'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians
'It just exploded': Springfield woman claims she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians
The woman behind an early Facebook post that helped spark baseless rumors about Haitians eating pets told NBC News that she feels for the immigrant community.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio —The woman behind an early Facebook post spreading a harmful and baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating local pets that helped thrust a small Ohio city into the national spotlight says she had no firsthand knowledge of any such incident and is now filled with regret and fear as a result of the ensuing fallout.
“It just exploded into something I didn’t mean to happen,” Erika Lee, a Springfield resident, told NBC News on Friday.
Lee recently posted on Facebook about a neighbor’s cat that went missing, adding that the neighbor told Lee she thought the cat was the victim of an attack by her Haitian neighbors.
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To be honest, although it was dumb, it was also unfortunate. There is no way we will get a hold on viral fake news because there will always be that one unlucky or stupid bastard posting something silly.
Don't eat the pets, people!
the guy that started the couch memes:
At least couches don't have families.
Or DO THEY!?
Cows are pets
And you can even feed them a vegan diet.
I don’t think cows’ digestive systems can handle vegans 🫢
What is even the point of having four stomachs then?
Don't you start.
Jersey cows are adorable and make great pets.
Apart. I'm guessing, from the massive poos.
Well, everything poos,
and massive is relative.
You should see my poos!
Yeah, but I assume your poos go in a toilet and not on the ground.
You’ve never truly pooped until you pop a squat in your back yard.
I'll take your word for it. I clean up enough dog poo out there as it is. And it's much smaller than cow poo. Generally not as soft too.