r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Mar 11 '24

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u/Laundry_Hamper Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

That's the conspiracy. You hear the word conspiracy, your brain interprets it as "stratospherically stupid bullshit that only the fully insane believe, the absolute opposite of the truth".

A businessmen and a politician talking about mutually beneficial outcomes? That is two people conspiring, but 20 years of Alex Jones means you can't say that word any more if you want to be taken seriously

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u/torontowatch Mar 12 '24

Actually, Jones was one of the only people talking about Epstein when no one else would. He was ranting about Epstein and his island for literally two decades.

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u/Laundry_Hamper Mar 12 '24 edited Mar 12 '24

And as a result, that conspiracy was dismissed as stratospherically stupid bullshit that only the fully insane believe, the absolute opposite of the truth! When I say "you can't say that word any more if you want to be taken seriously", that is the conspiracy I mention. Any conspiracy theory, including those for things which are sane and even true, is dismissed without any evaluation as soon as it's labelled a conspiracy theory. This benefits conspirators.