• MrVilliam@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I literally knew a girl who said this. She truly had no idea that they were the same thing, but rattled on about wanting it gone while benefiting from it.

    I also knew an older woman who hated Obama and said “he’s arrogant for naming that after himself.” She didn’t believe me that her favorite channel was the one who named it after him unofficially and that its official name was ACA.

    They truly just repeat bullshit until it sticks, and it usually works on the people who don’t bother to diversify their information sources. It’s so goddamn frustrating.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      She didn’t believe me that her favorite channel was the one who named it after him unofficially and that its official name was ACA.

      That can’t be true, because I’ve heard it called Obamacare 30 times. Everyone knows it!

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        2 months ago

        “Everyone says so”

        It’s like an introduction to fallacies in a freshman year philosophy class.