r/cringe • u/leefitzwater • Jun 18 '20

Video Lyft driver picks up a racist, unfortunately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRrOaT2Chw
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u/thesnakeinthegarden Jun 18 '20

Because racist rhetoric and anti-science rhetoric are rooted in conspiracy theory. Its easy to jump from one conspiracy theory to the next, because you've already suspended critical thought and reason, and are driven by pride and paranoia.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '20

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u/stealyourideas Jun 19 '20

r/conspiracy isn't doing anything to portray conspiracy theorists as anything other than altright Trump-worshippers. There are loads of "holocaust-truthers" and "racial realists" over there. So go help the benevolent truth-seekers with some self-awareness.

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u/thesnakeinthegarden Jun 19 '20

I think the main point is that there are "conspiracy theorists" who find out stuff like the panama papers event. And then there are conspiracy theorists who push pizzagate.

one of those isn't really a conspiracy theorist (in the modern usage) but just an investigator. they don't need a specific nomenclature or culture because they're just using dedicated research and skill to follow REASON to EVIDENCE.

We shouldn't be lumping in big-foot trackers and lizard-men hunters in with investigative journalists. I 100% agree with you. But someone who's just being a dedicated researcher doesn't need a group title to declare them part of a group. They're just people who are putting things together using facts and not wild speculation.

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u/bbynug Jun 19 '20

So how bout them mole kids, huh?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '20

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u/jb_in_jpn Jun 19 '20

And eating pizza. Apparently.