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Aaron Rodgers says AIDS was created by the U.S. government in the 1980s (www.outsports.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I legit appreciate the history lesson but you don’t have to debunk posts on nottheonion haha

[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You're probably right :) I have this compulsion where I always want to know WHY something is wrong, so when I hear something like this I run off to look it up.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

Nah, keep debunking. Just because we know the claim isn't true doesn't mean we know what is. For this one, we can't invert the statement to find the truth. "The government didn't create AIDS in the 1980s" is incredibly vague so I enjoyed your summary