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Honestly, I was pointing out these "conspiracy theories" back in 2020 and nobody cared then and frankly nobody cares now. Complacency and apathy of The People -

by ezekg 5y ago

Honestly, I was pointing out these "conspiracy theories" back in 2020 and nobody cared then and frankly nobody cares now. Complacency and apathy of The People -- that's how he's not impeached. The same goes for many other representatives.

mshanowitz 5y ago
Are you implying that the NY Times is promoting conspiracy theories?
- Akronymus 5y ago
  Rather implying that these were called conspiracy theories until no longer convenient to hide them.
giantg2 5y ago
I would add that it's mostly tribalism and avoiding cognitive dissonance. Democrats were calling for Desantis' head because he was thought to be cooking the numbers. Republicans are calling for Coumo's head because he was cooking the numbers. In general, people ignore things that don't fit, and seek out things that do fit, their existing world view.
- iammisc 5y ago
  > Democrats were calling for Desantis' head because he was thought to be cooking the numbers. Republicans are calling for Coumo's head because he was cooking the numbers. Except, rational people can see that someone being 'thought to cook the numbers' and someone 'cooking the numbers' are wholly different things and only one 'side' worthy of condemnation in this instance.
  - lesuorac 5y ago
    NY isn't that happy with Coumo. Less-so for registered democrats but he's still not winning re-election which is about as accountable as politicians seem to be. https://lmgtfy.app/?q=democrats+calling+for+cuomo+to+resign https://lmgtfy.app/?q=democrats+calling+for+cuomo+to+resign https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/03/19/new-poll-suggests-majority-of-new-yorkers-say-gov-cuomo-should-resign/?sh=9eae1721f33e https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/03/19/new-poll-s...
cryptica 5y ago
There is a theory that the term 'conspiracy theory' and the stigma around it was invented by government agencies to discredit unsavoury leaked information and to discredit whistleblowers. This category allows information to be mixed in with obvious misinformation to taint the reputation of the whole category so that status-oriented people would be primed to distrust the entire category. A similar approach can be used to discredit anything.

by ezekg 5y ago

mshanowitz 5y ago

Are you implying that the NY Times is promoting conspiracy theories?

Akronymus 5y ago
Rather implying that these were called conspiracy theories until no longer convenient to hide them.

giantg2 5y ago

I would add that it's mostly tribalism and avoiding cognitive dissonance. Democrats were calling for Desantis' head because he was thought to be cooking the numbers. Republicans are calling for Coumo's head because he was cooking the numbers. In general, people ignore things that don't fit, and seek out things that do fit, their existing world view.

iammisc 5y ago
> Democrats were calling for Desantis' head because he was thought to be cooking the numbers. Republicans are calling for Coumo's head because he was cooking the numbers. Except, rational people can see that someone being 'thought to cook the numbers' and someone 'cooking the numbers' are wholly different things and only one 'side' worthy of condemnation in this instance.
- lesuorac 5y ago
  NY isn't that happy with Coumo. Less-so for registered democrats but he's still not winning re-election which is about as accountable as politicians seem to be. https://lmgtfy.app/?q=democrats+calling+for+cuomo+to+resign https://lmgtfy.app/?q=democrats+calling+for+cuomo+to+resign https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/03/19/new-poll-suggests-majority-of-new-yorkers-say-gov-cuomo-should-resign/?sh=9eae1721f33e https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/03/19/new-poll-s...

cryptica 5y ago

There is a theory that the term 'conspiracy theory' and the stigma around it was invented by government agencies to discredit unsavoury leaked information and to discredit whistleblowers. This category allows information to be mixed in with obvious misinformation to taint the reputation of the whole category so that status-oriented people would be primed to distrust the entire category. A similar approach can be used to discredit anything.