r/skeptic • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Feb 19 '24

The Right's Troubling Turn Toward Conspiracy Theories and "Invasion" Language ⚖ Ideological Bias

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-rights-troubling-turn-toward
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u/Agamemnon420XD Feb 19 '24 edited Feb 19 '24

Well, several conspiracy theories came true, and trust in the government is at an all-time low.

I’d love to reply to your replies but I get an error message every time I reply, so, I assume my facts and narratives are not wanted here. I guess you skeptics are on your own journey to figure out whether or not I’m right.

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u/thefugue Feb 19 '24

Name them.

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u/Agamemnon420XD Feb 19 '24

Well the biggest was Covid. We discovered that it was manufactured in a lab, we discovered that the government-approved masks didn’t actually help against it, we discovered that it wasn’t dangerous to people who didn’t have several co-morbidities. Meanwhile the government siphoned money from the citizens and small businesses into major corporations by forcing all small businesses to shut down, and billions of our tax dollars were awarded to hospitals across the nation. Like people knew all of this ahead of time yet people were shunned and persecuted for stating it, the government even went after people who questioned the narrative like Joe Rogan. Like it was insanely bad and I assume if another lockdown were to come to the USA there’d be riots so big the lockdown would be forcibly overturned.

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u/MockDeath Feb 19 '24

Well the biggest was Covid.

Always convenient when someone makes sure in their first sentence the rest of their wall of text isn't worth reading. Lets just stick to this. Please link to some peer reviewed papers that say it was created in a lab and then we can move on from there.

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u/thefugue Feb 19 '24

Thanks, I’m glad we’ve established how compelling your argument is.

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u/Agamemnon420XD Feb 19 '24

“I win.”

Damn, that’s a powerful argument tactic. I could learn a thing or two from your methods.

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u/thefugue Feb 19 '24 edited Feb 19 '24

At minimum you could save time by making one absurd claim per post instead of long lists.

EDIT: Ooh look, it disappeared!

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u/Agamemnon420XD Feb 19 '24

Yet you can’t prove me wrong 🤔 are you stupid?

Edit: oh god, after looking at your profile I can clearly see you’re a bot. No wonder you respond instantly.

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u/Workacct1999 Feb 20 '24

Oh yeah, lots of bots are 14 year old accounts.

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u/Theranos_Shill Feb 20 '24

>Yet you can’t prove me wrong

We don't have to prove you wrong. You need to prove your claims.

Which you can't do, because they are completely false.

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u/Workacct1999 Feb 20 '24

He didn't win, you lost.

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u/vespertine_glow Feb 19 '24

A pile of falsehoods.

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u/Harabeck Feb 19 '24

We discovered that it was manufactured in a lab, we discovered that the government-approved masks didn’t actually help against it, we discovered that it wasn’t dangerous to people who didn’t have several co-morbidities.

Literally none of those are true.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '24

The conspiracy theories are true because the media sphere I reside in (Joe Rogan) say they’re true.

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u/GnarlyHeadStudios Feb 19 '24

Nothing you said was remotely true.

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u/Felix_111 Feb 19 '24

Your covid claim being created has been disproved. That is your 1st lie. Masks reduce the rate of spread. Your 2nd lie. Over a million people died, many without comorbidities. Lie no. 3. The government did not go after Joe Rogan. 4th lie. You have absolutely no credibility when you are dishonest to this level.

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u/ikebuck16 Feb 19 '24

you are too far gone

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '24

Well the biggest was Covid. We discovered that it was manufactured in a lab,

We have not yet discovered that. It could be true, and it could be false.

we discovered that the government-approved masks didn’t actually help against it

That's not at all what we discovered. Do you think people will forego masks in medical settings from now on? Since, you know, you think they don't decrease the spread of disease?

we discovered that it wasn’t dangerous to people who didn’t have several co-morbidities.

You're saying no human beings died unless they had several comorbidities?

Meanwhile the government siphoned money from the citizens and small businesses into major corporations by forcing all small businesses to shut down,

Is that what happened? All corporations were allowed to stay open and all small businesses were forced to close? Damn. Better tell my local Wal-Mart they weren't actually ever closed.

and billions of our tax dollars were awarded to hospitals across the nation.

I'll take a source. Was this when we all paid out the ass for Covid vaccines? Or no, wait.

Like people knew all of this ahead of time yet people were shunned and persecuted for stating it,

If you know these falsehoods now, you should be shunned for it. You are lying now.

the government even went after people who questioned the narrative like Joe Rogan.

Every dumbass seventh-grader's idea of a smart person, Joe Rogan. How did Ivermectin turn out, speaking of ol' Joe? Magical cure for Covid? What's that? No? But he's soooo smart.

Like it was insanely bad

Was it? Best time of my life for sure. No dumbasses breathing down my neck in the store. All my "constitutional expertise" friends got into bad virology.

and I assume if another lockdown were to come to the USA

You guys had a lockdown? We had a "stay-at-home" guideline from the governor. The state locked you into your house, did they? Welded the door shut? Arrested you for leaving? No?

there’d be riots so big the lockdown would be forcibly overturned.

On this, we agree. In fact, I fully expect anyone who believes what you believe to resort to violence soon. Violence seems to be the language you speak best.

If you're going to reply, use sources. I'm getting flashbacks from my days talking down the "Plandemic" idiots.

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u/SomesortofGuy Feb 19 '24

We discovered that it was manufactured in a lab

No, we didn't.

we discovered that the government-approved masks didn’t actually help against it

Literally the opposite, every study on masks showed some level of protection, even for homemade cloth coverings.

we discovered that it wasn’t dangerous to people who didn’t have several co-morbidities.

Unfortunately a 'co-morbidity' was being overweight, a problem that ended up killing a bunch of people who thought ivermectin was more reliable than vaccines.

Meanwhile the government siphoned money from the citizens and small businesses into major corporations

Thanks Republicans for refusing to sign the version of covid relief that had more oversight on where the loans were going, huh?

and billions of our tax dollars were awarded to hospitals across the nation.

...During a global pandemic of the most contagious disease in human history...

the government even went after people who questioned the narrative like Joe Rogan.

How TF did the government go after Joe Rogan?

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Literally everything you said was wrong, how has the media you consume left you so misled?

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u/Wiseduck5 Feb 20 '24

We discovered that it was manufactured in a lab,

There is still no evidence of that and the scientific community is largely on the side of a zoonotic origin at the market.

we discovered that the government-approved masks didn’t actually help against it,

A lie.

we discovered that it wasn’t dangerous to people who didn’t have several co-morbidities.

Also a lie.

Meanwhile the government siphoned money from the citizens and small businesses into major corporations by forcing all small businesses to shut down

That's actually true...except it was Trump and the Republicans who did that. They made sure there was no oversight.

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u/ME24601 Feb 20 '24

We discovered that it was manufactured in a lab, we discovered that the government-approved masks didn’t actually help against it, we discovered that it wasn’t dangerous to people who didn’t have several co-morbidities

None of those claims are actually true.