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MineralMan

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2. Well, pointing out how ridiculous some "concerns" are is important.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 11, 2016, 03:18 PM

Sep 2016

Anyone can find Internet sources to support anything they can imagine. The Internet has no filters. It holds both information and misinformation. Only by using critical thinking can one separate the two.

You are correct. We need to be teaching that skill to everyone, from children to old geezers like me. Anything sourced anywhere on the Internet must be carefully fact-checked before accepting it. Otherwise, we believe bullshit as often as fact. That is a sad state of affairs, in my opinion.

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The same bogus sources that claim vaccines contain glyphosate [View all] MineralMan Sep 2016 OP

Well said. Ron Obvious Sep 2016 #1

Well, pointing out how ridiculous some "concerns" are is important. MineralMan Sep 2016 #2

Kick. MineralMan Sep 2016 #3

Ugh, naturalnews.com TwilightZone Sep 2016 #4

I've had to suck a few educated, otherwise intelligent people out of that shithole Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #7

kick uppityperson Sep 2016 #5

Kick Hekate Sep 2016 #6

K&R tammywammy Sep 2016 #8

I heard that there are -chemicals- in everything! Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #9

IF you really want to freak them Drahthaardogs Sep 2016 #10

And a kick for this. GoneOffShore Sep 2016 #11