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The lab-leak hypothesis is provocative (and probably true), but got smothered anyway. It was just inconsistent with the narrative.

the_gipsy 5y ago
You believe in the narrative?
- tekknik 5y ago
  There was quite a public display last election about news orgs agreeing to not cover Biden in negative light so as to not hurt his chances. What would you call this?
  - the_gipsy 5y ago
    I don’t know, newspapers support one party or another. The narrative with emphasis makes you sound like a nutjob.
    - tekknik 5y ago
      > I don’t know, newspapers support one party or another. Yea that’s one, extremely light-footed, way to explain it. It doesn’t cover all left biased news sounding near identical though nor does it cover the dangers of group think mentality which we see manifesting now. > The narrative with emphasis makes you sound like a nutjob. That's a pretty petty thing to have issue wouldn't you say? But ok, dems now say using italics makes you a nut job, lets ban italics now.
      - the_gipsy 5y ago
        Same could be said about right biased news, and this has always been like that (both sides of spectrum) since the invention of newspapers basically. I'm not American, hell I can't even remember which of democrats/republicans are more or less conservative - or which animal logo is which. What I'm saying is, that using the narrative makes you sound like a conspiracy nutjob that insinuates that there is some conspiracy going on.
        tekknik 5y ago
        > Same could be said about right biased news, and this has always been like that (both sides of spectrum) since the invention of newspapers basically. How come dems always revert to whataboutism? We’re not talking about biased news. We’re talking about concerted efforts by multiple groups of people to create a single unified voice for their party. Also do you get that you can not be a dem and also not be a republican? > What I'm saying is, that using the narrative makes you sound like a conspiracy nutjob that insinuates that there is some conspiracy going on. Oh it’s no conspiracy, it’s a unified party fighting what they view as an enemy. The nutjob thing is just stupid already. In fact you’re starting to sound like one for having such and issue with it.
        the_gipsy 5y ago
        This is clearly not whataboutism. I’m not gonna debate why, I leave that as either an exercise for you, or tale it as a trolling attempt. > you can not be a dem and also not be a republican False dilemma. > Oh it’s no conspiracy, it’s a unified party fighting what they view as an enemy. The nutjob thing is just stupid already. In fact you’re starting to sound like one for having such and issue with it. Sure sure
        tekknik 5y ago
        > This is clearly not whataboutism. I’m not gonna debate why, I leave that as either an exercise for you, or tale it as a trolling attempt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism I leave that as an exercise to you. This quite literally fits the definition. Agree with the rest or not, lets see what happens in 2022! Dems keep digging a hole for themselves acting this way. Also, speaking of trolling, remember you took issue with emphasis and still haven't disproven that the narrative doesn't exist. So this entire post chain is a troll attempt by yourself.
root_axis 5y ago
It seems to me that it has been a popular meme since the start of the pandemic.
tshaddox 5y ago
It didn’t get smothered though. Since the early days of the pandemic I haven’t seen any discussion of the pandemic of any appreciable length that doesn’t contain mentions of that hypothesis.
- kbelder 5y ago
  That's a case of the "marketplace of ideas" routing around the attempted suppression by the large media organizations and government. I don't think you would have read any mention of it (besides condemnation) from any of them, until the last few months. Geez, I think that paragraph is completely true, but it sure sounds like conspiratorial nonsense. The state we're in...

the_gipsy 5y ago

You believe in the narrative?

tekknik 5y ago
There was quite a public display last election about news orgs agreeing to not cover Biden in negative light so as to not hurt his chances. What would you call this?
- the_gipsy 5y ago
  I don’t know, newspapers support one party or another. The narrative with emphasis makes you sound like a nutjob.
  - tekknik 5y ago
    > I don’t know, newspapers support one party or another. Yea that’s one, extremely light-footed, way to explain it. It doesn’t cover all left biased news sounding near identical though nor does it cover the dangers of group think mentality which we see manifesting now. > The narrative with emphasis makes you sound like a nutjob. That's a pretty petty thing to have issue wouldn't you say? But ok, dems now say using italics makes you a nut job, lets ban italics now.
    - the_gipsy 5y ago
      Same could be said about right biased news, and this has always been like that (both sides of spectrum) since the invention of newspapers basically. I'm not American, hell I can't even remember which of democrats/republicans are more or less conservative - or which animal logo is which. What I'm saying is, that using the narrative makes you sound like a conspiracy nutjob that insinuates that there is some conspiracy going on.
      - tekknik 5y ago
        > Same could be said about right biased news, and this has always been like that (both sides of spectrum) since the invention of newspapers basically. How come dems always revert to whataboutism? We’re not talking about biased news. We’re talking about concerted efforts by multiple groups of people to create a single unified voice for their party. Also do you get that you can not be a dem and also not be a republican? > What I'm saying is, that using the narrative makes you sound like a conspiracy nutjob that insinuates that there is some conspiracy going on. Oh it’s no conspiracy, it’s a unified party fighting what they view as an enemy. The nutjob thing is just stupid already. In fact you’re starting to sound like one for having such and issue with it.
        the_gipsy 5y ago
        This is clearly not whataboutism. I’m not gonna debate why, I leave that as either an exercise for you, or tale it as a trolling attempt. > you can not be a dem and also not be a republican False dilemma. > Oh it’s no conspiracy, it’s a unified party fighting what they view as an enemy. The nutjob thing is just stupid already. In fact you’re starting to sound like one for having such and issue with it. Sure sure
        tekknik 5y ago
        > This is clearly not whataboutism. I’m not gonna debate why, I leave that as either an exercise for you, or tale it as a trolling attempt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism I leave that as an exercise to you. This quite literally fits the definition. Agree with the rest or not, lets see what happens in 2022! Dems keep digging a hole for themselves acting this way. Also, speaking of trolling, remember you took issue with emphasis and still haven't disproven that the narrative doesn't exist. So this entire post chain is a troll attempt by yourself.

root_axis 5y ago

It seems to me that it has been a popular meme since the start of the pandemic.

tshaddox 5y ago

It didn’t get smothered though. Since the early days of the pandemic I haven’t seen any discussion of the pandemic of any appreciable length that doesn’t contain mentions of that hypothesis.

kbelder 5y ago
That's a case of the "marketplace of ideas" routing around the attempted suppression by the large media organizations and government. I don't think you would have read any mention of it (besides condemnation) from any of them, until the last few months. Geez, I think that paragraph is completely true, but it sure sounds like conspiratorial nonsense. The state we're in...