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Hortensis

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37. Oh, sadly NO. There's a lot of conspiracism on the left,
Sat Dec 12, 2020, 04:08 AM
Dec 2020

the farther you go, the more. And it overlaps with conspiracism from the right. A tendency to conspiracist reactions is a personality trait, part of a cluster of problem traits that some just have so strongly that it derails rationality. But this era fosters it to pathologic degrees.

We're also in an era of increase in anti-science (or just "beyond science" wisdom as some think of it) woo, particularly among millennials. Part of the same syndrome, of course.

And also of course, and no coincidence at all, this is an era when intense dishonesty to support whatever one wants is so common as to be almost normalized, with strong overlap with conspiracism among many. The Nina Turner and Trump types would have shot themselves down with their..."alternative facts" in another era, but in this one toxic numbers of voters require them, a qualification for the leaders they'll support.

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MIHOP Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #1
Then certainly the Trump administration created Covid luv2fly Dec 2020 #3
And I still entertain THE POSSIBILITY myself ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #8
LIHOP is more plausible. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #24
I actually got kicked off this site for being a truther way back when ... mr_lebowski Dec 2020 #25
Yes, I still lean toward LIHOP PatSeg Dec 2020 #27
Yes. That they "LIH" is proven by their documented refusal Hortensis Dec 2020 #45
Not recently. treestar Dec 2020 #2
Made me think of this SNL skit luv2fly Dec 2020 #6
So funny! treestar Dec 2020 #20
Remember Lake Travis? Laelth Dec 2020 #4
No...did it have to do with the Trump floatilla? LeftInTX Dec 2020 #47
Yes, indeed. Laelth Dec 2020 #48
"Left-wing conspiracy theory" is a bit of an oxymoron Shermann Dec 2020 #5
Oh, sadly NO. There's a lot of conspiracism on the left, Hortensis Dec 2020 #37
These are just generalizations and not examples asked for by the OP Shermann Dec 2020 #42
You want an example? Here's a WHOPPER of a giant LW conspiracy: Hortensis Dec 2020 #43
lol BGBD Dec 2020 #7
On ABC GMA today dweller Dec 2020 #9
Almost 40 years ago, there was supposed to have been a WH party where Ronnie smoked pot, while Nancy CaptYossarian Dec 2020 #10
It seems like all of the so called far left conspiracies of past are now the far right conspiracies UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #11
There's still a couple here left Polybius Dec 2020 #31
I've certainly heard "deep state" conspiracy talk from lefties back in the 80s JHB Dec 2020 #49
I've read that Republicans steal elections with rigged voting machines brooklynite Dec 2020 #12
That would be me and I still say it. Paper ballots should be the baseline in all states. UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #13
Yes, not all conspiracies are bogus theories PatSeg Dec 2020 #29
Remember the reporter from Talon News at The White House? Jeff Gannon. It was claimed he was brewens Dec 2020 #14
All that COVID and 5G shit is as prevalent on the Left Codeine Dec 2020 #15
When you go to conservative web sites you see Q and all of these strange claims everywhere. UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #16
This place used to be crawling with CT garbage. Codeine Dec 2020 #22
I think the difference Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #26
UFOs LeftInTX Dec 2020 #38
Oh yeah, that shit popped up the other day. Codeine Dec 2020 #46
I heard the one about the right wing broadcast, cable and social media... beastie boy Dec 2020 #17
We have not had a good left-wing CT in so many years. When we think that we have found one LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #18
How about the Covid vaccine makes people conservative? LiberalArkie Dec 2020 #19
Ron Johnson strangled his neighbor's dog Poiuyt Dec 2020 #21
Just laughed out loud for a good twenty seconds luv2fly Dec 2020 #35
Trump is from the lost planet Oron. Sneederbunk Dec 2020 #23
Yep. Truth, rationality, humility and honesty are a few, with activities like..... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2020 #28
According to a PPP survey from 2013... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2020 #30
I only believe in two major conspiracies Polybius Dec 2020 #32
The DNC and democrats rig elections against Bernie boston bean Dec 2020 #33
Yes, that one gave us Trump and Repub control of congress. Hortensis Dec 2020 #44
9/11 Truth, though that's really all-purpose nuttery at this point greenjar_01 Dec 2020 #34
Here are the current right wing conspiracies. They are all over the right wing web sites. UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #36
Trump is gonna die any minute .......for the past 4 years LeftInTX Dec 2020 #39
I have one! betsuni Dec 2020 #40
Something about Comic-Con JI7 Dec 2020 #41
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