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You can't just decide what is true. Think back to the US election you can't just "decide" that the story of thousands of Ohio ballots pre-marked for Hillary Cl
by alexc05 9y ago
You can't just decide what is true.
Think back to the US election you can't just "decide" that the story of thousands of Ohio ballots pre-marked for Hillary Clinton was true. http://www.snopes.com/clinton-votes-found-in-warehouse/ http://www.snopes.com/clinton-votes-found-in-warehouse/
You can't just decide that the story of a protester with a rape Melania was true http://www.snopes.com/2016/11/14/melania-sign-at-anti-trump-protest/ http://www.snopes.com/2016/11/14/melania-sign-at-anti-trump-...
You can't just decide for yourself that climate change isn't true.
The consequences of people deciding for themselves would be globally disastrous.
- creaghpatr 9y ago...so you outsource your Truth to Snopes, got it. I hope Snopes never lets you down. people will always draw conclusions based on their own observations, good thing Einstein didn't have snopes to say "Actually, the Theory of Relativity is a myth: Pants on Fire rating!
- Boothroid 9y agoSnopes is apparently beyond reproach on HN.. as the downvotes prove, ha.
- acdha 9y agoSnopes cites sources and has spent the last couple decades building a reputation for reliability. That doesn’t make them perfect any more than, say, the dictionary contains no errors but the odds overwhelmingly favor them being right over some random internet commenter.