I woke up to the top post on our old subreddit being some shitty Twitter screenshot from some dude who doesn't know how to spell who was sharing blatantly false information in another top post the other day. The third top post is another shitty Twitter screenshot from some rando who doesn't know how to spell.
While the sentiment of those tweets (questioning covid) is fine. It's just another example of the degradation of the content shared on the old subreddit. I hope this one can flourish and blossom into what /r/conspiracy used to be.
Thanks for making this, if nothing else, as a backup for when the hammer eventually comes down.
You are what you eat. This applies even more so to the immaterial things you consume like media. That's how advertising/etc works. So, 5 years of negative press has its effect on those who trust and consume the media.
Also hate is powerful emotion, and useful agent to unify social movements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHQ1LIwLtAU
Demonification is a typical tactic, allows the hater to feel good about themselves by hating whichever things is "All the Evils of the World" without you know.. having to be actually good.