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:::In the first sentence includes the phrase "figure of modern folklore", which should specify the context clearly. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]<sup>'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]] | [[Special:Contributions/Liberaltears|Don't be an anti-Catholic zealot!]]'''''</sup> Tuesday, 14:42, 21 July 2020 (EDT)
:::In the first sentence includes the phrase "figure of modern folklore", which should specify the context clearly. —[[User:Liberaltears|Liberaltears]]<sup>'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|May Dataclarifier be well!]] | [[Special:Contributions/Liberaltears|Don't be an anti-Catholic zealot!]]'''''</sup> Tuesday, 14:42, 21 July 2020 (EDT)
::::I could go either way on this, but Merriam-Webster defines folklore as "traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people; an often unsupported notion, story, or saying that is widely circulated" It sounds like this word implies, but does not definitively state, that it refers to something untrue. People generally recognize that most folklore tends to be exaggerated, inaccurate, or just made-up, but that is not always true. In this case it is a modern lie, but based on heavily exaggerated and distorted fact. So yes, it can accurately be called folklore, but that label does not definitively mean that it is false. --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 15:20, 21 July 2020 (EDT)
::::I could go either way on this, but Merriam-Webster defines folklore as "traditional customs, tales, sayings, dances, or art forms preserved among a people; an often unsupported notion, story, or saying that is widely circulated" It sounds like this word implies, but does not definitively state, that it refers to something untrue. People generally recognize that most folklore tends to be exaggerated, inaccurate, or just made-up, but that is not always true. In this case it is a modern lie, but based on heavily exaggerated and distorted fact. So yes, it can accurately be called folklore, but that label does not definitively mean that it is false. (Perhaps that is why we are using it?) --[[User:DavidB4|<font color="ForestGreen">DavidB4</font>]] <sup>([[User talk:DavidB4|TALK]])</sup> 15:20, 21 July 2020 (EDT)