{"id":263,"date":"2008-09-04T21:26:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-05T04:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/263"},"modified":"2008-09-05T00:40:50","modified_gmt":"2008-09-05T07:40:50","slug":"just-say-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/just-say-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Just say no"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please people.\u00c2\u00a0 You really should know better by now.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"b\">STOP FORWARDING POLITICAL EMAILS.\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You know the ones&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 because you&#8217;ve probably received them.\u00c2\u00a0 You&#8217;ve probably forwarded them.\u00c2\u00a0 <em class=\"b\">Stop it<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just say no.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And tell your friends to just say no!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friends don&#8217;t let friends email lies and stupidity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you get one, just<em class=\"b\"> delete it<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 They are designed to prey on your fears and biases by using half-truths, distortions or outright lies.\u00c2\u00a0 The authors have a specific agenda and recognize most people won&#8217;t bother to check the facts, and will simply buy into the nonsense&#8230;. and then forward to all your friends.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And when you\u00c2\u00a0<em>do<\/em> forward it, it just makes you look uninformed and like a dolt (to your friends\u00c2\u00a0who are on top of the program)&#8230;. or you are guilty of perpetuating lies and confusing your less informed (and gullible) friends.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re also adding to the problem of\u00c2\u00a0a misinformed public, and the\u00c2\u00a0negative, partisan\u00c2\u00a0divide that has plagued our country for the last several years.\u00c2\u00a0 <em class=\"b\">Stop making things worse!<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0If you can vote, be responsible with that privilege and get the facts before wielding your uninformed finger in the voting booth.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n<a target=\"resource window\" href=\"http:\/\/factcheck.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/40151000\/jpg\/_40151798_cheneyb-bbc203.jpg\" class=\"floatright\" \/><\/a>If you simply <em>must <\/em>read these emails you receive &#8211; then before you do ANYTHING with it&#8230;.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go straight\u00c2\u00a0to <a href=\"http:\/\/factcheck.org\/\">factcheck.org<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Or\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/snopes.com\/\">snopes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If it quotes a speech &#8211; find and read\/listen to the actual\u00c2\u00a0speech.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Look for a reputable news source (not Fox) to verify it&#8230; maybe even more than one.<\/li>\n<li>And when you find out the facts, <em class=\"b\">send a link back to the person who sent you this nonsense <\/em>in the first place with a request they check their facts before forwarding these to you.<\/li>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t FIND anything corraborating what you received &#8211; delete it.\u00c2\u00a0 Or you can email and ask me about it <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/greyhavens.org\/myfamily\/smiley.gif\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a <em class=\"b\">great article<\/em>about this at FactCheck.org.\u00c2\u00a0 <em class=\"b\">PLEASE READ IT<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"resource window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.factcheck.org\/specialreports\/that_chain_e-mail_your_friend_sent_to.html\">That Chain E-mail Your Friend Sent to You Is (Likely) Bogus. Seriously.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please<\/em> people. Only <em class=\"b\">you <\/em>have the power to stop this nonsense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please people.\u00c2\u00a0 You really should know better by now.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 STOP FORWARDING POLITICAL EMAILS.\u00c2\u00a0 You know the ones&#8230;.\u00c2\u00a0 because you&#8217;ve probably received them.\u00c2\u00a0 You&#8217;ve probably forwarded them.\u00c2\u00a0 Stop it.\u00c2\u00a0 Just say no.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 And tell your friends to just say no! Friends don&#8217;t let friends email lies and stupidity. In fact, if you get one, just delete &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/just-say-no\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Just say no<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-social-issues","category-soapbox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}