I apologise for posting a shit Daily Beast article that mischaracterised what Bill Maher said about a race war.

[Celerity]

I tried to find a clip before I posted the OP, and failed to quickly do so, so I just went ahead and posted the Daily Beast article.

I have since viewed the clip, and the article was not accurate.

I broke a rule of mine in regards to proper vetting, and I got burnt.

I apologise to all who replied in the thread (it was a lot, 145 replies) and to all who simply read it.

I will try to do better in the future.

Cel

[brush]

1. Didn't he say if trunp goes to jail a race war will break out? If he did, why mention race?

There might be episodes domestic terrorism by some magats but it will be against those who they think are against trump, not just Black people (which is generally considered what constitutes a race war).

[Celerity]

3. The quotes in the article were chopped and the article lacked context. It was written for max outrage. I should not

have posted it. I normally do not get involved so much with battles over Maher, and this is partially why, lolol.

I am going back to my general non-involvement stance unless there is some truly compelling reason to break it.

[betsuni]

9. He said Trump supporters are going to say it's about race (judge named Wong and black DA)

because they make everything about race (how Trump won in 2016 -- in 2008 there were about the same number of white Republicans and Democrats but by 2016 whites were majority Republican and all about white identity), the country has a racist past. Trump invites violence like Jan. 6 and he'll try it again.

[Eko]

2. Yeah the article was not quite accurate.

We will just take your DU score from a 100 to 99.9. Shame on you for not being entirely perfect!!!!
Of course you admitting to your mistake is an extra 10 points.
Keep on keeponing.
Eko.
To be honest I replied back on the thread before watching the video myself and when I did I realized he didn't quite say that as well. But it did end of with me having an interesting conversation on there with a very interesting person. So there is that.

[Celerity]

4. I saw that!

But it did end of with me having an interesting conversation on there with a very interesting person. So there is that.

[ret5hd]

5. well...ok this time...

i’m glad i never make such mistakes.

[Duncan Grant]

6. A healthy ego!

This is what it looks like. I like you more now than ever.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Your record is stellar because you pay this kind of attention to detail and own your own writing. Cheers. . . . nt

[stopdiggin]

8. you get big points (from this direction) for being one of those that

is conscientious and concerned about misinformation and mischaracterization.
(plus coming back with a correction ..! Woot!)

The internet being so replete with those that simply don't care - as long as they're scoring points and getting their whacks in ...

[Permanut]

10. Thanks for the followup .

I've done the exact same thing - posting without properly checking sources.

Then comes the facepalm.

[BigmanPigman]

11. You're better than I am

I still can't figure out how to edit an OP since I often do the same thing and catch it later but can't edit it. Very frustrating!!! I thought you just had to press the "powers" thing but that didn't work and had to delete the whole thing.

[Celerity]

12. here

[arthritisR_US]

13. Hey luv, welcome to being human 🥰

[Elessar Zappa]

14. No prob!

We all mistakes, admitting them shows character.

[jaxexpat]

15. DU, what a nice place to hang. Even apologies get rec'd.

[Kaleva]

16. You set a standard I strive to emulate

Vetting articles before posting. I've occasionally jumped the gun and posted something that I should have fact checked first.

[John Shaft]

17. Like Forrest Gump once said:

"It happens."