DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a supporter of Donald Trump. I am NOT a supporter of Hillary Clinton. To paraphrase Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from Full Metal Jacket, "To me they are BOTH equally worthless". I am also not a believer in "Jesus". I merely use him as an example. By the way, if you don't know that you getting offended by what I write gains precisely ZERO fucks from me by now, I invite you to read the rest of my blog posts.
I have really been thinking about this and, well, I know I SAID the last one would be my last post on the election...well.... look, on sunday, you're gonna go to church and tell Jesus you're sorry for whatever your sins may be, then monday, you'll be right back at it, so back up off my nuts for a minute.
I just posted a rather lengthy explanation on my facebook page about why people need to stop using Trump's bankruptcies as an excuse to distrust him. Anyone in corporate business will tell you that sometimes you just have to do that, and it doesn't mean you were fiscally irresponsible. You could make a multi-million dollar deal with someone not knowing they are embezzling money, then they disappear with your money/investment, and now you have tons of debt and you need to restructure to fix the problem. It happens.
That's not what this is about.
This is about honesty and truth. About integrity and credibility.
There was a time, long before the advent of the internet, where someone could tell lies on someone else and no one would know any different. All you had was one person's word vs another. That day is gone, and "fact-checking" is here. There is actually no excuses any longer to spread misinformation, and really, no one short of their 60s, has any excuse for not checking things out before they share them. For instance, the recent "Kurt Cobain predicted Trump years ago" bullshit. He never said those words, but MAN did that meme ever spread like Billy Graham Gospel!! It's not uncommon anymore.
"If it's on facebook, it MUST be true!!".
Just because a meme tells you something, doesn't mean that it's true, and even if it's BASED in truth, whats the rest of the story?
EXAMPLE: "Hillary Clinton defended a child rapist and laughed about it". Ummm.....a tiny kernel of truth that's been blown WAY out of proportion AND context. You see, when Hillary was a young attorney, like MANY, she worked in a law clinic and a judge appointed her as public defendant for Thomas Alfred Taylor. Some of you may have watched enough television or studied enough on your own, to know that "You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you." Having been appointed by the judge, she had a duty to "VIGOROUSLY DEFEND" her client. That means, cross examining witnesses, studying and challenging evidence, and doing everything possible to put "reasonable doubt" in the mind of the jurors or the jurist. That's her JOB.
Be honest....i've even heard some of YOU talk about how your lawyer got you off with not charges or time served or plea-bargained, when you know damned well that you were guilty and simply got caught. Hell, I watched a judge in Mesa, AZ dismiss an entire DOCKET of cases, because they were all traffic tickets from a speed-cam, because ONE individual asserted his right to face and cross-examine his accuser....the camera. He then demanded that the state provide him with certification that the radar on the camera had been properly calibrated and regularly maintained, and that the camera was operating properly, that the radar may have caught the speed of the car in front of him, but the camera delayed taking the picture and inadvertently took a picture of HIM! The state couldn't provide all of this, and the judged dismissed EVERY CASE that day that was linked to any speed camera. I know, I was there, MINE was one of the cases dismissed. The guy WAS guilty, so was I and so was that whole docket of people, i'm sure. But that didn't matter, because our system said "reasonable doubt".
NOW, the people spreading the false meme and story that she got him off and laughed about it later, have not only twisted the story, but have destroyed their credibility. The same is true when falsehoods are spread about Trump. There are enough TRUTHS that are horrible and damaging. There is no need to try to embellish or straight out lie to make your point. Because you hurt your own cause when you do that. And for those who say "I just reposted", shame on you. You could have taken two seconds to research the facts, then you wouldn't look and feel stupid now.
"Information Super-Highway" indeed! Right at your fingertips. Excuses are now just that. Excuses, not reasons.
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