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jmowreader

(50,629 posts) Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:42 PM Dec 2021

Am I a terrible person?

When I heard about the Fox News Christmas Tree Burning, the first thing I thought was, “could someone at Fox News have paid a homeless guy to set it on fire so they could ‘prove’ there’s a War on Christmas?”

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Am I a terrible person? (Original Post) jmowreader Dec 2021 OP

No. TreasonousBastard Dec 2021 #1

No you're not and I wouldn't put it past them. I did a little happy dance. Fla Dem Dec 2021 #2

No. It's a very reasonable suspicion. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #3

Thank you for the Vanity link. love_katz Dec 2021 #4

Yup, I would not put a false flag operation/wag the dog scenario past them... nt mitch96 Dec 2021 #5

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. No.

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:43 PM

Dec 2021

Fla Dem

(23,977 posts)

2. No you're not and I wouldn't put it past them. I did a little happy dance.

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:47 PM

Dec 2021

Ocelot II

(116,140 posts)

3. No. It's a very reasonable suspicion.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:56 PM

Dec 2021

It's a perfect combination of the War on Christmas and the Reichstag Fire. What a great opportunity for them to present the immolation of their fake Christmas tree, which was just a bunch of branches fastened to a conical wire frame, as the most anti-American incident since 9/11 or even Pearl Harbor. Their hysteria is described hilariously here: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/12/fox-news-christmas-tree-fire

love_katz

(2,602 posts)

4. Thank you for the Vanity link.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 06:00 PM

Dec 2021

Bwhahahaha! Fux is so over the top that it is just unbelievable. Thanks for giving me a hearty laugh.

mitch96

(13,958 posts)

5. Yup, I would not put a false flag operation/wag the dog scenario past them... nt

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Sat Dec 11, 2021, 06:08 PM

Dec 2021

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