Someone Forwarded A Shocking Report to Me in Email:

[MineralMan]

But, it was right-wing bullshit, so I just deleted it, instead of posting it here on DU. That felt good.

[Tempest]

1. I use filters

Punch in some key words, the typical right wing B.S., and they go straight into the deleted folder. And that's emptied every time I close the application.

I never even see them.

[randome]

2. Clever.

[FSogol]

3. Wish some more people would follow your lead.

Also wish people were less gullible.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. The amount of people who get their news from chain emails is scary.

I still hear my mother-in-law insisting against all logic that there is going to be a 15% tax on all private home sales to fund the ACA.

[MineralMan]

6. It truly is scary.

Elections are won and lost based on lies far too often.

[LisaLynne]

5. But don't all credible shocking reports come through email?

[MineralMan]

7. Oddly enough, I do not consider my email inbox to

be a valid news source. Odd, isn't it?

[LisaLynne]

8. But just today, I got a great offer that will make things bigger!

I don't actually HAVE those things, but I know some people who do. Are you saying just anybody can send out just anything through email? Are all emails fact-checked??

[MineralMan]

9. Well, I have no need to make such things bigger, so I simply

ignore those. And the very idea that email could be anything but absolutely truthful is shocking, indeed. :rof: