Cops threaten teen with "disorderly conduct" for posting truthfully that she has COVID-19.

[Igel]

5. If that was the entirety of her post,

then it's crazy.

But I've been around enough teens to know that often (as a teacher and parent) I'm given just the part of the story that's reasonable.

And when another person is relaying that story, I always ask, "Is there any more to it?" Often the response is, "No, if there is they'd have told me." And I laugh. If it's my boss telling me, I just snort and he knows I'm trying not to laugh. Sometimes I ask questions, and there's a chunk of time they can't explain. Or a quote that doesn't fit. Or a witness that can't be there. "I want to believe" is how we say, "Please, deceive me, you can lie pretty blatantly and I won't even notice--trust me on this."