[Steve_Seattle]

"Went thru 50 Google entries on the subject without coming to one that wasn’t either Jewish or American conservative. Both of whom obviously have an ax to grind with the story."

One thing I like about this site is that there are still people here who want to check things out before jumping to conclusions, especially when a story almost seems too good/bad to be true.

[Portcall24]

Absolutely. If we as a group buy into every slanted story without research we do ourselves and our conservative goals a disservice.

[Sherman Logan]

Thanks.

I have myself fallen prey to “too good to check” syndrome.

Posted a Jefferon Davis “Enslavement Proclamation” that was supposed to have been issued in response to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

I have a pretty good eye for the type of language used in different eras, and it looked authentic.

Unfortunately, while it was indeed contemporaneous, it turned out to be from the 1864 equivalent of The Onion. A parody.

Which taught me that stories that really, really align with your POV should be approached very carefully, just like financial deals that seem to good to be true.