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To: MD Expat in PA
You do know that Liberal Darkness is a satire site whose purpose is to make fun of Christians and conservatives, don’t you?

No, I did not know this. I don't remember how I came across this website. I can only think that this past Nov or Dec, I might have been strolling the internet for coffee. I just don't remember how I found this site. I do remember though, when I spotted this Starbucks article. It stood out vividly on my computer screen. So I bookmarked the url and was just looking through my files this morning. Thank you very much for telling me. I'll remember this in the future. It's not often I can be fooled.

43 posted on 04/09/2016 6:53:25 AM PDT by Mr Apple (Congressman Barton speaks following Lakeview tour www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8)
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To: Vaquero; Mr Apple
It’s based on a 15th century picture of a 2 tailed mermaid. How is that Lillith? And I would t mind not having Jesus on a coffee shop cup any more than on a bottle of Coca Cola. They use Santa.

The Starbucks logo is not and never has been a representation of Lillith.

Starbuck says she was inspired from a 16th century Norse woodcut of a twin-tailed mermaid, or Siren. Others say it is that of a Greek "twin-tailed mermaid, or siren. But in any case it was meant to represent the seafaring history of the company’s origins in Seattle.

But where ever the logo came from or from what it was inspired from, the OP has been punked by a satirical – a fake news site.

Here is a translation of their “About” page which is written in Latin but translates in English to:

http://liberaldarkness.com/about-us/

And dear readers, the world has been cast into a new era of unprecedented bias flamboyant polarity and political darkness . Forces are fighting to control the destiny of humanity, has become the chief instrument of communication spreading - good or evil dark . In which the community . Liberal staff members with the shadows , do not come in the way of finding information with the culture of the company, news reports said support us as staff writers and guest. At the same time , and join our worldviews and at the same time , a very strong liberal light of the rise in the darkness.

No, I did not know this. I don't remember how I came across this website. I can only think that this past Nov or Dec, I might have been strolling the internet for coffee. I just don't remember how I found this site. I do remember though, when I spotted this Starbucks article. It stood out vividly on my computer screen. So I bookmarked the url and was just looking through my files this morning. Thank you very much for telling me. I'll remember this in the future. It's not often I can be fooled.

In today’s age of so many amateurish blogs and IMO, very lazy and highly gullible bloggers and with so many satirical/fake news sites (and often with many bloggers merely repeating posts from fake sites thinking they are real and without doing any research or vetting them first), it is all too easy to get punked and forward or reposting them. But this sort of thing only serves to make us Conservatives look gullible and stupid when we do so.

I get forwarded via emails or via FB or have read posted here, all too many of these sorts of fake and satirical “stories”. The first thing I do is look at the site’s “About” page or look at the other articles posted at the site to get an idea of what they are really about. The next thing I do is look for confirmation from more legitimate news sources for confirmation and I do a search on the site to see if it comes up as a satirical or fake site.

Good rule of thumb for the future – take some time to research your source first before posting and if you still think you want to, don’t post blogs posts in News/Activism.

64 posted on 04/09/2016 7:33:22 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA
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