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   mekka okereke :verified: (mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 01:23:11 JST mekka okereke :verified:

   🤔 Unironically realizing that people that watched New Jack City and the Wire, are less susceptible to the disinfo of "An apartment complex in Aurora Colorado has been taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and the police are powerless to stop them, so we need the Hells Angels to ride in and save America!"

   Completely different abilities to discern reality.

   It's like believing that BLM burned entire US cities with populations of millions, to the ground. Like, Portland is gone? Really? The whole thing?

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     Mathaetaes (mathaetaes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 03:15:43 JST Mathaetaes

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     @mekkaokereke wait, what?? Is this a real thing people believe, or is this just absurd hyperbole set to illustrate the ridiculousness of the white right’s propaganda in general?

     I don’t know if I should be proud that my timeline curation doesn’t even let these rumors reach me, or ashamed that my social media bubble is too small to even pick up people talking about this.

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     Matt May (mattmay@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 03:15:46 JST Matt May

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     • Mathaetaes

     @mathaetaes @mekkaokereke My wife's Fox News uncle brought this up matter-of-factly the other night at his wife's birthday dinner. This is day 3/3 together and the entire rest of the party cannot wait to get away from him.

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     Mathaetaes (mathaetaes@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 03:15:50 JST Mathaetaes

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     • Matt May

     @mattmay Is anyone checking him, or are they just letting him run rampant?

     Sometimes, it's better to make the environment such that the uncle cannot wait to get away from the party, rather than make the party feel uncomfortable with the uncle.

     I understand polite company and all that, so maybe it's not the right time/place. I've got an uncle like that, though, and he just won't talk anymore if I'm in the room. I've checked him enough, in front of everyone (except grandpa... polite company and all) that he's just given up.

     Family gatherings are far more tolerable in this state.

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     P J Evans (pj_evans@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 06:54:46 JST P J Evans

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     • Mathaetaes

     @Nichelle @mathaetaes @mattmay
     It appears that the big problem is the owner/management.