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Wayne C's avatar

Imagine having such a worthless pathetic life that you have to make a living trolling and lying about a public disaster that killed over a hundred people.

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PJ Shilkitus's avatar

Yeah, this is a much more complex issue than Ryan is presenting. The Star Link/ FEMA hassle kind of shows you that (when an issue has to be resolved at cabinet secretary- CEO level, that doesn't speak well for the organization).

As a look at anticipated response, it's not realistic to expect FEMA/ National Guard to be there in the first 24 hours, so you have to rely on local organizations and volunteers.

A lot of the negative reports originated from this early phase and really centered around poor performance of local officers. That was pretty well documented by at least one of the YouTubers on scene.

As to 'trolls' 'bots' and misinfo- well maybe we should revisit Taibbi's Twitter files. Sometimes it's better to call bullshit just that and not ascribe it to anything else.

"You shouldn't politicize a tragedy,' well if the government didn't live up to your expectations you better damn well politicize it, otherwise it won't get fixed.

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