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theonion.com • 2 days ago

Conspiracy Theory Wastes No Time Getting Racist
https://theonion.com/conspiracy-theory-wastes-no-time-getting-racist-1839031580/

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iabacon.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Onion realized the media wasn’t doing a good enough job, so they started reporting real news.

centeredchaos.bsky.social•2 days ago

‘Those PRIMITIVE humans could have never come up with the concept of [fill in blank], IT MUST BE AN ALIEN BATTERY!’

flyflicker.bsky.social•2 days ago

A conspiracy theory gets racist before I get my pants on.

You can quote me on that, if you like.

tragicmammal.bsky.social•2 days ago

ohdahlia.bsky.social•1 day ago

I talked to a flat earther who believed NASA was run by Satan, and his evidence that gravity doesn’t exist was that if he takes a basketball and pours water onto it then it doesn’t stick. This is not a joke, my mother dated him and I will never let her forget that.

sinkwaterband.bsky.social•2 days ago

So true I didn't laugh

kapxander.bsky.social•2 days ago

Left wing conspiracies are almost always "here's some shit the CIA actually did (and will admit to in 20 years)", while right wing conspiracies almost always boil down to "it was the Jews" or "only white people can create advanced structures like pyramids". Even the giants stuff gets racist

christianlw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Last year so many left waiters embraced, anti-Jewish conspiracy theories

The secret was presenting those as being anti-Zionist

Also, they generally believe that white people are responsible for all the worlds problems

kapxander.bsky.social•2 days ago

1) got any examples of anti-Jewish conspiracy theories that were embraced by "so many" on the left?

2) there is zero racism or bigotry inherent in things like pointing out the history (and present actions) of white western nations. Also, that's not a conspiracy theory at all.

christianlw.bsky.social•2 hours ago

1. Believing that Israel was created to be a white supremacist colony

2. There is a difference between critiquing the effect Western Europe and the USA have had on the world vs blaming them for all the world’s problems

kapxander.bsky.social•2 hours ago

1. That's mostly, functionally true though. Israel as a concept was hugely popular with anti-Semites who wanted a) Jews out, and b) strategic allies against Muslim Arabs.

2. Not a huge difference, no. Not really a nuanced portrayal of the left (neither is your first point) and also still not racist

kapxander.bsky.social•2 hours ago

You're framing it as "Jews" and "white people" but that's not really what people on the left largely believe or communicate.

I think you know that you're being uncharitable and misrepresenting their POVs.

sireofsorrows.bsky.social•2 days ago

Imo the worst of it is when it just so misses the point and them boomerangs the other way. Like "the social elite has too much power and exploits everyone else" but then actually the elite is obviously Jews or the woke mob or whatever

givememylunchmoney.bsky.social•1 day ago

(the following is a joke)

"The moth men are working with the Islamic Space lasers to control the dairy industry so they can summon the demon, Åklμmd Ìqülmeçh. It's a plot by the secret ACAB terrier-ist mafia of vaccine man-daters and the space Hebrews!"

People actually "think" like this...

kapxander.bsky.social•2 days ago

The woke Jews have so much power and control, and yet they're plundering the global south and everything else that billionaires do that's not woke and has nothing to do with Judaism.

gabepuratekuta.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds about right.

thebabysitter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh sure, that’s exactly what we’d expect to hear from a newspaper like this, owned by the Irish.

tennesseean.bsky.social•2 days ago

“something something something jews”

Truly profound and mind bending.

shareprotestpix.bsky.social•2 days ago

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wirelessw.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cryptid ones are the best because nobody accuses Bigfoot or the Flatwoods Monster of being a secret Jewish spy

theysawmetweetin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yet they’re usually based on the idea that indigenous peoples around the world couldn’t possibly have the imagination to dream up magical creatures that rival European myths like unicorns and dragons, so they must be based on a superstitious/‘primitive’ interpretation of a scientific anomaly.

wirelessw.bsky.social•2 days ago

I mean the people who have Bigfoot theories will also often say "Medieval visions of angels were alien spaceships, maaaaan" so I still don't count it as racist because they're at least willing to give everyone the same treatment

mikstev.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Jersey Devil, on the other hand...

zorotl.bsky.social•2 days ago

And Mothman is openly on the Mossad payroll.

gabepuratekuta.bsky.social•2 days ago

No wonder he's a misunderstood hero.

moth-adjacent.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm WHAT

rodera.bsky.social•2 days ago

I thought it was mandatory from the start. So there is some sort of... sequencing?

ryenflint.bsky.social•2 days ago

For real though

believepoint.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ugh, not surprised to see racism rearing its ugly head in these conspiracy theories. How can we better call out and debunk this harmful rhetoric when we see it spreading?

rondorland.bsky.social•2 days ago

Social media is built for racists.
Slogans and dog whistles fit perfectly into the 280 character limit. Shame means nothing to anonymous trolls.
Try explaining the truth and you need more characters,more time, and more attention span.
Sharing a cup of coffee with them is the only way.

bluerider99.bsky.social•2 days ago

then you're better at it than I am! Agree with the approach, struggling with execution.

rondorland.bsky.social•2 days ago

I could do it.
I was raised in the filth of racism.
I changed. I would need more attention span to explain how than social media allows,but the main thing is: They don't see themselves as racist. They think they know the truth. That's why they say liberalism is a mental disorder.