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If you read the article, you'd realize the "we" is people that don't subscribe to nonsensical conspiracy theories that have become more and more legitimatized in recent times (via various methods), particularly in relation to mass shootings/terrorist attacks.
This movement does seem to have close ties to the fake news engine that was revving in high gear in 2016 (often fueled by trolls in the Balkans or Russia).
But some "conspiracy theories" ARE worth exploring. The following is nearly five hours long, and for those who have he attention span and enough interest to actually sit through it (I am in the middle of watching it for the third time), it is VERY difficult not to give credence to it. In fact, out of the nearly 350,000 people who have seen at least part of it, the ratio of people who liked it versus those who did not is about 24:1. (For other conspiracy videos, the ratio is usually more like 10:1, if that.)
On the flip side of the coin, blatant lies spread because there are legions of stupid people willing and ready to believe it.
Just look at the right-wing and the army of them who believed there is a pizza gate and that Obama is a secret Muslim. Heck, they even elected one such fool to the White House.
There should also be a study on why the Right are so gullible and dumb.
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There are dozens of examples of bull **** stories gone viral being spread by the alt-right and the loony-left.
No one hold patent rights on fake news, and while it is true that much of this nonsense is propagated on social media, this has been going on for a long time and the simple fact the public engages in the spread of falsehoods in no way exonerates the dinosaur media that has participated in spreading its own false news or excuses their willful violation of the public trust.
Great find, although what was covered is absolutely disgusting.
And, as a side note, I think that we real (i.e., unpaid and human) "keyboard warriors" SHOULD keep typing away and expressing our viewpoints, even if some people do think what we do is useless. Even if we accomplish nothing, at least we let some genuine thoughts appear among the onslaught of those that are not heartfelt and "real".
Also, I don't know if anyone else has noticed this (or perhaps I am mistaken), but it seems that when I take a moderate standpoint (which I think I do in about 90% of my posts), I get hardly any responses, but when I take a decidedly conservative or liberal standpoint, I usually get plenty of responses. (Hmmmm.)
P.S. I just went on YouTube to find and watch Part Two (link below), and guess what? "Comments disabled for this video"!
I assume you realize that it is the person who posts the video who decides to disable comments, right?
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