I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating that this most recent assassination attempt was fake. Why do people think this? I’m out of the loop.
I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating that this most recent assassination attempt was fake. Why do people think this? I’m out of the loop.
I don’t care, do you?
I mean, yeah, kinda. I’m curious
It’s reading less like you’re curious and more like you’re looking for an opportunity to “soap-box”. You keep asking for sources when @[email protected] provided links yet you’re still feigning ignorance of context asking for more sources.
I’m neither side atm, letting the dust settle and seeing if anything comes of it. What’s particularly weird is accounts like yours or others like @[email protected] and @[email protected] who are hitting up every single post with their outrage about anyone considering conspiracy. It’s just literally internet gossip about a failed assassination while pointing out all the events in these posts, yet you guys are twisting it as some moral perversion and are hellbent on trying to discredit anyone with an opinion on the matter.
Why do you think this?
Why is this a bad thing? I’m asking for sources so I can look into it myself and gather more information. This is exactly the sort of behaviour you would expect from someone who is curious, so I don’t understand why you’re doubting my curiosity. And wouldn’t a lot of people providing a lot of sources make your case for a conspiracy stronger? I really don’t understand why you’re taking issue with this.
I’m on your side man, but this is one of the tactics trolls/propaganda bots use. It’s called sealioning if I remember right. The idea is to shut down discussion by shifting the burden to the other side asking for “sources” while contributing nothing to the discussion. Real easy to ask for sources, harder to provide and explain them.
It sucks that this is where we are.
I’m the one who made this post. As of right now it has 159 upvotes and 166 comments. Does that sound like shutting down discussion to you?
Shouldn’t the burden be on the people who are proposing a conspiracy? Regardless, it doesn’t even make sense to talk about a “burden” here (as if asking for a link is that much of a burden). Not everyone is trying to prove a point when asking for a source. Sometimes people just want to look into things further.
Thanks. I know you’re not accusing me of anything but I still felt the need to respond
What’s weird is getting pushback when saying “this is unproven”. No one said anything about moral perversion, we’re rightly concerned that “the left” is gullible enough to jump on a bandwagon and within a couple hours people are acting sure that this was a staged event. This is right wing wacko behavior. It’s not a moral issue, it’s a mental stability issue (or intelligence issue maybe?).
Now, I don’t know why you tagged people here other than to stir up some shit. Maybe don’t do that?
Don’t use a Lemmy feature to add context to my comment? I specifically tagged and addressed you directly instead of getting into your myriad of arguments across multiple posts.
What people are posting and linking isn’t “unproven”. They’re factual events that took place and their opinion on the matter which you seem to have a problem with both.
Do you think the assassination being faked is proven fact? I think even most people who think it was faked wouldn’t go this far
You specifically summoned people here to argue with. No one believes that you took the time to @ us because that somehow was helpful to anyone unless they too were looking to argue.