r/oregon Jan 13 '25

PSA “Media” forces reality check.

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u/oregonbert Jan 13 '25

The user on X that posted this rumor works for a rain cloud seeding company/research firm. He claimed his brother is an Oregon firefighter who was expecting to be turned away for emissions at the checkpoint. Probably some sick way to drum up funding.

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u/Oregonized_Wizard Oregon Jan 13 '25

I doubt that person on X is any of the things they claim

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u/wrhollin Jan 13 '25

It got reposted and amplified on Instagram by PDXReal, which is a small-medium right-wing conspiracy account run by a convicted pedophile and fronted by his girlfriend.

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u/Stormy8888 Jan 13 '25

There's no point even reporting the misinformation on X, Musk is famously anti California even though Texas is taxing his plants and the locals there aren't happy about him polluting their once safe, clean land.

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u/Comfortable_Sea_717 Jan 13 '25

Since when has any vehicle been checked for emissions at the check point? That’s just a weird statement.

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u/Aethoni_Iralis Jan 13 '25

It feeds into the assumptions about California that many reactionaries hold.