# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors

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**Created:** [December 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881 "2021-12-11T12:32:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/1083 "2023-10-20T03:53:26Z")

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Annnnd, another thread (the Hotel California one) has turned into the “Try To Educate Sam” classroom.

As one of my favorite thinkers put it:

> [@Hotel California Redux - Another 1979-like Right Wing Shift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-california-redux-another-1979-like-right-wing-shift/991674/97):
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> Once again, a thread has been hijacked. It’s become about one poster.
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> Is NO ONE here able to ignore this character? Just let him be wrong all by himself!

(Thanks to everyone for this thread; it made me look up Sam’s “facts” before trusting them.)

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