DU Rules of Thumbs

[Hissyspit]

In this thread concerning the widely debunked Qu'ran 'Eagle' reference that has been propagated through RW emailers, I responded:

"General Rule of Thumb: Anything in a right-wing email is not true. Or at least HIGHLY questionable or true, but presented out of context or misrepresented."

Bill McBlueState responded:

"That's a good rule! There should be a Bill Maher-style list of DU rules."

I am starting this thread for DUers to add their DU Rule of Thumb - guidelines on which you can pretty much depend. Feel free to add yours.

[tuvor]

1. Demand proof from anyone who claims something and provides none

I have shut up more bushkissers that way.

[noamnety]

2. You stole my rule #1!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1960400

[Hissyspit]

4. O.K. Then this is a joint posting!

Great minds think alike! :pals:

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Be very leery

of bloggers who cannot spell.

[Must_B_Free]

6. it's just typos from typing too fast -

I'm really not a Freeper.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. It's easy to tell the difference between

typos and words that are spelled wrong.

My favorite freeper misspellings are
whinning instead of whining
and
loose instead of lose

[bj2110]

5. Rule Number 409: You cannot believe everything you read. Period.

Make up your own damn mind. Do your own damn research. Find your own damn facts! Exclamation point.

[Hissyspit]

8. Yes, that's a good one: "Question Everything"

Also: "Question Authority"

[Athame]

9. When something seems worse than you could possibly imagine,

ask yourself this:

What do I see that I don't want to see?
What do I know that I don't want to know?
(from Starhawk: Truth or Dare)

In other words, learn to listen to and trust your gut.