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[Don Rumata]

BTW I posted just so we could move on from the previous page, CRAWLING with Majora's Mask (a classic N64 title) SPOILERS.
If you read this message, DO NOT go back one page, unless you have COMPLETED SEVERAL TIMES that title.

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resident-evil-2-producer-resident-evil-3-remake-coming-if-enough-fans-demand-it.96261/page-10#post-17353571

There’s no way Jill’s RE3 outfit would fly in this day and age.



Claire’s was less risqué and they gave her a change in attire.

You'd think she was dressed in a micro bikini with pasties on her tits, or something.

Reminder: Things that fly in this day and age:

[VomKriege]

"Unsolicited spoilers". Did the Era staff just confessed to raping plot twists ?

[HaughtyFrank]

What was the original title?

Something like

SPOILER

spoiler (click to show/hide)

"What's up with the tree inside the moon in Majoras Mask"

[close]

[Snoopycat_]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/am-i-crazy-or-does-this-mean-that-amy-schumer-is-confessing-that-she-actually-raped-people.96737/#post-17421438

I guess he watched her Netflix special too

[Straight Edge]

If 2 people too drunk to consent have sex, did they rape each other?

[Cauliflower Of Love]

I'd love to cross reference that thread with every thread about drinking and see all the idiots that jump in and go "never, I don't want to get arrested for public intoxication after having a beer!"

[Straight Edge]

Penetration is rape so i guess it’s a moot point.

[Leadbelly]

Laughing Banana goes on these forums right?

Maybe he can explain this:

Just ignore all the "if male comedians did this, there would be hell to pay" comments since I think that sentiment came from the kind of people who typically use SJW unironically, but regardless, having sex with someone so drunk that the person cannot give consent to is basically rape, yes? And the same with that driver fingering thing, that's at least sexual assault, right...?

Or is this just one of her jokes or something? It doesn't seem like it, though. What do you think, Era

It's such an odd thing to say. "I'm not going to mention this point because people who say SJW unironically also mention this point, and I don't want to be lumped in with them". There is either something to the point being made or there is not.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

It's kinda sad that people have to preface their posts on era, just to be able to say shit.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/tesla-posts-second-consecutive-quarterly-profit-record-q4-revenue-7-2b-120-yoy.96743/post-17435285

[Propagandhim]

Laughing Banana goes on these forums right?

Maybe he can explain this:

Just ignore all the "if male comedians did this, there would be hell to pay" comments since I think that sentiment came from the kind of people who typically use SJW unironically, but regardless, having sex with someone so drunk that the person cannot give consent to is basically rape, yes? And the same with that driver fingering thing, that's at least sexual assault, right...?

Or is this just one of her jokes or something? It doesn't seem like it, though. What do you think, Era

It's such an odd thing to say. "I'm not going to mention this point because people who say SJW unironically also mention this point, and I don't want to be lumped in with them". There is either something to the point being made or there is not.

Yeah, I laughed at that sentence.  Quintessential Era: backwards-logic.

[joeboy101]

Those Steam/Epic threads are giving me life.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thq-nordic-ab-ceo-fully-supports-metro-exodus-exclusivity-deal-and-announces-holding-company-name-change.96705/post-17421856

Dalik said:
I use multiple PCs and stay in different places to play my games, it's not difficult to understand really.

Yet you could easily transfer the game saves between machines using a USB drive, cloud storage, etc. In fact you already do this unless every single game you play is a Steam game that supports cloud saving.

 

You know what also works? 3 1/2 inch diskettes.

Another poster’s response...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thq-nordic-ab-ceo-fully-supports-metro-exodus-exclusivity-deal-and-announces-holding-company-name-change.96705/post-17423041

You asked how cloud saves are essential, and then recommended USB sticks to transfer saves and acted like that makes cloud saves non-essential. Physician, heal thyself. You don't get to tell me I don't understand something when you can't even read your own posts and what you were responding to. Now please quit trolling. I already got tired of dealing with you bending over backwards to try and come up with the most convoluted ways to explain why the AC:Odyssey DLC had to be a giant pile of crap and never once admitted that you were just flat out wrong. With any luck, you'd quit posting altogether and go back to refresh on that doctorate. Or perhaps you should start with some English refreshers while you're at it.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Laughing Banana goes on these forums right?

No, bananas is pretty damn clearly not the same person as laughing banana, even though he stole his name to sign up here

[Cauliflower Of Love]

same laughing bananas as neogaf one for sure though.

[Leadbelly]

Laughing Banana goes on these forums right?

No, bananas is pretty damn clearly not the same person as laughing banana, even though he stole his name to sign up here

Oh. Nevermind then.

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Those Steam/Epic threads are giving me life.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thq-nordic-ab-ceo-fully-supports-metro-exodus-exclusivity-deal-and-announces-holding-company-name-change.96705/post-17421856

Dalik said:
I use multiple PCs and stay in different places to play my games, it's not difficult to understand really.

Yet you could easily transfer the game saves between machines using a USB drive, cloud storage, etc. In fact you already do this unless every single game you play is a Steam game that supports cloud saving.

 

You know what also works? 3 1/2 inch diskettes.

Another poster’s response...

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thq-nordic-ab-ceo-fully-supports-metro-exodus-exclusivity-deal-and-announces-holding-company-name-change.96705/post-17423041

You asked how cloud saves are essential, and then recommended USB sticks to transfer saves and acted like that makes cloud saves non-essential. Physician, heal thyself. You don't get to tell me I don't understand something when you can't even read your own posts and what you were responding to. Now please quit trolling. I already got tired of dealing with you bending over backwards to try and come up with the most convoluted ways to explain why the AC:Odyssey DLC had to be a giant pile of crap and never once admitted that you were just flat out wrong. With any luck, you'd quit posting altogether and go back to refresh on that doctorate. Or perhaps you should start with some English refreshers while you're at it.

Literally using a floppy right now.

and shaking

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Those Steam/Epic threads are giving me life.

Weird how in the Ultraviolet shutting down thread people understand the benefits of a single consolidated library instead of having everything you own split across multiple launchers by multiple companies who all have varying degrees of investment and therefore differing probable lifespans in wanting to stick around as digital library providers longterm.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

How the fuck are people mad about Majoras Mask 'spoilers'?
 

Majoras Mask is so old, fucking Nintendo cut its pricetag.
How fucking bad is your backlog if you didn't get around to a nearly 20 year old game anyway?

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/idiotic-statements-and-your-best-one-liner-responses.96863/post-17439167

I foresee great potential in this thread, both for r/thathappened and also an insight into what era think are acerbic dorothy parker style witticisms

[Nintex]

Look at these Islamophobes in here.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nike-faces-demand-to-recall-sneakers-as-muslims-object-to-design.96836/

What's Stinkles doing on Era anyway.

Doesn't he have a franchise to run into the ground?

[benjipwns]

That thread is amazing. No one can agree on when consent can be given.

Never. This is why incels are a very real threat to everyone.

[nachobro]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/post-your-shoes-collection.96870/

Tabris the God here to trigger more resettis

[HaughtyFrank]

Look at these Islamophobes in here.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nike-faces-demand-to-recall-sneakers-as-muslims-object-to-design.96836/

So much for listening to minorities.

When some Hindus complained about Overwatch everyone was meant to respect their feelings though

[Boredfrom]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-political-alignments-of-smash-ultimate-video.96860/

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-few-good-men-vs-my-cousin-vinny-which-courtroom-movie-do-you-enjoy-more.96829/post-17434139

mfw era collectively think my cousin vinny is one of the greatest films of all time and a few good men is okay i guess

e:
did some youtube personality just do a my cousin vinny retrospective perchance?

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/empires-jussie-smollett-hospitalized-after-two-men-wrap-noose-around-his-neck-pour-bleach-on-him-this-is-maga-country.96410/post-17437271

I personally don't see why ANYONE would willingly hand over their phone to the police, so the police could just search through their phone for anything they want.

How many "the victim was no angel" news reports do you have to read, to trust them AND the media. Imagine if he smoked weed or something 2 weeks ago and talked about it with his friends. Especially with how reporting of this incident has gone, we'd never hear the end of it.

If police want to confirm a phone call took place at a certain time between two individuals, they have ways to confirm it that DON'T involve searching through someone's personal phone for who knows what else.

 

On one hand, yeah, if you're a celeb you don't want some cop getting a TMZ cash bonus sharing your dick pics.

On the other, IMAGINE if you're the victim of an assault, where actual evidence isn't showing up, you have a lawyer who can ensure that access is strictly limited to call history, and that you presumably want the guilty parties apprehended because the longer the time since the incident passes, the less likely it is that a conviction will happen, and to establish a timeline and legitimise testimony all you need to do is have your lawyer show your call history instead of making the people investigating the crime go through the process of getting a warrant, a subpoena, and then your call records to establish the exact same thing, all the while literally treating you like a suspect, because you put yourself in that position.

[benjipwns]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a-few-good-men-vs-my-cousin-vinny-which-courtroom-movie-do-you-enjoy-more.96829/post-17434139

mfw era collectively think my cousin vinny is one of the greatest films of all time and a few good men is okay i guess

e:
did some youtube personality just do a my cousin vinny retrospective perchance?

I'm sorry, I was all the way over here. I couldn't hear you. Did you say you were a fast cook? That's it?

Are we to believe that boiling water soaks into a grit faster in your kitchen than on any place on the face of the earth?

Well, perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove. Were these magic grits? I mean, did you buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

[Jansen]

Those Steam/Epic threads are giving me life.

It's great. We even have some crybabbies on the bire

[BikeJesus]

Tyler re-enabled Likes in the politics forum. Strange to see him actually listen to his community.

[Boredfrom]

Jansen, at least try to not sound petty.

[samir]

Who is the biggest crybabby?

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/empires-jussie-smollett-hospitalized-after-two-men-wrap-noose-around-his-neck-pour-bleach-on-him-this-is-maga-country.96410/post-17441597

The tweet I quoted is from a journalist and literally said “phone records.” And no one said the cops aren’t going to get the records. But I’m sure they prefer to get them voluntarily if possible.

Stooop they dont need is phone for anything dealing with catching the people

Stooop, if you can buy that someone would sit for 40 mins with a rope around their neck, cracked ribs and doused in bleach before doing anything because they were shook, you can also buy that they got the time wrong or were mistaken about where exactly they were in an unfamiliar city, both of which would explain why the police can't find any CCTV at the stated time and location, both of which call records would independently verify

[BikeJesus]

The sad thing is that there are so many shootings, robberies, and other crimes getting less attention with so much focus being placed on this alleged incident. I read the fucking FBI is involved. Dude should be doing everything possible to help them if he didn't make any of it up. If it turns out he lied, oh boy.

[Boredfrom]

Being perfectly honest, is also weird that the MAGA crowd is calling this a hoax. Even Trump say “that is terrible” and move on. Feels that if there was an attack or not it would be probably better to wait until the police give their results than play detective.

[Propagandhim]

It's not that weird, man     Or rather, I'm not surprised. 

[BisMarckie]

I always thought that Steam keys will be our currency after the nuclear apocalypse. 

Epic games

[BikeJesus]

Just like the left waits for all the facts before condemning every conservative as a racist nazi? I will always give the benefit of the doubt, but this story doesn't strike me as believable. It is comic levels of racism. That said, I won't call him a liar even if it does seem unbelievable to me. On the same token, I am not going to blindly believe something that sounds so far-fetched.

Oh and just went on the guys twitter. The pinned tweet isn't about asking for help identifying the (alleged) perpetrators, it is advertising his album. 

[stufte]

If it's a hoax it's horrible. If it's legit, it's also horrible. There's no winning here for anyone. He will be turned into a political pawn no matter the outcome.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Being perfectly honest, is also weird that the MAGA crowd is calling this a hoax. Even Trump say “that is terrible” and move on. Feels that if there was an attack or not it would be probably better to wait until the police give their results than play detective.

Any celebrity, no matter how minor, is going to draw more than average interest for any involvement in crime, and the grotesque nature of this one along with the... weirdness of certain things not adding up makes it particularly interesting.

[Boredfrom]

Just like the left waits for all the facts before condemning every conservative as a racist nazi? I will always give the benefit of the doubt, but this story doesn't strike me as believable. It is comic levels of racism. That said, I won't call him a liar even if it does seem unbelievable to me. On the same token, I am not going to blindly believe something that sounds so far-fetched.

They totally should wait for the facts. Just pointing out all of this is, deep down, shallow celebrity gossip rather than people caring one way or another. The case sounds messy and I also feel the actor has not been trustworthy but some stuff is not as far fetched as you guys point.

 The comical levels of racism is not exactly uncommon given the current political climate.

[samfish]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nike-faces-demand-to-recall-sneakers-as-muslims-object-to-design.96836/#post-17435824

Exactly what I’d expect from a self professed white person. I bet he’s also opposed to taking down photos of coal miners in bars.

[BikeJesus]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fringe'.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nike-faces-demand-to-recall-sneakers-as-muslims-object-to-design.96836/#post-17435824

Exactly what I’d expect from a self professed white person. I bet he’s also opposed to taking down photos of coal miners in bars.

lol

[Propagandhim]

Just like the left waits for all the facts before condemning every conservative as a racist nazi? I will always give the benefit of the doubt, but this story doesn't strike me as believable. It is comic levels of racism. That said, I won't call him a liar even if it does seem unbelievable to me. On the same token, I am not going to blindly believe something that sounds so far-fetched.

A) Its not "the left" or "the right", its the lunatic fringes on either side. Most people that identify as either don't act the way their political paisans do on the internet.
 

It's not the fringe and it's getting old hearing people try to ameliorate America's issues of divisiveness like this.  There is a huge, mainstream appeal for editorial and media packaging of racial conflict in this country - I can turn on a news channel at any point in the day and see this story being covered with panels, talking heads, up-to-the-minute updates on the police investigation, etc.  It's not even about police shootings and real murder anymore - they take low-level incidents like the Starbucks arrest and Covington and give it tons of coverage for a reason.  It's not lunatic fringe.  It totally is embedded in the normal left/right character and consciousness of this country.

[Jansen]

Jansen, at least try to not sound petty.

[VomKriege]

Agressions can get pretty grotesque, I don't know if that's really a smell test that is viable.

There's honestly not much more to say and absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence.

[Boredfrom]

Being perfectly honest, is also weird that the MAGA crowd is calling this a hoax. Even Trump say “that is terrible” and move on. Feels that if there was an attack or not it would be probably better to wait until the police give their results than play detective.

Any celebrity, no matter how minor, is going to draw more than average interest for any involvement in crime, and the grotesque nature of this one along with the... weirdness of certain things not adding up makes it particularly interesting.

Well yes, i’m just arguing is shallow using this as a political or racial counterpoint given how weird the case is. Why the need of REE like people or MAGA idiots to get obsessed about it when it feels can swing either way.

The backlash about the idiot kids in the rally died almost immediately when Trump caved about the shutdown, so I feel most people don’t genuinely care about this outside cultural war browny points.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

Being perfectly honest, is also weird that the MAGA crowd is calling this a hoax. Even Trump say “that is terrible” and move on. Feels that if there was an attack or not it would be probably better to wait until the police give their results than play detective.

Any celebrity, no matter how minor, is going to draw more than average interest for any involvement in crime, and the grotesque nature of this one along with the... weirdness of certain things not adding up makes it particularly interesting.

Well yes, i’m just arguing is shallow using this as a political or racial counterpoint given how weird the case is. Why the need of REE like people or MAGA idiots to get obsessed about it when it feels can swing either way.

The backlash about the idiot kids in the rally died almost immediately when Trump caved about the shutdown, so I feel most people don’t genuinely care about this outside cultural war browny points.

Yeah, I agree; I mean, I know exactly why certain Era posters are hammering F5 for every detail no matter how irrelevant - its because if spiritually true its proof of the bogeyman they keep claiming is out to get them.

There sure is a lot of ass showing in that topic though, from everything from an AP straight reportage being 'clickbait', through to incompetent cops not doing their job properly and treating the victim as suspect, when the victim is actively hindering that selfsame investigation.

[BikeJesus]

The covington thing died down when it turned out most of the media portrayed it is a heavily biased way and had to issue retractions, corrections, etc. They killed the story after it stopped fitting their narrative.

Being perfectly honest, is also weird that the MAGA crowd is calling this a hoax. Even Trump say “that is terrible” and move on. Feels that if there was an attack or not it would be probably better to wait until the police give their results than play detective.

Any celebrity, no matter how minor, is going to draw more than average interest for any involvement in crime, and the grotesque nature of this one along with the... weirdness of certain things not adding up makes it particularly interesting.

Well yes, i’m just arguing is shallow using this as a political or racial counterpoint given how weird the case is. Why the need of REE like people or MAGA idiots to get obsessed about it when it feels can swing either way.

The backlash about the idiot kids in the rally died almost immediately when Trump caved about the shutdown, so I feel most people don’t genuinely care about this outside cultural war browny points.

Yeah, I agree; I mean, I know exactly why certain Era posters are hammering F5 for every detail no matter how irrelevant - its because if spiritually true its proof of the bogeyman they keep claiming is out to get them.

There sure is a lot of ass showing in that topic though, from everything from an AP straight reportage being 'clickbait', through to incompetent cops not doing their job properly and treating the victim as suspect, when the victim is actively hindering that selfsame investigation.

If a cop is doing their job properly, everyone is a suspect until eliminated as one. If the guy won't give up phone records to help corroborate his story, it makes sense they would find that suspicious.

[Boredfrom]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fring

Dude, fucking Trump said “this is terrible”. They are politicians and, while horrible, the if he lies people are only going to shit on the actor or if is true the actor is going to be a martyr; everything in between is going to be forgotten unless there is something more horrible behind that.

[Boredfrom]

The covington thing died down when it turned out most of the media portrayed it is a heavily biased way and had to issue retractions, corrections, etc. They killed the story after it stopped fitting their narrative.

Being fair, the story was killed because the true story was a not story (assholes screaming to assholes in a political demonstration). The fact that the other side of the media really wanted to put this kids as martyrs when the truth come out should be your bigger concern.

[BikeJesus]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fring

Dude, fucking Trump said “this is terrible”. They are politicians and, while horrible, the if he lies people are only going to shit on the actor or if is true the actor is going to be a martyr; everything in between is going to be forgotten unless there is something more horrible behind that.

Saying 'this is horrible' makes sense. Going on to say 'this is because of Trump and the environment he created' does not make sense.

The covington thing died down when it turned out most of the media portrayed it is a heavily biased way and had to issue retractions, corrections, etc. They killed the story after it stopped fitting their narrative.

Being fair, the story was killed because the true story was a not story (assholes screaming to assholes in a political demonstration). The fact that the other side of the media really wanted to put this kids as martyrs when the truth come out should be your bigger concern.

So the issue is not that the media did everything in their power to smear some high-school kids, it is that other people came to their defense? Some of those kids seems like dumb shitheads, but it wasn't in anyway like the media portrayed it. And using their position of power to go after highschool kids is disgusting. When the story broke you didn't see any mention of the black israelites calling them incest babies, future school shooters, etc etc. You didn't hear about how the native guy came up to them. Instead, it was that the kids surrounded the native guy.

[Boredfrom]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fring

Dude, fucking Trump said “this is terrible”. They are politicians and, while horrible, the if he lies people are only going to shit on the actor or if is true the actor is going to be a martyr; everything in between is going to be forgotten unless there is something more horrible behind that.

Saying 'this is horrible' makes sense. Going on to say 'this is because of Trump and the environment he created' does not make sense.

Why? Trump is a scumbag and the people still supporting him at this point are insane or idiots. The fact that MAGA idiots are more concerned about this being a hoax or not is kind of horrible in its own right.

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

So the issue is not that the media did everything in their power to smear some high-school kids, it is that other people came to their defense?

I mean, that makes 'the media' seem more actively complicit than they were; it was really more that unknown Bad Faith Actors created a neat little packaged narrative that some people wanted to be true, and they just ran with what they got served up in a neat little bow.

Which is just shitty lack of due diligence on their part less than active maliciousness. Although the end results might end up the same, and in a climate where people are actively attempting to undermine the concept of a free press really doesn;t help things.

[BikeJesus]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fring

Dude, fucking Trump said “this is terrible”. They are politicians and, while horrible, the if he lies people are only going to shit on the actor or if is true the actor is going to be a martyr; everything in between is going to be forgotten unless there is something more horrible behind that.

Saying 'this is horrible' makes sense. Going on to say 'this is because of Trump and the environment he created' does not make sense.

Why? Trump is a scumbag and the people still supporting him at this point are insane or idiots. The fact that MAGA idiots are more concerned about this being a hoax or not is kind of horrible in its own right.

So are the journalists following the story and reporting facts also 'MAGA idiots'? I mean that is where the information is coming from.

So the issue is not that the media did everything in their power to smear some high-school kids, it is that other people came to their defense?

I mean, that makes 'the media' seem more actively complicit than they were; it was really more that unknown Bad Faith Actors created a neat little packaged narrative that some people wanted to be true, and they just ran with what they got served up in a neat little bow.

Which is just shitty lack of due diligence on their part less than active maliciousness. Although the end results might end up the same, and in a climate where people are actively attempting to undermine the concept of a free press really doesn;t help things.

It is great that you think they just made an oopsie. I actually think it was malicious and part of an agenda.

[stufte]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fring

Dude, fucking Trump said “this is terrible”. They are politicians and, while horrible, the if he lies people are only going to shit on the actor or if is true the actor is going to be a martyr; everything in between is going to be forgotten unless there is something more horrible behind that.

Saying 'this is horrible' makes sense. Going on to say 'this is because of Trump and the environment he created' does not make sense.

Why? Trump is a scumbag and the people still supporting him at this point are insane or idiots. The fact that MAGA idiots are more concerned about this being a hoax or not is kind of horrible in its own right.

People calling MAGA hats the new KKK hood are also insane though. It's not like this fervor is entirely Trumps fault, people are spiraling out of their minds these days.

[Boredfrom]

So the issue is not that the media did everything in their power to smear some high-school kids, it is that other people came to their defense?

Given how fast the defenders dropped the issue when the spotlight was on “Trump stupid shutdown plan fails”, I will say they didn’t have the intention to push this a a separate affair of “poor Trump supporters”.

[Jansen]

[Boredfrom]

I mean you have Pelosi, Waters, Harris, etc already accepting the narrative and using it in their rhetoric so the time for 'wait and see' has already passed. Unless you consider them to be 'on the fring

Dude, fucking Trump said “this is terrible”. They are politicians and, while horrible, the if he lies people are only going to shit on the actor or if is true the actor is going to be a martyr; everything in between is going to be forgotten unless there is something more horrible behind that.

Saying 'this is horrible' makes sense. Going on to say 'this is because of Trump and the environment he created' does not make sense.

Why? Trump is a scumbag and the people still supporting him at this point are insane or idiots. The fact that MAGA idiots are more concerned about this being a hoax or not is kind of horrible in its own right.

People calling MAGA hats the new KKK hood are also insane though. It's not like this fervor is entirely Trumps fault, people are spiraling out of their minds these days.

He is pretty comfortable in allowing people branding his followers like that, though. Hell, he is pretty comfortable on encouraging the worst of people in either side.

[BikeJesus]

So the issue is not that the media did everything in their power to smear some high-school kids, it is that other people came to their defense?

Given how fast the defenders dropped the issue when the spotlight was on “Trump stupid shutdown plan fails”, I will say they didn’t have the intention to push this a a separate affair of “poor Trump supporters”.

So they shouldn't cover current news and should instead focus on something they already debunked?

The fact that the other side of the media really wanted to put this kids as martyrs when the truth come out should be your bigger concern.

Given how fast the defenders dropped the issue when the spotlight was on “Trump stupid shutdown plan fails”, I will say they didn’t have the intention to push this a a separate affair of “poor Trump supporters”.

So you want it both ways. Call them out for covering it, then call them out for moving on after.