When did the term skeptic start to mean someone who "debunks" ideas that are at odds with the status quo? When did "critical thinkers" stop asking the tough questions and just decide to parrot the official narrative?
It seems that the definitions for these terms have been hijacked by people who demonstrate the exact opposite of their original meanings. People that now claim these distinctions are neither skeptical or critical thinkers.
Just an observation that's been bugging me for a while.
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Omar ago
You're thinking of contrarian, not skeptic.
Just because something is the official story, doesn't mean it's false.
Flytape ago
I'm pretty sure he said what he meant and meant what he said.
These so called skeptics that we have today seem to only be skeptical of things that don't support their established norms. That isn't skepticism, that is religion.
Much like how you religiously repeat the mantra "flytape is an antisemite, flytape is an antisemite, oooohm ooohm."
If you were the slightest bit skeptical of my "antisemitism" you would quickly discover that the word is being misused and abused to stain people's enemies.