• ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    I’ve met way too many people who think schools have litter boxes for furries, so nobody would question a dog playing basketball.

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      It was shared on here that that story stemmed from the fact that classrooms are keeping kitty litter handy so kids can shit in a bucket during school shooter lock down incidents.

      Tiny bit of truth ÷ deflection x thing I hate = popular lie

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        Hol up, that’s a thing? Fuck, I almost wish it was just to appease the furries, the reality is so much more depressing.

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          9 months ago

          I think that’s why the hate story works so well.

      • Ultraviolet@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        As a bonus it also deflects what would otherwise be a damning story about the gun violence problem.

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        The way you create a narrative is by saying something that’s ninety percent true, omitting a bit of context, and sprinkling in one or two lies. That way, when it gets debunked, the firm believers will just say that it’s close enough to the truth.

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        People insist it happens in the UK, too, and we don’t have school shootings, so wouldn’t have that source for the claim.

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          Same where I am in Canada. I’ve heard it from several different sources.

      • Jojo@lemm.ee
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        9 months ago

        They seriously haven’t updated the rulebook? It’s been a quarter century!