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The feelings of a conspiracy theorist
5 years ago
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Ok, so conspiracy theorists are often mocked, especially when it involves stuff like.... Flat-earthers, people who think the moon landing was faked, people who believe in aliens. These people cannot be taken seriously by the average person, and are often used as butts of jokes. This goes into politics even.
I have seen video footage of some person who was mocking people of the opposite political faction, labeling them as.... crazy conspiracy theorists, bluntly stating that the Earth is round, the moon landing happening, no aliens exist.... saying it all to conclude with "and we are right". The person basically made the irrational conclusion that the supporters of the opposing faction are all in full support of these crazy ideas, and that their own side stands for truth and facts.
This feels so weird to me, considering how I heard people who believe in these crazy theories from ALL parts of the political spectrum. Whenever you believe the Earth is flat or not is not tied to whenever you're left or right-wing! An old-fashioned right-wing redneck and a crazy left-wing hippie could both believe that aliens exists and are kidnapping people!
Still, it's being used to mock the other side. It's used much like that extreme minority that resides within a group: to make a broad generalized statement so that the other side looks bad.
All of this makes me sometimes question what it's like to be THAT kind of person. What is it like for a right-wing flat-earther to hear someone call flat-earthers a bunch of "left-wing nuts"? What is it like for a left winger who doesn't believe the moon landing was real to be labeled as a right-winger for their beliefs? How does that reflect on them as people? Does it make them question their beliefs: both the political and the ones related to the conspiracy theories?
Just some garbage thoughts that came to my mind, heh. Thanks for reading!
I have seen video footage of some person who was mocking people of the opposite political faction, labeling them as.... crazy conspiracy theorists, bluntly stating that the Earth is round, the moon landing happening, no aliens exist.... saying it all to conclude with "and we are right". The person basically made the irrational conclusion that the supporters of the opposing faction are all in full support of these crazy ideas, and that their own side stands for truth and facts.
This feels so weird to me, considering how I heard people who believe in these crazy theories from ALL parts of the political spectrum. Whenever you believe the Earth is flat or not is not tied to whenever you're left or right-wing! An old-fashioned right-wing redneck and a crazy left-wing hippie could both believe that aliens exists and are kidnapping people!
Still, it's being used to mock the other side. It's used much like that extreme minority that resides within a group: to make a broad generalized statement so that the other side looks bad.
All of this makes me sometimes question what it's like to be THAT kind of person. What is it like for a right-wing flat-earther to hear someone call flat-earthers a bunch of "left-wing nuts"? What is it like for a left winger who doesn't believe the moon landing was real to be labeled as a right-winger for their beliefs? How does that reflect on them as people? Does it make them question their beliefs: both the political and the ones related to the conspiracy theories?
Just some garbage thoughts that came to my mind, heh. Thanks for reading!
I have seen that kind of argument, it’s basically no different than strawmanning. You take the extreme beliefs in things like flat Earth of a small minority in the group and generalize the whole group as endorsing or believing these things because you want to make the whole group look irrational and thus win without debating rationally. It’s a scummy way to do things regardless of who does it and to whom.
I mean... I clearly see myself as stupid, so should I pick the option that the person thinks is wrong? That's how I'd see it.
Well. right now with Covid, there are many out there. I know somone who , at first, told me this is it : Millions or billions will be killed by a bio weapon, spread by the NWO. Now as the death count is much much lower than expected he tells me the death tolll is faked and even lower and yet, the NWO is still behind all of this.
He also told me this is all going to lead into ultimate communism, but a talk with him made it clear, that he even does not know who Marx or Engels are and what communism is about and that , what they had in the USSR was NEVER communism but rather state controlled socialism.
I guess, you cannot really argue with the, even if you try to understand their perspective. They will never consider being wrong.
"Woah, woah woah! I can see that you're way deeper into politics than me!"
Me: ... excuse me, what?
"I don't really know what left-wing, right-wing means, heh. That's way too complicated for me"
Me: ..........
I see a lot of people call someone an idiot based on who they vote for. I prefer to look at the reasons WHY they voted for it, because there is great comedy gold to be found, whomever someone votes for!!!!