Last week, 10 people were found guilty of cyber-bullying Bridget Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron. These 10 individuals had been accused of spreading faults rumors about Macron's gender and sexuality, essentially claiming she is a transsexual. Macron, if you are unaware, bore three children with her first husband. The presiding judge remarked that the eight women and two men intentionally sought to harm the French first lady.

Perpetuating Falsehoods Lessens Our Causes

How is this related to the U.S.? As we all know, the list of Democrat-generated hoaxes is virtually endless; hoaxes are their stock and trade, and frankly, their only viable strategy for maintaining (profoundly gullible) voters. Right now, regarding Minneapolis, Leftists are devising legions of despicable new hoaxes.

Concurrently, anyone in the Trump Administration, Republican voters, and Conservatives in general need to avoid initiating or perpetuating hoaxes, and instead call out when our side is committing a falsehood. Why? For many reasons. 

We do not want to engage in the same behavior and tactics of those on the Left, who gleefully launch and tout hoaxes. When we perpetuate falsehoods, we are no better than they are. Our focus should be to remain rational and objective, to proceed based on common sense, and to employ sound approaches to prevailing........

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