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> Not everything that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed about your state is a conspiracy theory. This is a great thought-stopping cliche to prevent people
by msla 3y ago
> Not everything that makes you uncomfortable or embarrassed about your state is a conspiracy theory.
This is a great thought-stopping cliche to prevent people from realizing they've bought into some dumb ideas.
"I can't be wrong, all of the people saying so are just ignorant hyper-patriots!"
- boffinAudio 3y agoTouché. As we who follow this subject know too well, every empirical dialectic has its antipode. And in the middle we will meet, use our free and open societies properly, and provide justice to the victims of the most criminal group that ever existed on Earth. We just need more eyeballs - conspiracy theorists or concerned fellow citizen, or otherwise - on the subject. And that's precisely why shutting down the narrative is such an imperative. Nobody wants to really confront the most embarrassing crimes against humanity committed by their state, especially given they happen every twenty minutes or so, unhindered by democratic principles...