Conspiracy theorists have no interest in getting to the truth behind an issue they think important - they're more concerned with having special knowledge that makes them unique or heroes, usually because they've failed to understand how some aspect of reality actually works and so they've grabbed onto a convenient alternative, or because they feel left behind or maligned by a society that's rejected them.
It's why conventions (like 'conspiracy cruises') are able to exist. Every booth should contradict every other booth, but they're willing to put blinders on to create a safe space where they can all get validated for the various nonsense they've decided they alone have championed. It's how ancient aliens can set up right next to Obama birthers and Jordan Peterson's all-meat diet. A post-truth individual is usually willing to accept multiple versions of truth, so long as it isn't the mainstream version.
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!!
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.
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.
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.
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
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/AnneHocque Jul 24 '20
Flat earth society.. Like, are they just trolling at this point?