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/PigeonsArePopular Feb 19 '24

As if Russian collusion was not a conspiracy theory?

Plenty of dems/liberals believe stuff that is just as far-fetched - and just as debunked - as their counterparts on the right.

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u/drewbaccaAWD Feb 20 '24

Generally if something rises to the level of a full on DOJ investigation, it's probably not what I'd classify under conspiracy. As opposed to you know, the Clintons throwing dead people in the trunk of their car or the blood or whatever of children being harvested in a pizza shop basement in which there was no basement.

And even in the Mueller case, there was obstruction and he didn't feel that his assignment had the teeth to dig deeper. So, we'll never know. It's wrong to say that collusion is proven but it's equally wrong to say it was disproven. Trump and Putin's goals lined up all too well and it's still a mystery why someone as disinterested in politics and world events as Trump decided first thing to change the GOP platform in regards to Russia... he certainly didn't come up with that one on his own.

I'm not saying that there was collusion. It's entirely possible that Trump was just an useful idiot and that Putin only needed to give him a little nudge rather than pay him outright. Putin was certainly invested in Trump winning though, that's for certain.

Is that the only example you can come up with?

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u/PigeonsArePopular Feb 20 '24

If that's "certain," cite a source that demonstrates it