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I mean, this is exactly how they get away with the level of dishonesty they disseminate. It's akin to what's known as "JAQ'ing off". Is the vaccine going to ki

by bena 4y ago

I mean, this is exactly how they get away with the level of dishonesty they disseminate. It's akin to what's known as "JAQ'ing off". Is the vaccine going to kill you? Are illegal immigrants coming to kill you for your job? Is Obama a secret Muslim lizard? I don't know, I'm Just Asking Questions. You'll never pin these people down on a concrete opinion. You'll never get them to say with certainty what they believe. They'll just say they're curious about the "official narrative". They just want to know "what really happened". And, of course, the answer is never that the "official narrative" is correct. That always needs to be questioned. Always doubt. And always attack those who ever think that maybe something is just as simple and mundane as a guy on a shooting spree in an elementary school. Same thing with COVID regarding hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin. We always need more research, more questioning. No matter how many times neither worked for COVID. We just needed to try again because one guy said it worked kinda one time. And we just gotta try anything. Anything at all except the things that are actually working because the big, mean "establishment" is promoting those. Just question, never commit. At some point, you are responsible for the questions you ask, how long you keep asking them, and the ones you never do.

RajT88 4y ago
> You'll never get them to say with certainty what they believe. True enough, but a useful perspective I've heard when it comes to arguing with people online: You're not arguing for the benefit of the person you're arguing, you're arguing for the benefit of the people paying attention to the argument. It's easy enough (especially with the ability to crawl public social media profiles) what people's beliefs are, by the "negative space" they create. This is how you make the case for what their real motivations are. They will of course deny it, but anyone paying attention can see for themselves.

by bena 4y ago

RajT88 4y ago

> You'll never get them to say with certainty what they believe. True enough, but a useful perspective I've heard when it comes to arguing with people online: You're not arguing for the benefit of the person you're arguing, you're arguing for the benefit of the people paying attention to the argument. It's easy enough (especially with the ability to crawl public social media profiles) what people's beliefs are, by the "negative space" they create. This is how you make the case for what their real motivations are. They will of course deny it, but anyone paying attention can see for themselves.