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re: What is missing inside people who intentionally start/spread disinformation just for fun?
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:15 am to Bourre
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:15 am to Bourre
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A lot of you posters pointing the finger at conspiracy theorist are the same people who believed the media and government lies about Russia, COVID, etc.
They were conspiracy theories, until they weren’t.
They are the same people that believe right now, that an extra $60 billion to Ukraine and they can defeat Putin.
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Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:15 am to tigersmanager
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Because democrats don't mind lying as long as it gets them attention
Both parties, both Biden and Trump seem to love lying to get attention
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:16 am to sidewalkside
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I'm not even talking about someone who is honestly trying to change minds and opinions about something true/real etc. I'm talking about people who create completely false information for no apparent gain or purpose.
That is simply a lack of maturity. An adjective often connected with that is sophomoric.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:17 am to Bourre
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You believed in every Russian hoax the media fed you
Imagine actually believing that lol
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:17 am to Bourre
quote:and a lot of the people who always say this still don’t think 9/11 was an inside job
A lot of you posters pointing the finger at conspiracy theorist are the same people who believed the media and government lies about Russia, COVID, etc. They were conspiracy theories, until they weren’t.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:18 am to Pandy Fackler
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On the subject of conspiracy theories. Here's the most credible conspiracy theory I've ever heard.
Since you brought up conspiracy theories and the CIA, they are the ones that coined the term "conspiracy theory" to ridicule those that would question them.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:21 am to terriblegreen
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Since you brought up conspiracy theories and the CIA, they are the ones that coined the term "conspiracy theory" to ridicule those that would question them.
You sound like a conspiracy theorist.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:22 am to GumboPot
You could be right
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:23 am to momentoftruth87
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Who gives a shite? It’s their freedom and ability to think freely, even if wrong.
What a stupid comment. So make up some complete bullshite to scare old/dumb gullible people, even if it's a complete fabrication?? You need your brain examined.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:24 am to Obtuse1
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That is simply a lack of maturity.
It's a grift, man.
You don't strike me as a man who listens to Charlie Kirk, Alex Jones, or Lara Loomer. Many people do. When you step onto the poliboard and read the utter nonsense that is typed by normal, every day people on that board, you don't really believe these people just come up with these ideas spontaneously, right? There's an entire media apparatus built upon disinformation and rage. Those who become hooked on that media, propagate those ideas to their family, their peers, even to perfect strangers. Disinformation spreads like a virus, especially in today's media environment. I mean, hell, just read this thread.....even in here, 2-3 pages in, folks are talking about COVID and Russia.
Elon Musk puts some conspiracy out on Twitter and gets hundreds of thousands of likes and retweets. The shite spreads like wildire within hours. Potentially millions of people now take something Elon said as fact, despite it being easily refutable.
It's more than a lack of maturity...it's technology beating the everloving shite out of the slow pace of government regulation.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:26 am to sidewalkside
Sounds like someone has never heard of the term alternative facts.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:27 am to sidewalkside
How do you define "disinformation" and what do you consider a good, reliable source of information?
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:27 am to sidewalkside
Many reasons: power and money are the first two that come to mind. However when someone trying to make their point lose me by saying I feel like
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:29 am to GumboPot
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It's amazing how the MUH Russia hoax conspiracy theory was relentlessly promulgated
The dossier was never intended to be fact, it was raw intelligence gathering. You're right, the media ran with it and a lot of people believed everything in it. These people are idiots, as are the folks in media who took everything in it as fact.
Russia did interfere in the US elections in 2016. This has been vetted in court, by Mueller, people have gone to jail.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:29 am to mmmmmbeeer
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mmmmmbeeer
And the way you counteract information you deem as mal, mis or disinformation is more information. Not less.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:31 am to sidewalkside
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but just some regular ole baw sitting in his basement making up conspiracy theories or random disinformation
There's people who genuinely believe what they're saying. Some who are trolling. Some who are engagement farming on twitter for cash. Some do it for humor. A microscopic sliver are bad actors trying to mislead for some bigger cause. I'm not sure which of these your post is referring to.
I tend to think if you're too lazy or unintelligent to vet information from random internet posters, that's on you. The term "grain of salt" comes to mind.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:32 am to GumboPot
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And the way you counteract information you deem as mal, mis or disinformation is more information. Not less.
You're right. But how many people read something on Twitter or hear Charlie Kirk say something and take the time to verify it's legitimacy? Very few.
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:32 am to sidewalkside
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What is missing inside people who intentionally start/spread disinformation just for fun?
Just like Alfred said in The Dark Knight...."some people just want to watch the world burn"
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:32 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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there's this "local influencer" with a pretty big following in new orleans who lives in an inherited POS house and drives around in a POS truck and he has the answers to all of new orleans' (and the the world's) problems. i'll never understand how someone like that gets any sort of following
I know who you're talking about.
He is a Teedy apoligist and always blames the "Republicans in BR" for all the city's problems.
He made a claim about New Orleans tourism dollars subsidizing the state "MAGA area's" budget and a white guy pointed out that Orleans parish took in more revenue than it produced. The guy got called a racist and was blocked from commenting.
This post was edited on 3/27/24 at 9:34 am
Posted on 3/27/24 at 9:32 am to mmmmmbeeer
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Russia did interfere in the US elections in 2016.
Yeah, those FaceBook posts really put Trump over the top in 2016.
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