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Originally Posted by Hackey
I would be surprised because between my friends in real life, the posters on here and various other places online I didn't find anything that would lead me to believe people viewed it as anything more than a joke (or a bad joke) but maybe you seen otherwise. It was on a twitter feed which people realize is random viewers txting in. I just don't think people confuse some random kids tweet as a legitimate source.
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Originally Posted by Hackey
Obviously he wanted it to get to air. Probably didn't think in a million years it would. But that is irrelevant to what we were discussing.
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Perhaps I phrased it poorly to begin with. I'm not saying that it legitimized the opinion or information, I'm saying it carries that potential weight because it was nationally/internationally broadcast on a respected news source.
I think the more intelligent people of the world would shrug it off for what it probably was: some idiot thinking he was funny. However, I also think it would be hard to deny that some people, even if they are looking at it in that light, are now wondering if there's something behind it. The seed's been planted, so to speak, and sometimes truth only goes as far as we are willing to believe.
Look at how many fake quotes and other nonsense goes viral as authentic on Facebook. Segments of the masses simply aren't engaged in critical thinking.