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Would you consider yourself left-leaning by any chance? I wonder if its a perspective thing, because from what I've seen discussions seem pretty balanced toward

Would you consider yourself left-leaning by any chance? I wonder if its a perspective thing, because from what I've seen discussions seem pretty balanced towards both sides. I saw the wuhan lab theory post that I think you're talking about. But I've also seen a ton of posts and comments recently calling for increased land/property taxes

no-dr-onboard 5y ago
No friend, on the contrary. I’d describe myself as a theonomic libertarian. A religious extremist by the standards of most people.
- woojoo666 5y ago
  That's an interesting combination for sure, I'll have to look more into it!
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bduerst 5y ago
> wuhan lab theory... calling for increased land/property taxes I feel like these are probably on two different levels, but given that you called it a theory and not a conspiracy, I think you'll also probably disagree.
- woojoo666 5y ago
  If I'm thinking about the same post that the commenter was thinking of [1][2], the article was not saying the theory as correct, but was discussing issues with the discourse around the theory. Edit: I posted the wrong vanityfair link, fixed. Also regarding my terminology, "conspiracy" is a bit of a loaded term, and given the information in the vanityfair article I decided to keep my terminology more neutral [1]: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-virus-hunting-nonprofit-at-the-center-of-the-lab-leak-controversy https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-virus-hunting-no... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30870435 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30870435
- quirino 5y ago
  I haven't got much opinion or knowledge on the matter, but the main discussion [1] about the Wuhan Lab here was pretty civil. It wasn't overly conspirational and there were a good few people in opposition. You seem to imply it is some crazy far right conspiracy, but that wasn't the impression I got from skimming the Wikipedia article [2]. There's a good few serious people who consider it possible and while I'm sure some distorted version of it is weaponized by politicians, I don't see why that's reason to discard it. [1] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29901824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29901824) [2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory)

no-dr-onboard 5y ago

No friend, on the contrary. I’d describe myself as a theonomic libertarian. A religious extremist by the standards of most people.

woojoo666 5y ago
That's an interesting combination for sure, I'll have to look more into it!

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bduerst 5y ago

> wuhan lab theory... calling for increased land/property taxes I feel like these are probably on two different levels, but given that you called it a theory and not a conspiracy, I think you'll also probably disagree.

woojoo666 5y ago
If I'm thinking about the same post that the commenter was thinking of [1][2], the article was not saying the theory as correct, but was discussing issues with the discourse around the theory. Edit: I posted the wrong vanityfair link, fixed. Also regarding my terminology, "conspiracy" is a bit of a loaded term, and given the information in the vanityfair article I decided to keep my terminology more neutral [1]: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-virus-hunting-nonprofit-at-the-center-of-the-lab-leak-controversy https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/03/the-virus-hunting-no... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30870435 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30870435
quirino 5y ago
I haven't got much opinion or knowledge on the matter, but the main discussion [1] about the Wuhan Lab here was pretty civil. It wasn't overly conspirational and there were a good few people in opposition. You seem to imply it is some crazy far right conspiracy, but that wasn't the impression I got from skimming the Wikipedia article [2]. There's a good few serious people who consider it possible and while I'm sure some distorted version of it is weaponized by politicians, I don't see why that's reason to discard it. [1] (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29901824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29901824) [2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_lab_leak_theory)