• Peppycito@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    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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      8 months ago

      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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      8 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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      8 months ago

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