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That site is fabulous. One if the few true 'No Bullshit' zones of the internet that has quietly been determining what is and isn't true for going on twenty years now. They even go back and edit entries whenever any new developments come to light. You have to admire them, really.

I use it to debunk all the bullshit scare stories Boything's mother reposts on FB. She hates it. Good.
 
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I think the completely erroneous view of them as a "liberal" site is because most of their early stories were about utter bullshit stories about Bill Clinton that were circulating in email chains, mostly forwarded by some dumb elderly relative.

I have seen many of these bullshit stories recycled, word for word, and hauled out again for Obama.

Your crazy uncle would forward every one of these. You would debunk them. They were either patently untrue, couldn't possibly be true, or otherwise ludicrous. I seriously think there's a mental defect with people who do this over and over again.

After a few times, most people I knew started actually fact checking things before forwarding them, because they learned this lesson that the strange things the computer was telling them were not always true. But there is always that one dipshit.

Like a lot of the great Web 1.0 sites, the Mikkelsons started their "factivism" on a Usenet newsgroup, alt.folklore.urban. A lot of the early shit on the net worth anything was from that newsgroup. Incidentally, they were sometimes criticized then for being "right wing" because they were too cautious about calling bullshit on things. They don't put that big red false thing on a claim unless they are damn sure about it.

I seriously defy anyone claiming they're "biased" in some way to come up with some actual facts they're wrong about. I'm sure you can find some opinions you don't like. I can too. But hard, solid facts you can wrap your arms around. Get started.

The site isn't terribly active these days. I kind of wish it was. Because this kind of denialist bullshit is now rampant on the left.

I used to take a certain amount of pride in the fact that it was only right wingers who mindlessly forwarded completely ludicrous, insane bullshit, over and over again, and that no matter how many times it was shown to be false, they'd just do it again with the next dumb :story:

Now, instead of the crazy uncle, it's the blue-haired demented niece sending this shit out.

And the crazy uncle would just cope with the snopesing. The blue-haired niece screams at you that you're evil for pointing out facts.

And I just realized I'm probably the crazy uncle now. But at least I have facts on my side.
 
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