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Tommy_Carcetti

(43,186 posts) Thu Oct 8, 2020, 07:17 PM Oct 2020

Word of advice: If you admit something "might be bullshit"...

...try to avoid the temptation of posting it until you can confirm such information is in fact not bullshit, so as to avoid potentially being an unwilling agent of disinformation.

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Word of advice: If you admit something "might be bullshit"... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 OP

Good advice (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2020 #1

Peter Strzok's book Compromised, which is excellent by the way, Mike 03 Oct 2020 #2

K & R... dhill926 Oct 2020 #3

Yep. Double check everything. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #4

Rec Ponietz Oct 2020 #5

PJMcK

(22,038 posts)

1. Good advice (n/t)

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2020, 07:19 PM

Oct 2020

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)

2. Peter Strzok's book Compromised, which is excellent by the way,

Reply to Tommy_Carcetti (Original post)

Thu Oct 8, 2020, 07:31 PM

Oct 2020

caused me to realize how generally poor human beings are at verifying information before we pass it on.

We like to share, and we especially like to share things we hope might be true.