Don Moore the author of MyDNS is in trouble. It seems he is behind this story at "cnnheadlienews.com" that looks like a real story saying MEChA, the Latino students group, is claiming responsibility for the fires in Southern California. A number of nativist websites and bloggers got taken in by it. Frankly, I just wonder how long before the Ted drops a platoon of lawyers on his head.
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Fake news
Well, he shouldn't get slammed for that, its a fake news site, parody, even if lame. But, I don't really get it after reading that post, there doesn't appear to be any attempt at humor in it. Some of the pathetic responses are funny, maybe that was the point?
The people who really need some shit dropped on their heads are the idiots that not only were taken in by it (could be an honest, albeit stupid, mistake), but also started going all racist batshit.
The genius "bushwacked" there at "American and Proud" for example (apparently he doesn't understand either of those terms, American, or Proud):
I hope it was a small group of idiots and they are going to get handled by their fellow Mexicans, but I would bet money it’s a very large contingent of Mexican Nationalists that have grown up in America, took advantage of all the Education, Health Care, and freedoms that America provides.
Even beyond the dumbfuck ethnocentrism, this guy is still a moron. I think his pseudonym is appropriate though, the Mexicans that attacked "have grown up in America," and "have took advantage of all the Education." I think that assclown needs to do a little more education "advantagizing" (to Bushism it) himself.
Making stuff up
Last time I visited my parents, my mom had gotten a forwarded e-mail with what purported to be a wire story about what the Democrats were going to do now that they'd won Congress, and it quoted Nancy Pelosi saying they were going to impose a 100% surtax on incomes above $200K, have a total immigration amnesty program, all this stuff. And I think anyone who's carefully read a newspaper could tell it was a hoax -- there was no date or filing city, verbs were in the wrong tense for a wire write, material was unattributed, there were no reaction quotes, just crazy. Oh look, I found the original story and my reaction in some other blog.
And as I said before, we "reality exists" and "A is A" types really can't afford to tolerate those who would be reduced to making shit up.