[nathan11]

Probably worth pointing out this twitter account is promoting the idea that the 2020 election was stolen. To me that casts suspicion on their other assertions.

[gfodor]

I follow this account and others like it because it allows one to be exposed to things like the idea that COVID leaked from a lab a year ago.

Skepticism is warranted in all cases, of course, but I think it's extremely healthy to keep in tune with a variety of subcommunities who are in and of themselves skeptics of many mainstream narratives.

[TheCowboy]

Conspiracy proponents act like the lab leak theory being true is some game changer. It's the stupidest thing. Even if it wasn't leaked, China sure did a lot to mess up and exacerbate the early response to the pandemic for the world. Additionally, people have been critical of wet markets in China from early on, one suspected source of where it first spread to humans.

I have no problem with investigating if it was a lab leak or anything else, but enough with trying to turn this into some political wedge issue that people wield as a cudgel against 'the sheeple'. Skepticism here isn't some neutral point of view.

[JKCalhoun]

Something else to be skeptical of: skepticism.

A good amount of skepticism is great. Questioning everything is belligerent and actually close-minded rather than open.

[adkadskhj]

I don't understand how you can manage, honestly. The absolute swarm of conspiracies around COVID and the election overwhelmed me and i wasn't even trying to stay informed on them. Furthermore, even if i was trying to stay informed on them it seems like a full time job trying to discern the "maybe not entirely moronic" conspiracies to the completely batshit ones. Most are batshit, it seems.

Sounds exhausting.

[Workaccount2]

That's a broken calendar is right once a year situation.

[dang]

This comment refers to the original URL, https://twitter.com/APhilosophae/status/1402434266970140676, which we've since replaced with the article it points to (in keeping with the site guidelines).

[president]

Dismissing someone because they hold a viewpoint you disagree with is childish and dangerous to our society. By that logic we should all be dismissing CNN reporting because they were peddling Covington kids and russian collusion among other things proven to be false. We should all be striving to take in all sources of information and use our best judgement to judge and interpret them.

[mrzimmerman]

There is a host of terms used in that thread that point to the person as a conspiracy theorist. "The Cabal", "The Great Reset". These are terms used in the Qanon community constantly.

It has to do with the person lacking credibility based on their own statements than them holding an opposing viewpoint.

[mullen]

> Russian Collusion

There is really strong evidence that there is Russian Collusion. The Muller report is full of actions by the Trump election team that point to them working in conjunction with Russia and Russian Agents.

[mrzimmerman]

They also push the idea of "The Great Reset" in that thread, which is another conspiracy theory that is tied up with FEMA putting people in camps in abandoned Walmarts, Bill Gates chipping us through the Covid-19 vaccine, and Q-anon.

As soon as they brought up "The Great Reset" I found the whole thread lost credibility.

[devmunchies]

great reset is not a conspiracy theory[1]. however, attributing abandoned walmarts to the great reset is a theory.

1: https://www.weforum.org/great-reset

[no-dr-onboard]

> "The Great Reset" in that thread, which is another conspiracy theory"

Curious to see the argument _against_ "The Great Reset" tbf.

[beervirus]

Do you cast aspersions like this on people who think the 2016 election was stolen? They tend to be a lot more respected, but they’re just as incorrect.

[JKCalhoun]

I haven't heard that one.

2000 election stolen? Absolutely.