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You can't actually be trying to defend spam robocallers.... Can you?
by seattle_spring 5y ago
You can't actually be trying to defend spam robocallers.... Can you?
- adamrezich 5y agoI think a more charitable reading of the above comment is that the use of the term "conspiracist" in this context is interesting because it ties the broad concept of "conspiracy theories" and the "conspiracists" who subscribe to them, to robocallers, based on the actions of two individuals. in recent months, we've seen a concerted effort in the media to label various Americans as "domestic terrorists" for actions that don't exactly fall in line with how the term has been used in the past two decades. thus, this seems to be another example of attaching nebulous political labels to people, which is concerning for anyone whose political thought lies outside the generally-accepted mainstream narrative, because instantly associating them with unrelated people doing unrelated actions isn't exactly fair. I'm having a hard time putting my thoughts to words but in general, using terms like "conspiracists" in headlines tends to give me pause, because it tends to have the effect of painting a large group of people with a broad brush and associating them with the actions of a few.
- adolph 5y agoThe sibling comment captures the idea well. Reading through the notice [0] it looks like the FCC played things pretty straight and has evidence of other similar fines, so maybe the "conspiracists" is more descriptive than boogieman language. 0. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-97A1.pdf https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-97A1.pdf