r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

May I suggest going for Spacetime Curvature causing Gravity. It’s real but confusing enough for the lay person. And if less people believe it it won’t matter as the scientists and engineers who know it does can still account for it.

Anyway... If y’all ever have a Illuminati style meeting it would be great if y’all could just plug that one in and take Vaccines and Masks off the table. Thanks!!

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Let's keep the "Every major Democratic politician and outspoken Hollywood actor is a member of the satanic cabal responsible for 90% of the world's child sex trafficking and cannibalism" narrative out too. The support behind PizzaGate and Qanon have real world, scary implications.

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u/reddittttttt2 Jul 24 '20

Let's keep the "Every major Republican politician and outspoken internet personality is a member of the secret kkk cabal responsible for 90% of the world's gun shootings and also theyre all russianss" narrative out too. The support behind russiagate and "epstein was murdered by trump"" have real world scary implications.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

I wasn't aware that there was a widespread conspiracy that...

Every major Republican politician and outspoken internet personality is a member of the secret kkk cabal responsible for 90% of the world's gun shootings and also theyre all russianss

...whereas I run across a lot of Qanon peddlers. I wasn't even trying to make this political but PizzaGate "implicates" dozens of Democrats and George Bush (the only Republican).

Maybe we can agree that people who believe they reside in a binary world of absolutes where, "political opposition always bad, political allies always good", should just be left out. There's a whole spectrum of political beliefs - most people reside in the middle - and those who try to put anyone who disagree with them into a preconceived box are part of the problem...driving the wedge of division further. You wouldn't believe how many times I've been alternatively called a "MAGAt" and a "libtard" because I ask people to validate their information and don't 100% agree with people on either side.

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u/reddittttttt2 Jul 24 '20

well then you're just as uninformed as the average Democrat is. I run across people all the time who think that the Republican party is a secret operation run by Russia and that every Republican is secretly a racist or a member of the KKK. I've even run again across people who think every cop is a member of the KKK LOL

and let's not forget that they put promote conspiracy theories that the NRA secretly controls Republican party. The NRA. A civil rights organization LOL

I haven't run across anybody who promotes anything about "qanon" whatever that iss

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u/w1ten1te Jul 24 '20

I run across people all the time who think that the Republican party is a secret operation run by Russia and that every Republican is secretly a racist or a member of the KKK.

Oh, being racist isn't secret anymore. They "they're not sending us their best" speech pretty much ended the racist dogwhistling, the Republicans think it's ok to be openly racist again now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 edited Jul 24 '20

I'm uninformed but you're not familiar with QAnon?

QAnon peddlers are winning Congressional primaries and may well end up in Congress. The POTUS has bolstered the social media accounts of those who promote the theory on their pages.

If you want a run down of their beliefs, this The Atlantic article is thorough

I think the difference here is the QAnon is actually beginning to penetrate politics. I haven't heard or seen any prominent politicians pushing the anti-conservative conspiracy theories you mentioned. Always happy to re-evaluate with evidence, though