... a dangerous first in American history

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RICHMOND, VA—Governor Ralph Northam condemned the group of gun owners who assembled yesterday, calling the concept "simply un-American."

"A militia assembling to defend their rights against tyranny is a dangerous first in American history," he said to a group of reporters, still teary-eyed from the tragic lack of violence at yesterday's rally. "This is not what America was founded on. It is not what our forefathers would have wanted."

https://babylonbee.com/news/ralph-n...vernment-is-unprecedented-in-american-history
 
Not defending the Governor but OP's like this do no one any good especially when it is presented as fact.
Presented as fact? Not hardly. Did you look at the other "news" items on the page?

I particularly like the one about Santa being caught sliding down a chimney in black face.

As mentioned above, the bit about the governor is probably closer to the truth than we would like it to be, especially considering how the liberal/commie/scumbags want America to be in the future.
 
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Presented as fact? Not hardly. Did you look at the other "news" items on the page?

As mentioned above, this is probably closer to the truth than we would like it to be, especially considering how the liberal/commie/scumbags want America to be in the future.
Sorry, folks such as I are just stupid enough to read this as fact and go through our days thinking unfounded dispersions are fact. That is what most of this country's division is from, two sides that think they are smarter than the other.
 
I didn't even question that he actually said that until I saw the source (which I always check btw), simply because it's so much something he WOULD say. These people have no concept of history.
 
This has to be fake. Even a America hating, European wannabe liberal asshole speech writer would not write that...they may THINK that, but definitely not write it...
 
Dang, did some of you guys even look at the rest of the page? I mean, yeah, it is kinda believable Gov. Blackface would have said something like that, but that is the heart of satire.

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When someone makes a post like this we shouldn't have to go research the link to fine out if it's real or "satire" A lot of people will assume it's real and spread the rumor as fact.
 
When someone makes a post like this we shouldn't have to go research the link to fine out if it's real or "satire"

In this case, no research was necessary for anyone, the fact that it's satire is posted throughout the thread to save everyone the effort necessary to read and understand it for themselves.

A lot of people will assume it's real and spread the rumor as fact.

If they include the link to the Bee, that problem will sort itself out.
 
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"...teary-eyed from the tragic lack of violence at yesterday's rally..."

Forget everything else, including the source of the "story." You can't read this and think it's a legit news story.

Our side's got to do better on keeping grounded in reality. The progressives might not care about truth or virtue or anything other than power. But if we join them, then, well, we're just progressives, too. ETA: in case someone reads this and leaps to the conclusion I'm criticizing the Babylon Bee.....no, that's not what I'm criticizing!
 
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We laugh at what we consider obvious fake news, but sometimes it's not so obvious. And, remember, there are those that deliberately choose to deceive us for other reasons than humor. We are taken in by what we want to believe to be true. And the best lies are sprinkled wtih truth.

It's an exercise in vetting everything.

I told my kids they should question everything they hear. Then, they asked me, Why?



You see what you want to see and you hear what you want to hear.
 
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The " Babylon Bee " is a longtime satire website. Kinda like " The Onion" for white supremacists.



























What, BB can make jokes, but I can't?! :D:p:D:p
You had me going for a second there. :cool:

When someone makes a post like this we shouldn't have to go research the link to fine out if it's real or "satire"

Life rule: Never take anything political at face value. Corollary: All bullshit filters should be on full when reading anything on the webz. Period. Anyone reading this forum should have learned that a long time ago.
 
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Waiting for Snopes to weigh in. They fact-check the Bee pretty regularly. (Except when the Bee writes about Snopes - hmm)
Yeah, there has been an ongoing feud between Snopes and the Bee for a while. Apparently Snopes wants to treat The Bee as a serious new site subject to rigorous fact checking. Never mind that they are a self labeled satire site. That happens to be Christian and makes fun of the left. The lefties are fine with anyone making fun of Christians, but when the tables are turned they seem to have rather thin skins.
 
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