I've brought this up a handful of times, both on this forum and on r/conspiracy. Not a single person engaged the question, although on Reddit I think 95% of what I post is shadowbanned (too lazy to confirm this). I have never once heard the issue mentioned in alternative media in what must be thousands of articles and interviews I've encountered on COVID.
Regardless of the answer to the question, it has forced me to adjust downwards my estimation of the desire and ability even of "conspiracy theorists" to drive to baseline reality. This is no place for taking people's word, but you'll have to take my word that it gives me no sense of superiority to point this out. It just makes me feel lonely, and to think that it's all going to take a lot longer than I had hoped.
I do see some hostility on this forum toward certain conspiracies.
But there's others here who are open minded enough to at least consider theories.
Too many people get called shills or grifters or larpers. These words once had meaning but get so overused they become meaningless like calling people racists every time they disagree with you.
Right. The disappoint thing to see is that even authentic and honest seekers after the truth have been so groomed by the environment that they reason and present their "argumentation" in a manner indistinguishable from shills.
I'm sure I've personally called many people shills that were not. But then again, if they quack like ducks, can you blame me for calling them ducks?
I take pains to present in what I believe is the proper manner of discourse, but you can see how well my sand castle stands against the tide.
I've brought this up a handful of times, both on this forum and on r/conspiracy. Not a single person engaged the question, although on Reddit I think 95% of what I post is shadowbanned (too lazy to confirm this). I have never once heard the issue mentioned in alternative media in what must be thousands of articles and interviews I've encountered on COVID.
Regardless of the answer to the question, it has forced me to adjust downwards my estimation of the desire and ability even of "conspiracy theorists" to drive to baseline reality. This is no place for taking people's word, but you'll have to take my word that it gives me no sense of superiority to point this out. It just makes me feel lonely, and to think that it's all going to take a lot longer than I had hoped.
I do see some hostility on this forum toward certain conspiracies.
But there's others here who are open minded enough to at least consider theories.
Too many people get called shills or grifters or larpers. These words once had meaning but get so overused they become meaningless like calling people racists every time they disagree with you.
Right. The disappoint thing to see is that even authentic and honest seekers after the truth have been so groomed by the environment that they reason and present their "argumentation" in a manner indistinguishable from shills.
I'm sure I've personally called many people shills that were not. But then again, if they quack like ducks, can you blame me for calling them ducks?
I take pains to present in what I believe is the proper manner of discourse, but you can see how well my sand castle stands against the tide.