Vent: My aunt shared a fake quote from a celebrity on Facebook and wouldn't take it down after I showed proof

So my aunt posted this long quote supposedly from Tom Hanks about patriotism and vaccines last month. I looked it up on Snopes and it took me maybe 2 minutes to find it was completely fabricated by some clickbait site. I messaged her privately with the link and a screenshot showing it was debunked in 2022. She just replied, 'Well it sounds like something he would say' and left it up. Three other family members shared it from her page that same week. Has anyone else dealt with a relative who just refuses to admit a post is fake even when you hand them the proof?

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johnson.jason2d agoRising Star

Sounds like you're way too invested in something that ultimately doesn't matter. Nobody is getting hurt by a fake Tom Hanks quote.

emery_young132d ago

It's not about the quote itself being harmful. It's about the fact that she didn't care that she was spreading something fake. That mindset bleeds into bigger stuff. People get so defensive about being wrong that they double down on lies just to save face. I see it everywhere now at work and with friends, little lies that people won't correct because admitting a mistake feels like losing. It's exhausting because it teaches other people that facts don't matter as long as it supports what they already believe. That's how you get entire groups of people living in different realities.