"MeMaw told me or I saw it on TV is NOT research."
~ Alicia Norman, who is addressing the astonishing amount of toxic nonsense Trump is peddling about the federal response to Helene, and people's willingness to believe it
#disinformation #lies #hurricane #Helene
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https://oneangryblackchick.substack.com/p/omg-stfu-fema-is-not-done-supplying
And speaking of how some us apparently just love being scammed and grifted by the likes of Trump as we swallow his lies, Matt Novak used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain numerous complaints the federal government has received from people who spent time on Trump's Truth Social site…
Only to be scammed out of their life savings.
#Trump #TruthSocial #scams #grift #grifters #lies #disinformation
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A new report has published detailed complaints from users of former President Donald Trump's Truth Social app describing how they were fleeced by the site's hordes of scammers — including some who lost six-figure sums.According to Gizmodo' tech reporter Matt Novak — who filed a Freedom of Informatio...
As Novak reports, the site is full of scammers who run "pig-butchering" schemes. They see the gullible elderly folks gathered on Truth Social as pigs to be butchered, to be relieved of life savings via cryptocurrency scams those being scammed don't even understand.
One person filing a complaint wrote,
"I know what idiots we are. ...The more I write the dumber I feel that I would even fall for something like this."
#Trump #TruthSocial #scams #grift #grifters #lies #disinformation
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"If the fruit of our theology and our politics produces misinformation, demonization, bullying, and further marginalization of the vulnerable, we can call it whatever we want, but it has nothing to do with Jesus."
~ Benjamin Cremer
And at this moment when the Rosh Hashanah celebration has just ended, I think it's important for Christians to remember that Jesus was not a Christian.
#disinformation #lies #hurricane #Helene #evangelicals #ChristianNationalism
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https://benjamin-cremer.ck.page/posts/i-have-not-come-to-bring-peace-but-a-sword
(Continuing /4):
Jesus was a Jew, a peripatetic Jewish teacher. His bible was what Christians call the Old Testament. The Christian movement and then church structures grew out of the memory of his life and teaching, following his death. But he established none of this.
His teaching about cherishing the vulnerable was classic Jewish prophetic teaching. Given the years of misrepresentation of and hostility to Judaism among Christians, it's essential to remember this.
How is my demanding proof for #Jesus's existence *attacking* anyone? How is it *hostility*? You made claims; I called you out. On social media, on a GLOBAL PUBLIC FORUM, why can I not contest baseless claims? If you're not willing to defend your claims, don't make them.
@tomcapuder You have jumped into my social media feed to coax me into an argument. That's an act of hostility. You have not only ignored the points I've made, you're implicitly ridiiculing them and anyone who wants to take them seriously. That's an act of hostility. I don't intend to waste more time and energy responding to these attacks.
Γνῶθι σεαυτόν (gnóthi ...
That's ridiculous. I didn't "jump into" your feed. You used the hashtag #Jesus, which I follow. Don't you know how this works?
Again, I asked you to prove a claim, not "coax you" like you're a reactive robot without free will.
Demanding backup for a claim is not ridicule.
Attacks? Use some common sense.
@MasterMischief (tbf, I hate when ANYONE knocks on my door, unless they are bringing me dinner)
But what does that have to do with the points that @wdlindsy was actually trying to make?
Do you have thoughts on the substance of the articles linked, or the points made up-thread?
@wdlindsy @RamenCatholic @MasterMischief
There is a hashtag #toodles that I recommend to alert other good intentioned people to avoid such rudeness.
The original, detailed post is fascinating. Thank you.
##wdlindsey
#weloveyourwork
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