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1 posted on 10/05/2022 9:30:06 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Zhang Fei; Berlin_Freeper

Ping worthy in re. Ukraine and Russia? What makes them tick?


2 posted on 10/05/2022 9:32:41 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: Zhang Fei; Berlin_Freeper

Notable excerpt:

“The Sankei Shimbun asked Associate Professor Shinichi Yamaguchi of the International University of Japan about the phenomenon. Yamagucni, an expert in online libel, says that ‘the human desire to feel a sense of superiority’ is intimately linked to the spread of misinformation. Getting involved with and spreading baseless information makes people feel as if they know some hidden truth other people are unaware of, he argues.”


4 posted on 10/05/2022 9:35:19 PM PDT by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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Funny.

As if the “Conspiracy Theorists” haven’t been nailing it since 2019.

While Praying folks can wake up and “Take Back The Diamonds”, at all levels. Together.

https://rumble.com/v1mkghs-god-bless-the-usa.html

~Easy


7 posted on 10/05/2022 10:01:06 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGAA)
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To: familyop

sowing false conspiracy theories is a main technique used to cover up true conspiracies


11 posted on 10/06/2022 12:21:53 AM PDT by KTM rider (, or how Ambassador Stevens was killed because he was about to testify before the UN council )
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To: familyop
“Vaccines are easy material for conspiracy theories,” says Professor Yamaguchi. While many citizens are asked to get inoculated, you cannot see the vaccines’ effects immediately. And “Unclear events that cannot be fully understood without technical knowledge leave plenty of room to the imagination.”

"Keep away from me with your dirty needles!" What "technical knowledge" is needed for me to arrive at the conclusion that I don't want The Jab?

Regards,

12 posted on 10/06/2022 1:16:56 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: familyop

“What Professor Yamaguchi is most concerned about is the occurrence of fractures in society due to conspiracy theories.”

That is why they are spread; more “divide and conquer”...


14 posted on 10/06/2022 2:45:22 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: familyop

This notion of ‘conspiracy theories’, especially as it is utilized in today’s digitalized society, is nothing more than an ongoing means and/or mechanism to silence opposition or opinion that counters the prevailing narrative, talking points, etc.

The last two years of this COVID BS is a prime example in that anything that countered the prevailing COVID narrative was labeled ‘conspiracy theories,’ ‘extremism’, ‘disinformation,’ etc. AND then was censored, blocked, banned, removed, etc.

This ongoing means and/or mechanism is primarily utilized by governments and digital social platforms that are government shills, pawns, etc. OPPOSITION to the prevailing narrative. talking points, etc. WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. And it’s moving incrementally further in that they will (and are) labeling such as ‘ideological extremism’. Case in point:

“Ideological extremism describes ideologies that challenge dominant, mainstream beliefs and values. Currently, the term tends to denote zealous opposition to liberal democratic norms, practices, and values which define the socio-political culture in Australia and other Western nations. By opposing the fundamental core of a state’s political culture, ideological extremism has the potential to erode social cohesion and liberal democracy.”
https://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/empowering-enabling-and-exacerbating-extremism-the-dark-side-of-digitisation/


15 posted on 10/06/2022 3:41:02 AM PDT by cranked
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To: familyop

“crisis for democracy.”

Where have we heard this siren call before?


21 posted on 10/06/2022 5:08:36 AM PDT by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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To: familyop

The US MSM was responsible for spreading the most impactful conspiracy theory to date . .. Trump/Russia. They continue today to amplify democrat talking points as legitimate “news.”


25 posted on 10/06/2022 5:23:11 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: familyop
... makes people feel as if they know some hidden truth other people are unaware of ...

Of course that never affects people on the Left. /s

28 posted on 10/06/2022 6:06:05 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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