Edward Snowden Jumps On the COVID-19 Lab-Leak Conspiracy bandwagon

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26. Because they got too invested in sides early on

And they're still trying to paint discussion of it as guilt by association. "You want to know what happened with Covid? So does Hitler! You're practically Hitler."

And it's ridiculous at this point. President Biden's administration wants to know, too, and is reaching some conclusions. But somehow they just elide right over that one.

I think the problem is, people now have to explain the censorship regime that was imposed over all this by some sectors of government, media, and tech, resulting in doctors and scientists getting excoriated, silenced, and professionally threatened. And they know they don't have a good explanation. So they have to insist wanting to know is a right-wing crazy conspiracy theory.

Otherwise they look terrible for how they behaved (and some continue to behave).

There's no way, after all that, error is going to be admitted. That's a rodeo that's only going to end when the ground is hit.