But of course... Almost a year later... And they thought we wear tinfoil hats...
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MSM Conspiracy Theory
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Conspiracy Theorist = Someone who sees through the BS.
It's funny how the idea of conspiracy has somehow become so unthinkable recently. People conspire all the time. The media conspires when they come up with their shitty headlines. Government conspires when they come up with laws. Big tech conspires when they come up with their shitty policies. I don't even want to get into the hypocrisy of people railing against "conspiracy theorists" when the very same people were promoting one 4 years ago. At this point, pointing out their hypocrisy means nothing, they know and they don't care. Thinking about what might be the ulterior motives of <insert organization> should be considered critical thinking, not conspiracy theorizing. It's normal to question what people in position of power tell you. It's not normal to just nod your head and accept it, especially when those people do not have a good track record of caring about your interests.
I think we could even say that it's normal to accept what people in authority tell us, but only after we fact check them. I believe even the Bible says to accept leadership that way.
The problem is that we have the media playing the role of activists and opposition for certain ideas and politicians. They don't just report what's going on, they feel the need to give us an earful of what they think along with it. We don't feel the connection to our leaders because they are so far removed from our lives. It should only be normal to accept what someone tells you when you have a connection of trust them and they have proven it to you. In today's world, our leaders and experts are pixels on a screen. We have people on a mic in front of a camera telling us what is going on, rather than us looking outside for ourselves. Wrongthink-detectors AKA "fact checkers" rush in to tell us what to think. It all goes against the human experience. It's so shady, and their actions and suspicious behavior ring alarm bells. It's a system designed to squash dissent and sensible dialogue.
Well said.