Thursday, February 16, 2017

Truth or Not


A few days ago a guy I know held up his phone for me to see a picture Obama with the caption "Defying the president and hoping he will fail is not called patriotism, it's TREASON," with the source shown as Occupy Democrats. It's a pretty good meme showcasing hypocrisy on the part of Democrats.  A Jon Stewart style gotcha.  But wait. Occupy Democrats didn't start until at least 2011 after the Occupy Wall Street protests started. The opposition to Obama started as soon as he was elected in 2008. Now this guy I know, let's call him Joe, is a hyperactive troll who gets his jollies by pissing people off on social media. So I said, "Joe, that's bs. That meme was created by some internet troll to get passed around by right wingers. Occupy Democrats didn't even exist then."  Joe grinned and released a big puff of his vape. Got him. Maybe....  Truth in the internet age. Was it really Democrat hypocrisy?  Or was it as I suspect, a R creating the impression od D hypocrisy?  Or a D masquerading as a R fabricating D hypocrisy?  Or a R pretending to be a D masquerading as a R fabricating D hypocrisy?  What can you trust any more?

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