we're at the point where the first filter for data/science is left wing or right wing

lays out how bias is being leveraged in a horrible way

kindling for digital nuttery

 buddy wrote: 
Have you considered electric shock therapy on those inflicted with stupid is as stupid does? A well placed taser will shine a light on their action and give a healthy glow in the dark after effect.
 

It can be hard to hear your mum thinks the Earth is flat. But saving a loved one from conspiracy theories is possible

"That's one of the things that I feel so shocked by now — that anything that has a collective purpose is a conspiracy … it's part of us being controlled."

Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms
The change is a significant escalation over its previous actions targeting QAnon and one of the broadest rules the social media giant has put in place in its history.

Does this obsession with off the wall conspiracy theories reflect the quality of American public education?

Asking for a friend.

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 

I propagated a conspiracy theory about a decade ago where the smoke detectors all have small cameras in them, but the amount of data that the govt received from all these data sources was so much that no one was paying any attention to it any more.

How QAnon Conspiracy Theories Spread in My Colorado Hometown
During the pandemic, some of the people I grew up with got sucked into QAnon and the Q-adjacent “Save the Children” movement.

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 

:slowclap: That's really good.

How QAnon and Pizzagate Conspiracy Theorists Got a ‘Trolls’ Doll Pulled From Stores

How conspiracy theories emerge—and how their storylines fall apart

 kurtster wrote:
 
Yeah, I really do, given all the other asshat orders the military follow

 Isabeau wrote: 
Yeah, it only took our government nearly 40 years to admit that it was a real problem and not some wild CT.  You really think that the government did not know what the long term effects would be ?  Do you really think our pilots would have sprayed it on their brothers in arms if they knew what it was all about ?  

Hope you don't believe in flying saucers.  Cuz if you do ...

And past lives ?  Reincarnation ? ... now there is a real CT ...

 kurtster wrote:
 

Oh Look! A Squirrel!

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Where is the menu for Agent Orange ?  Of course it won't harm humans like our own troops that we sprayed it on ...

Alberta Climate Science Denial Group Says It Blamed Bill Gates For Creating the Coronavirus By Accident