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That’s just wild. The one silver lining to T2 is that I’m not shocked by anything anymore. It’s still outrageous, but the surprise is gone.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So the narrative is COVID was a dangerous lab leak - but also, you don't have to wear a mask?

Consistency is not a strong point of these dumbasses.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's pretty standard to play both extremes simultaneously, and people just pick whichever they want to relate to at any given moment.

eg.

  • (such-and-such group) are lazy, but also they are taking all the jobs.
  • They are stupid, but also have secret organisations that control the world, with mind-control, and lasers that control the weather, etc.
  • They are snowflakes obsessed with inclusiveness, but also they want (target-minority-group) to take over.
  • They are against free speech; and we must silence them.

I'm sure others can think of more, and variations on those.

The enemy is both strong and weak.

[–] multifariace@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just a note: It would have been easier to read your post if you used brackets instead of parentheses.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Fair call. It didn't occur to me to do that, but I understand why you'd prefer it. Originally I was actually naming the groups; but I changed my mind.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

If they thought clearly, they wouldn't be prime targets for conspiracy theories and propaganda. We're talking about people who can't think rationally.