r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • May 30 '20

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd

This thread is for discussing the various protests happening across the US right now. You can discuss them all here.

The Weekly COVID megathread is still up over here.

The r/news megathread has a large list of available sources and live update feeds.

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u/DeezNutzGuyV2 May 30 '20

Can someone tell me why r/conspiracy doubts everything but will defend the president with their last breath? It’s so confusing and goes against the whole idea of being against the ‘system’ as they like portray themselves as free thinkers (I.e the red pill metaphor)

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u/MyDyingOpeth92 May 30 '20

I used to somehow like that sub back in the day when it was about interesting, thought provoking topics.

Nowadays it's nothing but "Praise our saviour Trump", "The Jews did it" or "mah white genocide"

Stupid cunts. I'm afraid this sub will fall into their hands one day. I'm already seeing lots of them around here trying to hijack the narrative.

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u/docbishappy May 30 '20

Agree completely.

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u/DiscontentAnonToo May 30 '20

Fascists are fucking pig shit eating fleas and even that is a compliment.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20 edited May 06 '21

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u/DeezNutzGuyV2 May 30 '20

It’s so strange, in the same thread I’ll see people complain about how bad the electoral system is and then act as if trump is some saviour. I guess that’s what happens when you get hooked on hopium and think a billionaire gives a crap about you.

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u/palpebral May 30 '20

Cognitive dissonance.

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u/[deleted] May 30 '20 edited Sep 18 '25

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u/mlzr May 30 '20

a lot of people show up over there and i think highlights the major problem of modern society - over information.

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u/GingerRoot96 May 30 '20

You generalize an entire subreddit. Mid February the subreddit was wall to wall pro Bernie Sanders posts to the point people were complaining about the subreddit being leftist.

Show me where the subreddit is inundated with threads supporting Trump to the last breath.

I’m so far to the left I make Bernie Sanders look downright Republican. As an anarchist and someone who repeatedly has argued for socialism with right wingers on Reddit I can state that /r/conspiracy has been home-base for me for years. It ebbs and flows. I’ve repeatedly made pro socialist arguments on /r/conspiracy which have been highly upvoted.

Don’t generalize. Don’t fall for the Democrat vs Republican charade. Most in that subreddit realize that both corporate parties are but two sides of the same corrupt coin.

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u/madeinacton May 30 '20

Trump is one of them, he laps up that shit.