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It is peculiar how all of these recent "conspiracy theories" as named by corporate media eventually turn out to be true.

aredox 3y ago
It is peculiar that not many of these conspiracy theories eventually turn out to be true. See Twitter's own lawyers: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/twitter-files-lawyers/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/twitter-files-lawyer...
- whatwhaaaaat 3y ago
  You’re going to want to read your own link if you’re going to keep using that as some sort of proof.
- kneebonian 3y ago
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  - ChatGTP 3y ago
    UFOs…maybe? At least some high profile government people are saying they exist.
    - Minor49er 3y ago
      UFOs definitely exist. Whether they are of extraterrestrial origin or not is another matter, though
    - 542458 3y ago
      The statement that “there are objects that appear to be flying that we sometimes fail to immediately identify” is not something that most people would allege is a conspiracy theory. The statement that “those UFOs are populated by aliens and the government knows this!” is a conspiracy theory, and has little evidence.
  - rnk 3y ago
    There was no conspiracy about the sacklers and the opioid epidemic. It was obviously true the first article that was written about it. On Hunter Biden's laptop, somehow there's terrible evidence but the Republicans in the house are supposed to have the laptop and somehow there's no evidence to share? Why is it the Republicans keep having all this great evidence that they can never share with us? Also see the MyPillow guy and his election stealing evidence. Most recently the Republicans said we've lost the guy that was going to give us all the great evidence. Somehow. We won't share his name with you but we can't find him. Another example is Hillary Clinton and Benghazi. That was a horrible tragedy, but they've had 10 investigations of it and spent millions and millions of dollars and they never came up with anything more than we hate Hillary Clinton and she's terrible. Sometimes these conspiracy theories have real information behind them, but much more commonly they're just created to demonize someone. I'm certainly willing to consider that Biden or his son could have done something bad, but where's the evidence?
  - beernutz 3y ago
    hmmm. maybe? What specifically is the actual conspiracy around "Hunter Bidens laptop"? I am not trying to be dense. I just don't understand I think where the conspiracy is.
    - harry8 3y ago
      Sibling comment is flagged and should not be. Would be interesting to know the process and details that led to that.
    - harry8 3y ago
      [flagged]
      - richbell 3y ago
        > How many former spooks signed a letter claiming it had all the hallmarks of a russian information operation to influence an election? 50? This was then promoted to "russian disinformation" and treated as fact far and wide across the media. The Hunter Biden laptop did reek of a Russian operation. It was clearly an attempt to hurt Biden in the 11th hour. Even if the content is genuine, which everything I've seen appears to be, the story behind it is clearly fabricated in an attempt to launder hacked/stolen data. Unless you believe that Rudy Guiliani is a paragon of honesty.
        harry8 3y ago
        sibling comment is flagged and really should not be.
        richbell 3y ago
        FWIW I agree. Anyways, I think it's wrong that the White House attempted to discredit and aggressively remove the content under false pretenses. At the same time, I think it's important to recognize that the content can be real AND a foreign intelligence campaign at the same time. Russia tried to interfere with the 2017 French election by dumping hacked information[0]; in my opinion, they learned from that failure and realized they needed to launder future leaks so they werent transparently hostile foreign interference. Enter the Hunter Biden laptop. [0] https://www.csis.org/analysis/successfully-countering-russian-electoral-interference https://www.csis.org/analysis/successfully-countering-russia...
  - tedunangst 3y ago
    What is the Free Brittney conspiracy theory that the media kept denying yet turned out to be true?
prox 3y ago
The moniker “conspiracy theory” seems somewhat limited on the whole. I can’t think of a better name right now, maybe “public theory” vs “academic theory” ? There is nothing wrong with theorizing either, but conspiracy theories often start with the conclusion, and then try to find what facts can fit that narrative. That’s how you can discern more critical theories from just made up stuff or disjointed data points to fit the narrative.
seattle_spring 3y ago
It's more peculiar that I've seen more and more folks make this claim, even though it seems not to be true at all. The person responding to you is using RFK Jr as proof? Yikes.

aredox 3y ago

It is peculiar that not many of these conspiracy theories eventually turn out to be true. See Twitter's own lawyers: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/twitter-files-lawyers/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/06/tech/twitter-files-lawyer...

whatwhaaaaat 3y ago
You’re going to want to read your own link if you’re going to keep using that as some sort of proof.
kneebonian 3y ago
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- ChatGTP 3y ago
  UFOs…maybe? At least some high profile government people are saying they exist.
  - Minor49er 3y ago
    UFOs definitely exist. Whether they are of extraterrestrial origin or not is another matter, though
  - 542458 3y ago
    The statement that “there are objects that appear to be flying that we sometimes fail to immediately identify” is not something that most people would allege is a conspiracy theory. The statement that “those UFOs are populated by aliens and the government knows this!” is a conspiracy theory, and has little evidence.
- rnk 3y ago
  There was no conspiracy about the sacklers and the opioid epidemic. It was obviously true the first article that was written about it. On Hunter Biden's laptop, somehow there's terrible evidence but the Republicans in the house are supposed to have the laptop and somehow there's no evidence to share? Why is it the Republicans keep having all this great evidence that they can never share with us? Also see the MyPillow guy and his election stealing evidence. Most recently the Republicans said we've lost the guy that was going to give us all the great evidence. Somehow. We won't share his name with you but we can't find him. Another example is Hillary Clinton and Benghazi. That was a horrible tragedy, but they've had 10 investigations of it and spent millions and millions of dollars and they never came up with anything more than we hate Hillary Clinton and she's terrible. Sometimes these conspiracy theories have real information behind them, but much more commonly they're just created to demonize someone. I'm certainly willing to consider that Biden or his son could have done something bad, but where's the evidence?
- beernutz 3y ago
  hmmm. maybe? What specifically is the actual conspiracy around "Hunter Bidens laptop"? I am not trying to be dense. I just don't understand I think where the conspiracy is.
  - harry8 3y ago
    Sibling comment is flagged and should not be. Would be interesting to know the process and details that led to that.
  - harry8 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - richbell 3y ago
      > How many former spooks signed a letter claiming it had all the hallmarks of a russian information operation to influence an election? 50? This was then promoted to "russian disinformation" and treated as fact far and wide across the media. The Hunter Biden laptop did reek of a Russian operation. It was clearly an attempt to hurt Biden in the 11th hour. Even if the content is genuine, which everything I've seen appears to be, the story behind it is clearly fabricated in an attempt to launder hacked/stolen data. Unless you believe that Rudy Guiliani is a paragon of honesty.
      - harry8 3y ago
        sibling comment is flagged and really should not be.
        richbell 3y ago
        FWIW I agree. Anyways, I think it's wrong that the White House attempted to discredit and aggressively remove the content under false pretenses. At the same time, I think it's important to recognize that the content can be real AND a foreign intelligence campaign at the same time. Russia tried to interfere with the 2017 French election by dumping hacked information[0]; in my opinion, they learned from that failure and realized they needed to launder future leaks so they werent transparently hostile foreign interference. Enter the Hunter Biden laptop. [0] https://www.csis.org/analysis/successfully-countering-russian-electoral-interference https://www.csis.org/analysis/successfully-countering-russia...
- tedunangst 3y ago
  What is the Free Brittney conspiracy theory that the media kept denying yet turned out to be true?

prox 3y ago

The moniker “conspiracy theory” seems somewhat limited on the whole. I can’t think of a better name right now, maybe “public theory” vs “academic theory” ? There is nothing wrong with theorizing either, but conspiracy theories often start with the conclusion, and then try to find what facts can fit that narrative. That’s how you can discern more critical theories from just made up stuff or disjointed data points to fit the narrative.

seattle_spring 3y ago

It's more peculiar that I've seen more and more folks make this claim, even though it seems not to be true at all. The person responding to you is using RFK Jr as proof? Yikes.