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[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

Maher has definitely moved more center...wish more public figures would do the same...

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

I don't like liver and onions. Am I "grouping people together" when I talk about others who DO like liver & onions?

You and Buck believe conspiracy theories. That's at least one overlap/intersection in the Venn diagram of you and him.
Spokey believes conspiracy theories too. That's an intersection of you, him, and Buck.
El Wapo believes them. Now the 4 of you have the same intersection.
JRSMooth believes them. Now there's a 5-person intersection.
Is five people with similar beliefs enough to be a "group"?

Almost everyone here is into car audio on some level, but from MANY walks of life.
Are we a "group"?

Listen, when people have views and ideas that are not the same as yours that does not automatically make them conspiracy theorist. It just means that they have different views. The problem is not that we all have different ideas from yours it that you think everything is a conspiracy. They are not always that. But that is what you are doing... you are thinking things are one way and every other way is a conspiracy theory. Why?

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

I don't watch infotainment.
I stream all of my entertainment, have 1300+ DVDs to choose from if 'net goes down, and haven't even bothered to hook up an antenna for local broadcasts.

How do you keep up on current affairs?

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

Maher has definitely moved more center...wish more public figures would do the same...

Typically a move to the center is strategic. When a vote is coming it will be easier to switch to the winning side.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

An old friend has Parkinsons. One of those implants has made his life eminently more livable.
'Turned out pretty damn well for him.

I have pretty bad OCD and it's no joke. Haven't they had electric shock therapy for a long time? This just sounds like a different form of it.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

https://news.yahoo.com/fbi-informants-had-bigger-role-213400243.html

They did have the fbi egging them on...

And she's still alive...

Only because they were arrested before they did it. There are wacko's on both sides is all I'm saying.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

All I'm saying is a kid got ran over and the guy that did it says his motive was is a talking point of the current administration...the divisive rhetoric needs to stop from ALL the politicians...

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

Listen, when people have views and ideas that are not the same as yours that does not automatically make them conspiracy theorist. It just means that they have different views. The problem is not that we all have different ideas from yours it that you think everything is a conspiracy. They are not always that. But that is what you are doing... you are thinking things are one way and every other way is a conspiracy theory. Why?

When people believe and repeat conspiracy theories, then I consider them conspiracy theorists.
That’s a big difference from “having different views and ideas” from me. Different views and ideas are things like “what is the best way to hit your goal weight?” or “do you think German Shepherds are better than Lab Retrievers?” You really can’t argue those things as they are personal preference.

When it comes to 110% unfounded conspiracy theories that people shape their behavior by, I have no problem throwing a bullshlt card.
People literally attempting a coup because the believe an election was stolen? People placing their vote for a party because they believe all economic stats since the 50’s have been faked and no one figured it out? People believing the entire world has faked a COVID pandemic just to make Trump look bad, and literally denying COVID exists with their dying breaths (after infecting who knows how many people)?
Yeah, I have a problem with that.
Just like I have a problem with people who believe others have demons inside, and try to kill them for it.
False beliefs can be fvcking dsngerous.

 

[spokey9 5,000+ posts]

When people believe and repeat conspiracy theories, then I consider them conspiracy theorists.
That’s a big difference from “having different views and ideas” from me. Different views and ideas are things like “what is the best way to hit your goal weight?” or “do you think German Shepherds are better than Lab Retrievers?” You really can’t argue those things as they are personal preference.

When it comes to 110% unfounded conspiracy theories that people shape their behavior by, I have no problem throwing a bullshlt card.
People literally attempting a coup because the believe an election was stolen? People placing their vote for a party because they believe all economic stats since the 50’s have been faked and no one figured it out? People believing the entire world has faked a COVID pandemic just to make Trump look bad, and literally denying COVID exists with their dying breaths (after infecting who knows how many people)?
Yeah, I have a problem with that.
Just like I have a problem with people who believe others have demons inside, and try to kill them for it.
False beliefs can be fvcking dsngerous.

Well considering any opinion that doesn't agree with yours is a conspiracy...

 

[RobGMN Premium Member]

Well considering any opinion that doesn't agree with yours is a conspiracy...

Feel free to show where I described a simple difference of opinion as the other person presenting a conspiracy theory.
Maybe help out ElWapo and show a post where I lied if you come across one.

He seems to have trouble backing up his claims.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Maher has definitely moved more center...wish more public figures would do the same...

Maher hasn't moved more center, the liberals/dems have moved to the left.

 

[Jimi77 Premium Member]

Typically a move to the center is strategic. When a vote is coming it will be easier to switch to the winning side.

Lately the move has been to the extremes.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

All I'm saying is a kid got ran over and the guy that did it says his motive was is a talking point of the current administration...the divisive rhetoric needs to stop from ALL the politicians...

Trump started all of this divisive talk and you know it. He would make fun of people who wore masks. He keeps saying the Democrats stole the election. He got his Republican cult to storm the Capital building. He never denounced his white supremacist followers. Please tell me that our Country being divided didn't start with him.

 

[ThxOne Premium Member]

When people believe and repeat conspiracy theories, then I consider them conspiracy theorists.
That’s a big difference from “having different views and ideas” from me. Different views and ideas are things like “what is the best way to hit your goal weight?” or “do you think German Shepherds are better than Lab Retrievers?” You really can’t argue those things as they are personal preference.

When it comes to 110% unfounded conspiracy theories that people shape their behavior by, I have no problem throwing a bullshlt card.
People literally attempting a coup because the believe an election was stolen? People placing their vote for a party because they believe all economic stats since the 50’s have been faked and no one figured it out? People believing the entire world has faked a COVID pandemic just to make Trump look bad, and literally denying COVID exists with their dying breaths (after infecting who knows how many people)?
Yeah, I have a problem with that.
Just like I have a problem with people who believe others have demons inside, and try to kill them for it.
False beliefs can be fvcking dsngerous.

 

[Bobbytwonames 5,000+ posts]

A conspiracy theorist would roll their eyes at his reply.