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[deleted] t1_iw02p83 wrote

Reply to comment by lpuckeri in The Warped Epistemology of Conspiracy Theories by CartesianClosedCat

I, too, appreciate the thoughtful response. However, as someone with above average levels of testosterone (within the reference range provided by my primary care doc) any credibility your argument may have had goes out the window when you use buzzwords like “christofascist”… using bullshit jargon is masturbatory. Explain it to me in a way that doesn’t make you sound like an edgy leftist atheist that just discovered Richard Dawkins or not at all.

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lpuckeri t1_iw04f25 wrote

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Im not sure how ur testosterone levels remove credit from a statement, that doesn't quite logically follow, but ok. I haven't checked in a while but i was high T last time as well. So... Nice? maybe that gives me credit back?

Sure you can ignore that word, it's well defined, but it is pretty unimportant to my point.

Tbh, i'm a centrist, and i didn't intend to get caught up on political bs, but its not a bold statement to say the evangelical far right and conspiracy go together like white and rice.

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[deleted] t1_iw0ku84 wrote

I think extremes tend to gravitate toward conspiracy thinking whether left of right. On the right, you have the Ruby Ridge/sovereign citizen types and on the left you have the animal rights/antifa/race separatist terrorists. I am, of course, simplifying things but my argument still stands. All of these movements, as you correctly pointed out, rely on some sort of conspiracy to prop up their cause. What is baffling in many cases is that the leaders and/or members are not the dumb yokels many would like them to be, but educated, rational people. It’s fascinating stuff, but also terrifying because people can, and are, very easily swayed given the proper motives.

Also, I am sorry for being a prick.

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lpuckeri t1_iw0mfb2 wrote

For sure its definetely the extremes that tend to go that way.

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