Just Republican conspiracy theories

Incogneeto · January 10, 2025, 01:22 PM

Quote from: neurosis on January 10, 2025, 01:10 PMI was curious about your perception of how many people are on the fringe of the left.

I don't agree with you. Am I not allowed to disagree?

I think that most people want the same things and that the idiots of both sides are the loudest and are used to benchmark the lunacy of politics. I'm pretty naive though so..

Here is what you don't get.

You just called Del a Liar.

Opposition is one thing.

I'm not busting your Balls. Just letting you know.

CNCAppsJames · January 10, 2025, 01:23 PM

Percentage-wise I think the far left is small. The problem is they happen to occupy places with platforms, microphones and cameras... a LOT of microphones and cameras.

IMHO this gives them a disproportionate amount of power and an amplified voice.

neurosis · January 10, 2025, 01:23 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto on January 10, 2025, 01:22 PMHere is what you don't get.

You just called Del a Liar.

Opposition is one thing.

I'm not busting your Balls. Just letting you know.

You're a doombass

I said that I didn't agree. Not that he was a liar.

Incogneeto · January 10, 2025, 01:24 PM

Quote from: neurosis on January 10, 2025, 01:23 PMYou're a doombass

I said that I didn't agree. Not that he was a liar.

Ask Him.

Not me.

neurosis · January 10, 2025, 01:25 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto on January 10, 2025, 01:22 PMI'm not busting your Balls. Just letting you know

see what I did there. I was an incog passive aggressive ass hole.

Incogneeto · January 10, 2025, 01:27 PM

Quote from: neurosis on January 10, 2025, 01:03 PMI think you're pulling numbers out of thin air and most of it isn't true.

Hmmmmm??

neurosis · January 10, 2025, 01:29 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto on January 10, 2025, 01:24 PMAsk Him.

Not me.

You're the one speaking for him? lol

YoDoug · January 10, 2025, 01:29 PM

Quote from: neurosis on January 10, 2025, 01:20 PMI think that they get more perceived credibility because of that, but I don't think that all of their ideas are accepted by the majority of the Country. I feel the same about the far right fringe.

Not to suck del in, but his ideology isn't that of someone on the far right.. not even right of center.

Why do you think that is all of the sudden? lol.

I can see Zuck and even Bezos wanting to cover their ass. Musk wasn't at the same risk as them though.

Also, I can imagine that maybe they really never agreed with the far left crazy and just went along to keep Biden's DOJ and other agencies off their back. I would guess they were probably more center left in ideology and since the party has taken a hard left off a cliff they are now happy for a change.

beej · January 10, 2025, 01:37 PM

If I had to choose, I would choose misinformation over government controlled information.

I get misinformation all day long every day. companies pushing products that will cure baldness, or make you skinny, or whatever. I can decipher through what is true and what is not.

At work someone will tell me one thing and another guy tell me something else. I can usually look at it and see what's true. We have customers trying to pull the wool over our eyes about how much money is or isn't in a project.

I can deal with misinformation just fine. But if Government starts trying to hide information because it is misinformation, well, that is a completely different deal. Democrats were trying to hide information that was true because it was information they don't like. Maybe Republicans would like to do the same thing. At any given point half of the country is not going to trust what the government calls true.

I don't want republicans deciding what is true any more than I want democrats deciding what is true. Because if Republicans have the power over that now, democrats might have it in 4 years and neither can be trusted with that kind of power, in my humble opinion.

Incogneeto · January 10, 2025, 01:41 PM

Quote from: neurosis on January 10, 2025, 01:25 PMsee what I did there. I was an incog passive aggressive ass hole.

You and I have a lot of the same experiences.

Just a difference in How we perceive them.

CNCAppsJames · January 10, 2025, 01:41 PM

Only the most rabid leftist trust the government right now.

IMHO

CNCAppsJames · January 10, 2025, 01:44 PM

Let's not forget, Biden tried to create a literal government department to control "misinformation"... IOW... media they didn't like.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/24/politics/dhs-disinformation-board-shut-down/index.html

I'm surprised they haven't tried to.scrub this...

neurosis · January 10, 2025, 01:46 PM

Quote from: beej on January 10, 2025, 01:37 PMI can deal with misinformation just fine.

Not everyone does, though.

What percentage of people get their news exclusively from social media now? None of the information vetted?

QuoteAccording to recent data, about one-third of people aged 18 to 24 use social media as their primary source of news.

That's fuckin scary.

neurosis · January 10, 2025, 01:48 PM

Quote from: Incogneeto on January 10, 2025, 01:41 PMYou and I have a lot of the same experiences.

Just a difference in How we perceive them.

Not true. I only bring you up when you bring me up first. lol. I try to be nice but you drag me in to this shit.

Smit · January 10, 2025, 01:49 PM

Quote from: neurosis on January 10, 2025, 01:03 PMI think you're pulling numbers out of thin air and most of it isn't true. You could probably give me 10 examples of something that was considered a conspiracy that either turned out to be true, or partially true. We see ton's of misinformation every day. I'd like to see a true percentage of how much of that actually turns out to be true.

It occurred to me a while back that something that might be telling is a sticky thread containing the new conspiracy theories that come out so we can look back at them and really get a percentage of how many have actually come true.

Right now people just cherry pick what they want and forget about the rest of it.