If you care to raise awareness among friends (not likely coworkers but to each is own), and possibly family members, how do you react when someone says, "Oh that's just a conspiracy theory".
- The CIA designed this term in the 60s as part of the JFK hit, to delegate the task of debunking all events since there is no concrete "evidence". (At the risk of sounding even crazier)
- Of course what I just said is a conspiracy. Those involved are XYZ, AND by definition that constitutes a conspiracy.
- The word theory throws the baby out with the bath water. If you do your research, you will see that what I am talking about is not theory, but events. They are facts which point to a conspiracy.
I believe it is important to squash this label because it is SO pervasive and so effective, that most people stop listening the moment this reaction enters their mind.
I propose a fourth approach, red pilling. This challenges the listener, instead of antagonizing them. "You want to get red pilled?" Versus "If you did your research, you would see that what I am talking about is...". This concept is already overly popular on 4chan and the like, but needs to go more mainstream to counter the blinders-causing "conspiracy theory" label.
How do you deal with people telling you, "oh that's just a conspiracy theory"? Or how would you explain to a friend how damaging this point of view is to their own sense of reality?
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8Ball ago
The dilemma is to still come off as credible and not be played off as loony after the initial discrediting. You can't convince brainwashed people of anything, since they will make every effort to try to debunk you, and strongly feel that they are right and you are wrong. Or they will have the gall to say you went "too far" when presenting your evidence. They are stuck in their own reality fully unaware of the true facts. It's a catch 22: how are we supposed to speak out about this CIA smear campaign, if doing so only perpetuates it even further.
abc_xyz ago
Exactly, I might be pushing friends away but I will argue a point if they say something like, I really admire what Bezos has been doing, or what Obama has accomplished. I feel the urge to point out some of the negative things they've done.
Of course I dont think my "friends" would push me away, since I don't do this all the time, just planting seeds every so often. I can sense some of them come around, like say things I said months ago, so that's good. But yeah that catch 22 isdefinitely an obstacle we need to tread lightly over.