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Wait why are we trying to combat conspiracy theories? Have we already forgotten NSA spying was a "conspiracy theory" up until a few years ago?
by parliament32 8y ago
Wait why are we trying to combat conspiracy theories? Have we already forgotten NSA spying was a "conspiracy theory" up until a few years ago?
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Have we already forgotten NSA spying was a "conspiracy theory" up until a few years ago? Spying has been an overt role of the NSA since the agency was publicly revealed to exist in, IIRC, the late 1950s.
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- krapp 8y agoWhat if I told you one conspiracy being true doesn't prove all other conspiracy theories to be true? It doesn't even affect the likelihood that other conspiracy theories are true. Conspiracy theorists should be at the forefront of "combating conspiracy theories" because, ostensibly, they should care about the truth, which most conspiracy theories are not.
- quotemstr 8y agoWhat if I told that you that while most conspiracy theories are false, giving people power to censor them would also allow them to persecute legitimate whistleblowers and investigate journalists?
- krapp 8y agoWhat if I told you that you seem to be confusing the power held by private citizens with the power held by governments, because the former when applied by a social media platform doesn't necessarily imply a slippery slope towards the latter?