(FYI - the article that the guy is replying to is misinformation. Two commenters have provided snopes links for anyone curious.)

  • Boopdedoop@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    Oops, this is some misinformation, friend. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rfk-wellness-farms/

    Exaggerated claims designed to provoke a reaction, even in humorous contexts like this, make it harder for us to perceive and react to actual dangerous threats that might come our way. And we’re definitely going to need to have an accurate and truthful view of the world in the coming days.

    It’s a good joke, it’s a great joke even, but even so, we shouldn’t spread misinformation.

    • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
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      5 months ago

      Tfw you say something and everyone hates it and then someone else comes by and says the same thing in a slightly different way and everyone likes it 😑

      • ZeroHora@lemmy.ml
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        5 months ago

        That’s on you, the .ml in your name means that everything you say is wrong even when you say the truth.

        Learn how to lemmy /s

    • The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOP
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      5 months ago

      I was posting more for the funny reply, rather than to share the original article, but I can put a note in the post body that the pictured quoted article is misinformation.

    • random8847@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      What an absolute asshole of a journalist you have to be to twist someone’s words like that.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        “No no bro, it’s going to be totally voluntary, trust me, just watch as we offer it as an alternative to prison, and then criminalize things like ‘taking adderall’.”

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      5 months ago

      Idk, I’m sure that many politicians aren’t advocating for LGBTQ youth to be “sent” to conversation camps.