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3. Correction seems to work.

Reply to Tennessee Gal (Original post)

Tue Feb 21, 2012, 07:28 AM

Feb 2012

As long as you're not snarky or mean, people will at least stop posting quite the same *level* of erroneous material to their public walls... because you're not just making them look bad, you are making them look bad in front of their friends.

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Facebook adventures with the ignorant ...... [View all] Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 OP

I had someone who posted that left handed pledge photo, too. pamela Feb 2012 #1

You are correct! Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 #2

Correction seems to work. boppers Feb 2012 #3

I used to be "not snarky or mean"... Bigmack Feb 2012 #14

This was great :) Shankapotomus Feb 2012 #4

I may try to do that. Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 #5

Another reason never to do Facebook MadHound Feb 2012 #6

Just trying to do my part to educate. Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 #7

Small correction - Jr. was not on vacation on 9/11. Otherwise, good job! n/t Mnemosyne Feb 2012 #8

Yes, someone already corrected me on that. Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 #9

Thanks for the good OP. n/t Mnemosyne Feb 2012 #11

Yeah, Bush was in a Florida elementary school... ananda Feb 2012 #10

I'm willing to bet they were reading to that war criminal, rather than the other way around. n/t Mnemosyne Feb 2012 #12

Shooting down their stoopid is so easy. hifiguy Feb 2012 #13

you shoot diary cows at 30ft away? Demonaut Feb 2012 #18

No! LOL! hifiguy Feb 2012 #20

Regarding Whitney Houston and the fallen soldiers WilliamPitt Feb 2012 #15

That's a 404 boppers Feb 2012 #16

Take two WilliamPitt Feb 2012 #19

That was stupid, too. Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 #21

I know what you're dealing with but no one cares to be labled stupid so I just let them keep on Demonaut Feb 2012 #17

I don't label them. Tennessee Gal Feb 2012 #22