# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 21
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/21 "2022-07-26T23:01:58Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The comments I made about Hunter’s laptop and the Durham report were both couched in a suitable amount of skepticism, and my questions about them were framed like, “IF this is true, what do,you think the implications are?” Regarding the laptop stuff, this is false: > [@Let me be real clear: this message board does NOT need conservatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474/2665): > > You know why you need conservatives? To fight ignorance caused by being in a bubble. For example, we were telling you the Hunter Biden Laptop story was a big deal, while Twitter and Facebook were censoring it. And it was real, and it’s still a big deal. Without us, you might not know that the ‘Trump server connected to s Russian bank’ story was utter bullshit. Without us you might not have heard that a lawyer representing Hillary Clinton has been indicted for lying to the FBI about it, and… No, it was never a big deal. It was always just rumor and innuendo. That Hunter might have had a laptop with emails in it is not a big deal and never was. You fell for right wing disinformation bullshit. And you’re still falling for it! So forgive us for mocking you and calling you foolish for falling for this bullshit, over and over and over, even when we point out your mistakes again and again. Sure, you can whine and moan about how you’re always insulted and attacked. Or you could recognize good advice, and consider following it - and here it is: The Hunter Biden laptop story was always tabloid nonsense. It was tainted from the beginning. No facts (beyond the existence of a laptop), no correlation, nothing but rumor and innuendo. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881)._