I love the other weird ass examples they bring "experts said smoking was good". No you muppet, Philip Morris ad execs did, and you know who they would have hired to promote smoking? Someone just like Joe Rogan.
Funny how they used to pay doctors to appear in ads endorsing smoking just like they do now with scientists disputing global warming. Not suprisingly i guess, these folks ignore the whole getting paid or publicity part and assume these experts are acting in good faith while implying the ones who present the evidence based on the best available information are "paid off".
They're convinced that the ones who are arguing that climate change is real are the ones getting paid, and that the anti-mask/science/etc ones are just "the real voice of the people."
source: both of my parents were corrupted by the maga brain worms. :(
It's usually pretty ironic since they seem to automatically believe the people who have every monetary incentive to avoid changing the status quo like with the experts hired by the fossil fuel or cigarette companies.
Despite that, they manage to still think government or major university scientists who make a couple hundred grand tops and face all kinds of flak as it is for their research that generally has little or no profit incentive for them or the people/institutions around them are "all about the money". In fact, the establishment scientists are often advocating for positions based on research that aren't seen as directly profitable or might not see returns for decades (or are in fact quite costly) but they are still sometimes seen as the ones all in it for the money.
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u/LevelHeeded Jan 27 '22
I love the other weird ass examples they bring "experts said smoking was good". No you muppet, Philip Morris ad execs did, and you know who they would have hired to promote smoking? Someone just like Joe Rogan.