Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: AngryCapitalist

Why are you posting an old report that we know to be inaccurate?


12 posted on 01/17/2013 6:46:17 AM PST by Boogieman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: Boogieman

“Why are you posting an old report that we know to be inaccurate?”

Thanks for raising the issue.

Perpetuating misinformation is dangerous to the credibility of conservative forums such as this one.

Again and again and again and again (had enough?), I’ve seen this malarkey posted here, to wit: “the rifle was in the trunk of the car!”, “he didn’t shoot them with a rifle”, etc.

Gosh, folks, if one’s going to attempt to be conservative, shouldn’t one embrace one of the core tenets of conservatism first? That is to say, understand what reality is and get your facts and information straight.

There was a great deal of misinformation put forth (mostly as speculation) at the outset of the shooting. Most of that was cleared within the next day, by which time the “fog of rumors” had cleared and empirical facts had emerged.

As a great lady once remarked (paraphrasing), one may be entitled to one’s own opinion, but one is not entitled to one’s own set of facts...


147 posted on 01/17/2013 9:30:16 AM PST by Road Glide
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson