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Old 02-04-2018, 03:11 PM
 
Location: Virginia
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Hmmm, bodies versus train?

This can't end well?

The protesters are blocking the light rail to US Bank Stadium in Minnesota hours before the Super Bowl.

The protesters chained themselves together to block the light rail to the stadium.

BREAKING=>Black Lives Matter BLOCKS LIGHT RAIL TRAIN to SUPER BOWL STADIUM (VIDEO and PICS)
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:18 PM
 
Location: USA
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Source is the Gateway Pundit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit

"The Gateway Pundit (TGP) is a right-wing,[2][3][4][5] far-right,[6][7][8] pro-Trump[9] website. It was founded after the United States presidential election in 2004,[10][11] according to its founder Jim Hoft, to "speak the truth" and to "expose the wickedness of the left".[12] The website is often linked to or cited by Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, Drudge Report, Sarah Palin and other well-known conservative people and media outlets.[13] The website is known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.[14][5][15][16]"

Back to sleep people. Just more fake news from the far-right.
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:19 PM
 
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What are they protesting?
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:22 PM
 
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What are they protesting?
Given that the source is a right-wing fake news site, probably nothing at all:

https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit

If lunatic fringe sites like The Gateway Pundit tell you the sky is blue, you'd best double-check because it's probably cloudy that day.
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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Source is the Gateway Pundit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gateway_Pundit

"The Gateway Pundit (TGP) is a right-wing,[2][3][4][5] far-right,[6][7][8] pro-Trump[9] website. It was founded after the United States presidential election in 2004,[10][11] according to its founder Jim Hoft, to "speak the truth" and to "expose the wickedness of the left".[12] The website is often linked to or cited by Fox News commentator Sean Hannity, Drudge Report, Sarah Palin and other well-known conservative people and media outlets.[13] The website is known for publishing falsehoods and spreading hoaxes.[14][5][15][16]"

Back to sleep people. Just more fake news from the far-right.
Rambler, how much trouble would it have been for you to do an online search proving that this is a true story? Two seconds? Probably less time than it took for you to look up the Gateway Pundit on wiki, no less!
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Suburb of Chicago
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Here's another source:

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/0...s-bank-stadium
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:23 PM
 
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Police clear protesters on light rail tracks near Super Bowl; arrests made - StarTribune.com
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:24 PM
 
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Mommy must have needed today to clean the basements they live in, so they can return Monday to their Gameboys.
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:26 PM
 
Location: USA
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Rambler, how much trouble would it have been for you to do an online search proving that this is a true story? Two seconds? Probably less time than it took for you to look up the Gateway Pundit on wiki, no less!
Even crazy sites like the Gateway Pundit can post a true story now and then. That does not mean they are valid news sources.

THAT is the point of my post, which should have been obvious.


The protesters are far less relevant in the grand scheme of things than people who think conspiracy theory websites spewing bigotry are good news sources.

It's crap like this - posting one valid news story amid 20 fake news stories - that lures people into trusting these websites. And that is a huge problem.
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Old 02-04-2018, 03:30 PM
 
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Great. That problem has been dealt with... There is also no evidence Antifa was involved, despite the worthless claims from the right-wing fake news site, the Gateway Pundit.

By now the problem should be obvious - you can clear tracks of trouble-making protesters, and yet people still trust fake news sites because "they are right now and then."
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