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[–] BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

People like RFK confuse skepticism with going against conventional thinking. Flerfers and anti-vaxxers and other conspiracy theorists aren't skeptical, because then they'd be open-minded about evidence. But they think they're being skeptical because they're going against the status quo.

Unfortunately bucking the status quo becomes an identity issue, and not only does evidence not matter anymore, but grifters come out to prey on people who just want to be skeptical.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A conspiracy theorist with strong evidence is just a leftist.

[–] BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

As in, conspiracies are real, but it's the 1%.

Ah, ok. Didn't know much reading-between-the-lines I needed to do there lol

[–] realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, that's the kind of conspiracy theorists I don't like lmao.