3 posts tagged “truth”

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

George orwell

While cruising YouTube today I came across a video which caught my attention and it is on YouTube under possibly two different users.  The videos are:

ATROCITIES,TESTIMONY OF A FORMER US ARMY RANGER IN IRAQ

TESTIMONY OF A FORMER US ARMY RANGER Part-1/2

Very damning stuff about US soldiers in Iraq.  But his whole story is a lie. In fact he has recently been released from prison because as well as his lies, he also tried to claim false Veterans Affairs benefits.  Jesse has apologised for his actions and now realises how serious his allegations were and the potentially dangerous consequences of his actions to others, including those currently serving in the armed forces.

How did I discover that his story is a lie?  Well it took quite a bit of investigation, but I eventually uncovered the truth - I Googled his name, yes it was that simple.   I did have an advantage though  which others before me didn't have, when Jesse first came out with his allegations there wasn't any concrete evidence to the contrary.

This sort of action does not help anyone.  Jesse has and is paying for what he did and I am sure he will be paying for it for quite some time yet.

Lakewood man wishes he could take back lies

What makes me angry at the moment is that there at two YouTube users who know that Jesse's story is fake and they are still airing it at YouTube and genuine caring people who are against the war are being sucked in.  I tried leaving comments but they were blocked, so I have reported them and I hope others do the same and these videos get banned.  There is another YouTube user who is trying to make people aware that Jesse's story is fake.

I am sure there are many soldiers with tragic stories to be told, but this is not one of them.

I came across this quote today in the comments section of a YouTube video. 

"1935 will go down in History! For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration! Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient and the world will follow our lead to the future!" - Adolf Hitler

To be honest the person was actually supporting the view of the video in question and I also support the view of the video in question, but I have learnt that if a quote sounds too good to be true or it just seems to fit into a certain argument just too nicely, then it needs to be questioned.

As suspected the quote is most likely false as there is no evidence that it was ever said by Adolf Hitler.  It is a quote that the pro-gun lobby seems to like to use.  I am not pro-gun lobby, the person using the quote this time was using it to make another point.  I have informed the person involved.

More information can be found about the false quote at this link: Bogus Gun Control Quotes

There is a lot of false propaganda circulating the net these days, the following sites do good work in identifying some of the false propaganda doing the rounds.

Snopes

Urban Legends

HOAXBUSTER

I think that when we are writing our posts we need to be careful that we are not spreading false information and we need to try and check our sources as best we can.  It is not always easy I know.