On Dennis Marks, Al Gore, Sarah Palin & Snopes

According to the Christian Science Monitor "Everybody knows that Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet. But like many things that everyone knows, it's not actually true". And, as I revealed in my previous post, Snopes (in addition to others) have debunked it. Al Gore NEVER said he invented the internet.

None-the-less the certifably insane Dennis Marks (AKA dmarks) actually believes Al Gore said he DID invent the internet. And he does not think Al Gore misspoke. Dennis is sure Al Gore meant he literally invented it, as per this quote from the delusional nutter...

Dennis Marks: I am being completely factual here. The bullshit is coming from you for claiming that there's some substantive difference between someone claiming that he invented the Internet and that he created it. I suggest you read Gore's actual quotation before you make as much of a fool of yourself as the boob who took false credit for creating the Internet. (6/23/2011 AT 3:56am).

In the Christian Science Monitor article, the Gore quote comes in at number 9 in their list of "The 10 most famous things never actually said". At number 10 is another misquote that Dennis lies about. The quote "attributed" to Palin that "I can see Russia from my house!" which Sarah Palin never actually said, although SOME people think she did (when it was actually SNL's Tina Fey). But, according to dmarks it was "leftists who went around claiming that Palin said she could see Russia from her house" (dmarks quote from 6/18/2011 at 1:02pm).

Dennis said that after I pointed out to him that people who believed Palin said that are likely politically uninformed and not "Leftists". Then he went on to quote Snopes (debunking the Palin quote)... even though when I quoted Snopes to prove Al Gore never said he invented the internet - dmarks said Snopes was wrong!

In fact, fact checking sites are just fine with Mr. Marks - except when they disagree with him - then he slanders them with accusations of being "self-appointed pressure groups" who are disseminating "false claims". OK, so Dennis was talking about another fact he did not like at the time, as well as another fact checking organization. But if Snopes was wrong about Gore, and their wrongness is as obvious as you say it is, then isn't Snopes a "pressure group" as well.

And, if Snopes is a pressure group, what are you doing citing them to "prove" your claims about "Leftists" thinking Sarah said she could see Russia from her house? Not that it matters, as Snopes only debunked the quote as being from Sarah Palin instead of Tina Fey. Snopes never said Leftists were responsible for getting it wrong.

My point is to point out the ridiculousness of Dennis quoting Snopes to buttress a claim of Leftists saying the quote came from Sarah (even though Snopes didn't say that) and thinking Snopes is right, while arguing Snopes is wrong about Gore. Huh. Doesn't their being a "pressure group" result in their claims being suspect. And why the hell would they slander Leftists by saying they're responsible for the misattribution?

Obviously the individual making a fool of himself here is the big boob who calls himself dmarks (AKA the individual everyone else knows as Dennis*).

*Note: Everyone else does not know dmarks as Dennis... but this truth-teller is working on it. And, while everyone may not know him as Dennis, virtually everybody knows that dmarks is a boob. That much I am absolutely positive about.

Correction 10/6/2014: "Virtually everyone" does not know dmarks is a boob, only a LOT of people know this. Turns out a Progressive blogger who calls himself Octopus is completely in the dark regarding Dennis' boobism. Unfortunately.

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