Comes a story about a canceled flight, disrupted by 11 Muslim men, and how two brave men subdued two of the Muslims, only to have the TSA tell them they would handle it from there, and how the 11 Muslims were escorted off, only to be allowed to return, and how the flight crew then refused to fly, only to be replaced, and of how the passengers then disembarked in protest and perhaps fear of the Muslims.
Accompanying the story is a meme, saying: "You foolish American infidels! Obama isn't coming for OUR guns! Only YOURS! He is arming us for the Jihad! See you soon!"
If you allow a lie to linger, it will kill the truth.
I think of how we have been warned that the Russians and others are posting misinformation (back in my day, we called it propaganda) to influence us. You think this only goes on at election time, and they turn it off in the off season? If we know the Russians are doing this, we should wonder about posts such as this. Some might be accurate. Some might be true. But, we know there are plants in our social media that are lies and we should be watching for them. The funny thing is, Republicans were once the enemies of communism. Now they are the dupes.
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