Sometimes I’ll just be like ‘you’re not a high school social studies teacher, you don’t need a works cited page. Either believe it or not.’ Other times I’ll point out their pattern of behavior and argument strategy before they even get to the final stage, where they say since it didn’t come from a reputable source it doesn’t count. They don’t seem to grasp all of their beliefs are being influenced by propaganda sources so of course any real news will seem strange to them. They’re interesting creatures.
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I was on a college alumni FB group and said that hate crimes are so rare they need to be made up to find them.
I got called out, asking for a source for my statement by an old woman.
"You've never played poker with a Polak have you? We don't bluff" and I hit her with nearly 400 articles from fakehatecrimes.org. Facebook tried to block the link.
She dismissed it, saying it was a right wing website. So I punked her. I told her that despite the fact she was one of the first women to attend an all male military school and got daily harassment for it, despite her army service, despite her long standing in this FB group and being friends and respected by the pages Admin (and mutual friend)... None of that matters with your one statement. You've outed yourself as a hack, insulted 400 researched stories and I won't even give you the satisfaction of having the last word. I don't need to block you, I will never read what you have to say from now on.
You Nimble Navigator, you!