• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I don’t know if this is disingenuous “reasoning” or, an honest position.

    Ever since I came to understand that Flat Earthers weren’t just trolls, like the way Birds Aren’t Real folks ARE trolls, I’ve had trouble sussing out what’s real and what’s just bullshit “reasoning” to support bullshit ideals. I get now that I was just naive as to how incredibly stupid and evil people can be.

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      1 month ago

      like the way Birds Aren’t Real folks ARE trolls

      That was more a riff on the decades-long fear of mass surveillance. There’s a degree of conspiracy theory on top of the conspiracy theory, in which a few niche corners of the internet assert the “Birds Aren’t Real” guy was promoted as a means of deflecting attention from the Snowden Leaks and other surveillance whistleblowers.

      I’ve had trouble sussing out what’s real and what’s just bullshit “reasoning” to support bullshit ideals.

      Welcome to Post Modernist Mass Media. Manipulating public opinion is now more important than conveying anything that’s actually useful.

    • notarobot@lemmy.zip
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      1 month ago

      Bullshit. I refuse to believe flat earthers actually exist. I’m convinced flat earthed groups are just idiots laughing at how stupid the rest are for actually believing it