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It seems tautological that biological research facilities would have biological agents in them? And not a distant stones throw to assume a portion of those unde
by usernomdeguerre 5y ago
It seems tautological that biological research facilities would have biological agents in them? And not a distant stones throw to assume a portion of those under study should not be let out of their cages?
That is a substantively different claim than them having biological weapons or researching/producing such weapons, no? I'm not sure I understand your confusion unless you are conflating the two?
- ModernMech 5y ago> I'm not sure I understand your confusion unless you are conflating the two? And this is the whole point. This right here. Putin has made a very strong claim based on a kernel of truth. That kernel of truth is seized upon and amplified, which serves to amplify the original very strong yet fallacious claim. - False Claim: Biolabs are being used by an American-supported Nazi regime to create a dangerous pathogen that will target Russians specifically with their DNA. - Kernel of truth: Biolabs exist and have dangerous things in them. They are being funded by money that has Western sources. - Laundered opinion: Biolabs are dangerous, we should do something about the biolabs. - Amplified feedback: Everyone agrees the Nazi-run biolabs have deadly things in them! Here are western personalities that are also very concerned about the biolabs, so I think we're all in agreement. They are using these deadly things to produce WMDs that are going to kill us! We have to do something drastic to stop them from using these weapons against us!