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17times2 t1_ivrr5cz wrote

Reply to comment by charlesfire in He jokingly compared covid to a zombie apocalypse. An arrest followed. by maxxspeed

> Remember pizza-gate? January 6th? The Michigan governor kidnapping plot?

Yes, all of them were the efforts of many people over months and months all building on each other's conspiracies. Pizzagate was 2 months of 4chan and qanon boards going ALL IN on the conspiracy; it dominated their boards. Subreddits were made here supporting it. Jan 6 had dozens of members of government circulating the conspiracy. The Whitmer kidnapping involved a militant group and 9 months.

A single post filled with emojis and hashtags like #saveusbradpitt on someone's personal account, and then being raided within 3 hours, is not anywhere close to an appropriate response.

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charlesfire t1_ivryj9n wrote

>A single post filled with emojis and hashtags like #saveusbradpitt on someone's personal account, and then being raided within 3 hours, is not anywhere close to an appropriate response.

1 - You know that he's not the only one to post bullshit related to covid-19, right? There have been a shit ton of post on multiple social media platforms about "authorities turning tyrannical and kill people because covid-19" and most of them were totally serious.
2 - The article says "emoji", but doesn't elaborate and that can make a huge difference. There's a big difference between 😵🔫 👮and 😂😂😂 for example. They don't convey the same meaning at all.

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17times2 t1_ivs5734 wrote

> You know that he's not the only one to post bullshit related to covid-19, right?

Sure, lots of people post BS about it. Social media is absolutely soaked in it. Despite that, none of my family, despite propagating conspiracies, have been arrested for it.

> most of them were totally serious.

And this one was not, supported by the cops not even being able to charge him with anything, not even with what they claimed they were arresting him for.

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