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What are some things a conspiracy theorist has told you? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 day ago by TootSweet to c/asklemmy

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Coworker. I told him to fuck off with his conspiracy bullshit. But back when I patronized him, one thing he said was that he didn't consider belief a binary as in that you either believe something or don't. He viewed all beliefs as a continuum. You can believe one thing 10% and another thing 90%, but he wouldn't let me pin him down as to whether he "believed" any particular thing or not.

All while trying to convince me "tall white aliens" run the U.S. government and Sandy Hook was faked by a bunch of actors and the U.S. military had invisibility technology and planes that aren't dumping weather-controlling chemicals don't leave trails in the sky. Pretty standard QAnon-level bullshit. But if I asked him if he believed any of those things, he wouldn't answer. Honestly, it makes sense as a dishonest rhetorical tactic.

Dude also literally drinks borax in his juice cleanse drink.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

This one is gomna break you brains:

Y'all heard of the "Great Replacement" unhinged conspiracy theory?

Imagine that, but Han Chinese Edition.

Context: My family was born in PRC

My older brother told me the CCP is conspiring to... wait for it

Replace Han Chinese with ethnic minorities and "African Migrants"... 🤨

Yea his brain is totally cooked.

Might be lead poisoning or some other weird shit in China.

He hates racism, yet simultaneously believes in a racial hierarchy. 🤨

(of course, he believes Han Chinese are on top 🤨)

Oh did I forget to say, we live in the US.

Why is he so worried about China, a country he no longer has citizenship in... 🤨

He believes in Han Supremacy but became a US Citizen? 🤨

(Sorry for the 🤨 emoji, its just so... bewildering)

Also, doesn't like vaccines, but still caved in and got a tetnaus vaccine when he stepped on a nail. Yes he know its a vaccine, but apparantly, if your risk of dying is high enough, survival instincts overrules conspiracy theories? 🤔