbaggerr]

Well, PT Barnum was right about the American intellect, as too many posts in this thread confirm.

If you know enough, and have the equipment to turn a stock gun full auto, you also know that it's easier to build one from scratch.

Much easier to turn some sheet steel into a Sten than to properly convert any semiauto you can buy today.

Must be late winter everywhere, when we all start chewing on each other Spring is just around the corner .

A mere 41 days till Spring

 

[1KPerDay]

The following is attributed to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno: "A cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible's studies; who has a high level of financial giving to a Christian cause; who home schools for their children; who has accumulated survival foods and has a strong belief in the Second Amendment; and who distrust big government. Any of these may qualify but certainly more than one would cause us to look at this person as a threat, and his family as being in a risk situation that qualified for government interference."

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/reno.htm

There are plenty of true reasons to dislike Janet Reno... I don't think anyone needs to make any up.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/reno.htm

There are plenty of true reasons to dislike Janet Reno... I don't think anyone needs to make any up.

You're naive. Snopes is a left wing source that discredits information whether such information is true or not, if said information contradicts Snopes.com left-wing politics.


http://ace.mu.nu/archives/067591.php

Snopes: Reliably Liberal and Liberally Unreliable
I'm not sure if I ever posted the German brothel story -- a story about women being told they might have to take jobs as sex-workers (i.e., whores) or lose welfare benefits -- but if I did, I guess I have to note that Snopes "debunks" the story.

But a sharp-eyed reader of NRO's The Corner debunks that debunking, and notes that Snopes is hopelessly left-leaning.

I think the same. I remember reading one "debunking." It concerned Hillary Clinton's volunteering to work for the criminal defense of a Black Panther accused, I think, of murder.

Snopes claimed, basically, that the story wasn't true. Except, when you read the "debunking," all the facts of the story were stipulated as being true. Snopes basically added "context," arguing how important it is to give murderers the best defense and all that jazz, and, on the basis of this "context," "determined" the story to be "false."

Except, you know, the story wasn't false. What Snopes was really claiming was that while the facts were true, it would be "false" to draw any negative inferences about Hillary Clinton from those facts.

Ummm, Snopes? Go F--- yourself. "True" means true and "False" means false. You're supposed to be fact-checking, not interpretation-checking.

Snopes does that with an awful lot of political stories. Time and time again, it brands stories "false" not because the facts alleged are proven to be untrue but because Snopes just sort of doesn't like the cause the facts have been enlisted in serving.

So, read Snopes at your own risk. For urban legends and email scams, it's a great site.

For anything having to do with politics, it's a lefty spin-site.

Thanks for both tips to NickS.

The Missing Link Update: Here's the Snopes non-debunking of the Hillary Clinton/Black Panther story. Decide for yourself if this is fact-checking or just liberal spin about uncontested facts.

So, basically, you obviously will believe what you choose to believe. Please don't let truth get in your way.

 

[texasguy]

Haha, reminds me of a time when I was at academy picking up some ammo. A guy is talking to a clerk about handguns and the guy says "Hey do you have any 40mm ammo?" naturally, me and the clerk are like . Everybody looked at eachother for a good, long 5 seconds, and I say "OHHH, you mean .40 CALIBER..." And the guy was like "Yeah, whatever. They're very close anyway." :banghead:

 

[1KPerDay]

You're naive. Snopes is a left wing source that discredits information whether such information is true or not, if said information contradicts Snopes.com left-wing politics.


http://ace.mu.nu/archives/067591.php



So, basically, you obviously will believe what you choose to believe. Please don't let truth get in your way.

So you're saying Janet Reno actually did appear on the show and say that? Now who's being naive? Do some research. The quote (attributed to someone else) circulated the internet before Reno was even in office. It seems you will, to borrow your phrase, "discredit information [from snopes.com] whether such information is true or not, if said information contradicts your ____-wing politics." I think Janet Reno was rotten to the core, but perpetuating silly, inflammatory Internet rumors and blaming it on the "left-wingers" isn't going to help anything.

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

So you're saying Janet Reno actually did appear on the show and say that? Now who's being naive? Do some research. The quote (attributed to someone else) circulated the internet before Reno was even in office. It seems you will, to borrow your phrase, "discredit information [from snopes.com] whether such information is true or not, if said information contradicts your ____-wing politics." I think Janet Reno was rotten to the core, but perpetuating silly, inflammatory Internet rumors and blaming it on the "left-wingers" isn't going to help anything.

Let me clarify. Snopes is not a credible source for rebuttal. You should not use it as such.

 

[1KPerDay]

Let me clarify. Snopes is not a credible source for rebuttal. You should not use it as such.

Fair enough... I shall attempt to refrain from doing so in the future. I found dozens of sources but snopes seemed to me the most concise and least obviously left-wing of the most popular responses (the about.com version was hilariously socialist). To be fair, you may want to find a credible source for the quote you posted and attributed to Reno. Since this thread is about spreading misinformation it seems appropriate.

BTW, just curious... what in your view would qualify as a credible source? An official 60-minutes transcript showing the nonexistent appearance of Reno and the nonexistent quote?

 

[Double Naught Spy]

Oh sure, we know snopes.com to be unreliable because of the information presented at this totally unbiased web site ...

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/067591.php

 

[zookrider]

hmmm, some stranger in a store, obviously is not that knowledgelbe about communist military rifles and you acost him, possible offend, maybe even scare him to the point he took his son and fled the store.

Yup, that sure is the way to promote firearm stewardship. You know, not everyone is a walking encyclopedia of infinite gun knowledge.

Any bets on thier new impression of gun owners?

I disagree, perhaps the thread starter could have used a bit more tact, but the bottom line is if you don't want somebody to hoist the BS flag then don't start spouting off like you're an expert on a subject you don't know anything about. The gentleman in the store should have just told his son he wasn't sure about the SKS then looked it up later.

 

[rust collector]

Zook, I'm a Kawi guy myself but I like your style and your sig