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> (...) you could get banned by simply pointing out that the lab escape theory was worth a deeper investigation. I feel you're heavily distorting facts and mis
by rualca 5y ago
> (...) you could get banned by simply pointing out that the lab escape theory was worth a deeper investigation.
I feel you're heavily distorting facts and misrepresenting them disingenuously.
The blend of remarks that you are referring to weren't based on a newly-found passion for the scientific method and objective thinking.
I'm sure you are fully aware that you are referring instead to baseless accusations fueled by conspiracy theories on how the virus was man-made by China in it's lab.
In some cases these conspiracy nuts go to the point of calling the leak intentional and even accusing it of being a bioweapon attack on the west.
There are also those who for some reason insist that Fauci is the mastermind behind the lab leak and not catering to the conspiracy theorist's demands is proof the US government in general and Fauci in particular is behind the virus.
And these accusations are reiterated in spite of any evidence of statement on the behalf of experts clearly refuting the conspiracy theories.
So no, it's disingenuous to frame what has been happening as being evil censorship attacks on honourable truth-seekers who routinely uncover major conspiracies by doing their own research and thinking independently.
- throwawaysea 5y agoEverything in this comment is the kind of bad faith misrepresentation that was used to attack and censor the lab leak hypothesis, by painting it as something different from what it was. Most people didn’t insist the virus was man made, but that a virus may have leaked. Most of those who suggested a purposefully engineered virus said it is possible and should be investigated, not that it was definite. Most people didn’t suggest Fauci was a “mastermind”, but that he funded foreign GoF research that would be unacceptable in the US. You’re making your adversaries’ arguments into straw-man arguments that you can easily knock down.
- 908B64B197 5y ago> You’re making your adversaries’ arguments into straw-man arguments that you can easily knock down. Maybe that post earned him ¥0.5! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party