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What public backlash? It seems people here are content to call those who suspect Epstein suicide "very gullible"... It's interesting how the English language l
by hnfong 3y ago
What public backlash? It seems people here are content to call those who suspect Epstein suicide "very gullible"...
It's interesting how the English language labels people "conspiracy theorists", like how the totally batshit crazy ones gets lumped together with those that actually seem to be suspect.
- logicchains 3y agoIt's not the "English language", the term "conspiracy theorist" was literally invented by the CIA to smear people who alleged the CIA was conspiring against the public.
- defrost 3y agoThat's a conspiracy theory: The term "conspiracy theory" is itself the subject of a conspiracy theory, which posits that the term was popularized by the CIA in order to discredit conspiratorial believers, particularly critics of the Warren Commission, by making them a target of ridicule. [..] The idea that the CIA was responsible for popularising the term "conspiracy theory" was analyzed by Michael Butter, a Professor of American Literary and Cultural History at the University of Tübingen. .. and that analysis concluded "yeah, nuh". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#Origin_and_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory#Origin_and_u...