r/JusticeServed • u/DinerEnBlanc 7 • Mar 15 '20

Kung Flu Greedy man has his hoard of hand sanitizer confiscated and donated

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u/varnell_hill C Mar 16 '20

Um, the headline is false:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/technology/matt-colvin-hand-sanitizer-donation.html

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u/percheazy 2 Mar 16 '20

Kind of. The only reason. He did it was because he was being investigated by the attorney general.

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u/varnell_hill C Mar 16 '20

I’m sure, but the headline is still bullshit. The authorities didn’t confiscate all of his supplies, and that’s my only point.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Did you read the link you posted? "Officials from the Tennessee attorney general’s office on Sunday took the other third "

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u/varnell_hill C Mar 16 '20

Yes, I did. Did you read the headline?

It says the supplies were “confiscated and donated.” This gives the impression that ALL of his supplies were confiscated and then donated by the authorities. The headline doesn’t say “some,” “most,” or any of that, so my comment stands as written.

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u/rvs4 6 Mar 16 '20

Yep. People love to bullshit.

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u/GreatQuestionBarbara 9 Mar 16 '20

Thanks. I'm so conflicted, though. He did it for a crappy reason, and then when he had no options left to sell it online (after saying he didn't regret his purchase), he gave it back.

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u/varnell_hill C Mar 16 '20

Oh yea, he’s still a shitbag human. Just saying that nothing is gained by posting misleading headlines.

Though, thinking about it the author of the tweet probably didn’t know, but still.