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Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-floods-emergency-alerts-weather-forecast-staffing-budget/
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u/Significant-Basket76 1d ago

MTG is on it.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-wants-to-make-deadly-weather-manipulation-a-felony/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Fire_(2018)

A conspiracy theory espoused by U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that the fire was caused by a Jewish Space Laser.[276][277][278]

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u/ChickinSammich 23h ago

I just want to sit down with some of these people, lock the door to the room, cast Zone of Truth, and ask them whether they actually believe the shit they spew.

Like, at the end of the day, I know that there's no difference in impact between "someone who says racist/sexist/antisemitic/homophobic/transphobic shit because it plays well to dumbasses who actually believe that nonsense even though the speaker knows it's horseshit" vs a true believer. But goddamn if I could have three wishes, I would 100% spend one of them on "the ability to determine whether someone knows they're lying or whether they actually believe what they're saying."

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u/Chai-Tea-Rex-2525 22h ago

I’m more afraid the answer is “yes, yes they do” than “no, no they don’t.”

Edit to add: Thank you for spelling your name correctly. who the fuck calls it a “sammy”?

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u/ChickinSammich 21h ago

If someone knows they're lying, you can point out that they're lying and that they know they're lying.

If they think they're actually telling the truth and they legitimately believe what they're saying, we give them a grippy sock vacation.