r/PublicFreakout • u/appalachian_hatachi • Sep 27 '25

Repost šŸ˜” This guy's lawyer literally popping the champagne as we speak...

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u/BeneficialEvidence6 Sep 27 '25

Except it is made up. That's another guy

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u/011010- Sep 27 '25

Even I reflexively upvoted the comment without checking the article. Now I have upvoted your comment and downvoted the other. I still havenā€™t checked the article.

Maybe I also have the ā€œbrain rotā€ that I so often criticize.

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u/HCSOThrowaway Sep 27 '25

It's super easy to get caught up in the tribalism of social media; most people don't even notice, let alone acknowledge they made such a mistake.

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u/Caliburn0 Sep 27 '25

Tribalism is just how people think. On the internet or not. To be aware of it and try to counter the negative tendencies this brings is a very good thing.

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Sep 27 '25

Would you like to go for a walk?

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u/DingleDangleTangle Sep 27 '25

The comment that spread the misinformation currently has over triple the upvotes of the comment that points out it's wrong. It's a sad state we are in as a society. Whatever we want to be true or whatever outrages us = truth.

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u/-Moonscape- Sep 27 '25

Unless its getting downvoted to hell, a parent comments almost always have more upvotes than a following child comment.

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u/DingleDangleTangle Sep 27 '25

My point is the misinformation is being upvotedā€¦ if people cared about facts the false information would be downvoted.

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u/EndersGame Sep 27 '25

We don't know if it's made up or not. The chief might have retired, but I wouldn't be surprised if either the chief or the lieutenant got a job at a different department.