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Common Sense for Your Inbox or Timeline
Fortunately we are all familiar enough these days with the concept of urban legends not to fall for many of the emails that used to catch people. Nobody is fearful of waking up in a bathtub of ice with no kidneys anymore. And nobody is going to give their bank account info to a Sudanese Prince so eh can stash some money there. BUT, there are still things that get floated out there, via email and social media, that are completely bogus....
...This particular email was requesting an opinion on a story with a link. As it was from a trusted friend, and we discuss such topics often, I clicked and was taken to a story about a new gas tax that is set to start on January 1st, 2015. The kicker was, it was for an additional $3 per gallon.
But seriously, why is it that people will question anything good they hear about you, but will believe all the bad without hesitation?
And, for the rest of the story, visit the link above. There are more examples showing how ignorant people are misleading the public, and how blindly passing that misinformation along helps to further damage the public since most are incapable of thinking for themselves.
