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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•US to withdraw from NATO under Republican billEnglish4·9 days agoOne goal was to increase defense burden-sharing with allies. but withdraw from NATO wasn’t a project goal.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t realEnglish1·28 days agoThe reason I gave those two examples was to highlight that conspiracy can range from false to (almost certainly) true.
Folks who buy into conspiracy theories may buy into more than one, often for similar reasons.
I have no data on this but suspect it is more true for lower IQ than higher IQ.
However, I don’t believe it should be a standard assumption. Considering one topic to be possible doesn’t automatically imply a person believes in something else.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t realEnglish1·28 days agoFair enough. It just annoys me when conspiracies are lumped together.
One person believing the earth is flat has no relation to someone believing that industry executives hide the harmful effects of their products. Yet both are labelled conspiracy theorists.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t realEnglish11·29 days agoThe word “Chemtrail” isn’t associated with that, it’s tinfoil hat ivermectin sucking 5G fearing moron talk for "the airlines are spraying chemicals that make you vote Democrat.
This is your interpretation of a fictional persons opinion. There is no conspiracy that links ivermectin to 5G.
Step back. Are you using your own words or are you just repeating what someone wrote on a forum somewhere?
Conspiracy theorists are often inconsistent and illogical, but there is sometimes a nugget of truth under all the madness.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t realEnglish21·29 days agoConspiracies tend to have a grain of truth, that gets exaggerated to allow the idea to be ridiculed.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t realEnglish45·29 days ago“Jetliners are spraying mind control juice”
Not all jetliners. Just some.
Uh huh, so, where on the jetliner is it stored?
In tanks.
Can you show me any evidence of a jet aircraft equipped with such a dispersion system?
Why would you bother using jet airliners for this that fly extremely high?
Oh it’s mixed straight into the fuel!
No.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a TreatEnglish5·1 month agoTell you what, that meth is really moreish.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•New Zealand passes record suspension of lawmakers over hakaEnglish5·1 month agoBefore Thursday, the longest suspension was for three days.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•New Zealand passes record suspension of lawmakers over hakaEnglish9·1 month agoYeah. This is the contentious part. Before Thursday, the longest suspension was for three days.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacreEnglish3·1 month agoThat’s a pretty big article.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
Can you be more specific? Then I can confidentiality repeat your fact.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacreEnglish21·1 month agoThis list also highlights how selfish they are.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacreEnglish5·1 month agoWasn’t the problem that their families were part of the protesters? That’s why reinforcements from outside the city (without family ties) were called in.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•World won’t forget Tiananmen Square, US and Taiwan say on 36th anniversary of massacreEnglish2·1 month agoI upvoted you, but a source for that statistic would still be nice.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Pro-Israel Figures Threaten to Kill Greta Thunberg Over Gaza Aid Mission - Quds News Network (2025-06-02)English7·1 month agogenocide is always followed by claiming and then divvying up the resources once held by the displaced/dead.
Like this
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Pro-Israel Figures Threaten to Kill Greta Thunberg Over Gaza Aid Mission - Quds News Network (2025-06-02)English13·1 month agoThat’s not fun at all.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Trump was not informed of Ukraine attack on RussiaEnglish1·1 month agoA Poker face is the best strategy.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldto World News@lemmy.world•Piers Morgan Asks Israeli Ambassador to the UK some questions.English5·1 month agoPiers was also right to speak out against the 2nd Gulf War.
He’s reached his limit. Pay no further attention.
This censorship is clear evidence of anti-masochism.