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Riot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin. (slrpnk.net)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edit: Name of University fixed.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I'm not saying it's photoshoped, but the sign looks out of place and like an invitation to change its text.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here is another camera angle. Source

Here is a LinkedIn post from at least 1 month prior with a photo of a similar sign. Source

Here is a LinkedIn post from at least 3 weeks prior that has been edited but contains the same phrase. Source. Because the post has been edited, it does not act as standalone evidence but it is supporting evidence.

The phrase seems to be an existing slogan for the campus, and there seems to be signage with that phrase and color of background of text. The photo in the original post seems to be plausible.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago

That is exactly the kind of bs a university would put on a sign

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I went to school there. They had signs that read similar things back then. The university’s slogan is ‘what starts here changes the world’

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago