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To: flamberge
I don't believe it is unreasonable for people to jump to conclusions on very little evidence.

Yes, it is unreasonable. The correct answer is to wait and then work to uncover the facts, no matter how long that might take. It's never right to just jump to a conclusion because you decide the facts can be damned.

39 posted on 04/27/2022 10:35:19 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: TexasGurl24

Not only is it unreasonable, it is disrespectful. Do these people not consider the unimaginable grief her parents are experiencing right now? Yet they use her dead body like a battering ram for their ideological agenda. Very disturbing.


41 posted on 04/27/2022 10:57:07 AM PDT by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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To: TexasGurl24

“Yes, it is unreasonable. The correct answer is to wait and then work to uncover the facts, no matter how long that might take. It’s never right to just jump to a conclusion because you decide the facts can be damned.”

Will you give it a rest? There are few facts forthcoming in modern media. That is deliberate. They withhold the truth from stories left and right and there is rarely any follow up. Your bullying and haranguing people gets old.


42 posted on 04/27/2022 11:00:41 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: TexasGurl24
The correct answer is to wait and then work to uncover the facts, no matter how long that might take.

Unlimited time is often not available. A "correct" answer may not be available either. Sometimes the differences between "facts" and multiple sources of "perceptions" are simply too great.

We are fortunate that our opinions in this forum are not usually the basis for any truly life-critical decisions that must be made quickly and irreversibly.

I can express an opinion here that turns out to be completely wrong, and no real harm comes of it, other than some personal embarrassment. Done that before, and undoubtedly will do that again (though I do work to check facts before posting).

I cannot scold others for jumping to conclusions and landing on ones that I believe to be wrong. It is a survival trait when faced with a mixture of incomplete and incorrect perceptions and a need to act immediately. That is why people are primed to do it. The trait can and does lead us astray sometimes.

The best we can do is strive to be more cautious.

45 posted on 04/27/2022 11:41:40 AM PDT by flamberge (How fast you run does not matter if it is in the wrong direction.)
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To: TexasGurl24; flamberge

No it’s not. Even investigators will speculate and bounce different scenarios off the wall.


59 posted on 04/27/2022 12:34:43 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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