Qanon / Conspiracy

[Mister D]

I'm not sure it was done purposely but changing the topic to racism as Chris did deflected from the topic which was conspiracy thinking. That said my only comment going forward is the charts demonstrate the obvious point clearly. Lots more data if you take the time. Start a thread if you want to disprove / debate topic.


Back on topic:

Conspiracies provide a means to belong, a kind of knowledge, to be a part of something in our complex world. For thoughtful people they make little sense for soon they are forced to change as their predictions fail. This constant change should tell the believing person something, but instead it often deepens the belief for the reasons are hidden deeper.

"It’s a commonplace now that we live in a fragmented age of filter bubbles in which everyone can locate a collection of online resources which will reinforce and support their views."

https://www.waggish.org/2021/the-blo...cast-networks/

"There is an urgent need to-day for the citizens of a democracy to think well. It is not enough to have freedom of the Press and parliamentary institutions. Our difficulties are due partly to our own stupidity, partly to the exploitation of that stupidity, and partly to our own prejudices and personal desires." Susan Stebbing


'Why You Can Never Argue with Conspiracy Theorists'

The charts demonstrate nothing but disparities between demographic groups. The irony of your commentary is completely lost on you but you served a purpose here albeit unwittingly Thank you.

[Peter1469]

How the Left Lost Its Mind - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/...
Jul 02, 2017 · In past political epochs, popular conspiracy theories spread via pamphlets left on windshields, or chain emails forwarded thousands of times. These days, …




Last month, Democratic Senator Ed Markey delivered what seemed like an explosive bit of news during an interview with CNN: A grand jury had been impaneled in New York, he said, to investigate the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia.



The only problem: It wasn’t true.



The precise origins of the rumor are difficult to pin down, but it had been ricocheting around social media for days before Markey’s interview. The story had no reliable sourcing, and not a single credible news outlet touched it—but it had been fervently championed by The Palmer Report, a liberal blog known for peddling conspiracy theories, and by anti-Trump Twitter crusaders like Louise Mensch. Soon enough, prominent people with blue checkmarks by their names were amplifying it with “Big if true”-type Tweets. And by May 11, the story had migrated from the bowels of the internet to the mouth of a United States senator.


It’s a prospect that deserves more serious attention and debate than it’s gotten this year. The Trump era has given rise to a vast alternative left-wing media infrastructure that operates largely out of the view of casual news consumers, but commands a massive audience and growing influence in liberal America. There are polemical podcasters and partisan click farms; wild-eyed conspiracists and cynical fabulists. Some traffic heavily in rumor and wage campaigns of misinformation; others are merely aggregators and commentators who have carved out a corner of the web for themselves. But taken together, they form a media universe where partisan hysteria is too easily stoked, and fake news can travel at the speed of light.



In recent months, some of the most irresponsible actors in this world have proven alarmingly adept at influencing venerated figures of the left—from public intellectuals, to world-famous celebrities, to elected officials.


In past political epochs, popular conspiracy theories spread via pamphlets left on windshields, or chain emails forwarded thousands of times. These days, the tinfoil-hat crowd gathers on Twitter.


The most prolific of the conspiracy-mongers tend to focus on the Russia scandal, weaving a narrative so sensationalistic and complex that it could pass for a Netflix political drama. Theirs is a world where it is acceptable to allege that hundreds of American politicians, journalists, and government officials are actually secret Russian agents; that Andrew Breitbart was murdered by Vladimir Putin; that the Kremlin has “kompromat” on everyone, and oh-by-the-way a presidency-ending sex tape is going to drop any day now.


Writing recently in The New Republic, Sarah Jones identified the popularity of these notorious tweetstormers—some of whom boast followings in the hundreds of thousands—as part of a “disturbing emerging trend” on the left. “Liberals desperate to believe that the right conspiracy will take down Donald Trump promote their own purveyors of fake news,” she wrote.


But in 2017, the left has more niche political sites than ever, and in many ways they make up the core of its modern media ecosystem.


On the “about” page for The Palmer Report, the site thanks a range of well-known people and mainstream media outlets it claims have shared its (dubious) reporting —including Representative Ted Lieu, former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, former DNC chair Howard Dean, the actors Mark Ruffalo and Debra Messing, Newsweek, The Oregonian, and an array of MSNBC contributors. Laurence Tribe, the renowned Harvard scholar of constitutional law, has been an especially active booster for the site, routinely tweeting links to highly questionable, unverified news stories about Trump.


When journalists began pressing the duo on why they were sharing a story from a website with such a spotty track record of accuracy, Price’s response was telling. “Every once in a blue moon, the tin hat can fit.”.....snip~


How the Left Lost Its Mind - The Atlantic



Hence Midcan. As you can see the Atlantic......knows his kind well.

The Atlantic is hard left. If they have thrown in the towel the hard left should pay attention.

[MMC]

The Atlantic is hard left. If they have thrown in the towel the hard left should pay attention.

They know who are their own whackjobs.

[Mini Me]

Many misses? I would say 100% misses. I read that stuff every now and then. For entertainment. I never could understand how people fell for it. Especially, it seems some very intelligent people.

I suspect it was Russian disinformation.

Whatever! It needs to be stopped, and is the most dangerous thing going today! Thanks for your post. Redcan!

[carolina73]

You want to stop disinformation? That means shutting down the MSM and all your news sources.

[QuaseMarco]

Q is a Stand Down Psyop

It is a psyop to get people to take no action in the real world

making people believe that someone is coming to save them

[Mini Me]

Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform

Facing numerous investigations, Trump shared posts promoting conspiracy theories, some of them from the account that originated QAnon, as well as a fake quote from his daughter.

An so does RWNJ' s like margery!



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...a-pl-rcna45465

[DGUtley]

Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform

Facing numerous investigations, Trump shared posts promoting conspiracy theories, some of them from the account that originated QAnon, as well as a fake quote from his daughter.

An so does RWNJ' s like margery!



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...a-pl-rcna45465

You posted a nine month old article about conspiracy theories after you posted a link to nothing but conspiracy theories?

[carolina73]

Trump shares barrage of QAnon content and other conspiracy theories on his social media platform

Facing numerous investigations, Trump shared posts promoting conspiracy theories, some of them from the account that originated QAnon, as well as a fake quote from his daughter.

An so does RWNJ' s like margery!



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...a-pl-rcna45465

You should post existing Qanon forums to bolster your claim. Can you link us to one?