For real, I really want to hear all the wacky and potentially true conspiracies Hexbear users have. It would be nice to have a conspiracy spot on the internet that isn't antisemitic as well.

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I fear I would post in it too much and be labeled a crank.

    I've been trying to get over this fear as well, because I now believe many things that I've laughed at other people for believing in the past. I really regret doing that because I realize I fell for the propaganda. Psy-ops work in part by making people afraid to speak their mind for fear of being labelled as cranks.

    Imagine you are the government and you have committed a tremendous crime against democracy. You tried to cover it up as well as you can, but it's impossible to conceal everything because of the sheer scope of what you did. There exist many smoking guns out there which any dedicated investigator will be able to piece together, and you know that anyone who spends enough time listening to them will probably be convinced. What do you do? You run a PR campaign to convince people that only cranks would spend any time looking into that stuff, and you slander and smear anyone who dares to speak out.

    I used to wait for other people to speak up but then I realized I need to be the change.