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Originally Posted by GatorB
Do you?
Look if I see a guy using a metal pole to get a kite caught in electrical wires I don't have to "know" him at all to know that he is a fucking moron.
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You are actually proving my point with this. The key here would be you actually "seeing" the guy acting stupid. The equivalent of what is going on here is somebody telling you about a guy acting stupid somewhere else. Once you insert another person into the report, you have to at least try to verify the account before you proclaim this guy to be a moron for what he has done.
What if the guy turned out to be a guy that worked for the power company, clearing debris from a dead power line? Even if you watched video of the act, what if the part of the video showing him turn off the power was edited out? Since you didn't actually see it, you are being "fed" the story. MSNBC just did this to Perry with a speech he gave that mentioned a black cloud being over the U.S.. The way it was edited made it sound like he was referring to Obama when he was actually referring to the economy. Al Sharpton still called Perry a racist for the comment even after MSNBC was forced to apologize.