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>There is a conspiracy theory that this method is used by conspirators to effect a coverup by discrediting skeptics of the official narrative. This is actual p
by donny2018 5y ago
>There is a conspiracy theory that this method is used by conspirators to effect a coverup by discrediting skeptics of the official narrative.
This is actual public disinformation practice, not a "conspiracy theory".
- AnthonyMouse 5y agoMoon landing conspiracy theories are full of discredited nonsense. It is a conspiracy theory to claim that the source of the discredited nonsense is the people who faked the moon landing, because the moon landing wasn't faked so there were no such conspirators to do that. Distinguishing this from the other thing is the issue. They do it because it works.
- donny2018 5y agoAh, now I get it. I thought you were talking about cases when “conspiracy theorists” are actually right, but their positions get poisoned by attributing some ridiculous stuff to them, and/or by artificial influx of similar “conspiracy theories” that are easy to disprove, so that the original theory is dismissed by association. For example, in Russia they love to flood the information space with bullshit theories a lot to “dilute” the truth and to disorient the public so that you can’t distinguish between truth and conspiracy theories anymore.