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  • Phish [he/him, any]
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    4 years ago

    Why is this theory catching on so much all the sudden? Bill Maher just brought it up too. It's like nobody gives a fuck about reality anymore.

    • gammison [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      It's because the WHO just finished its report (which btw is not very pro China even lol, it lays the virus' origin most likely in contaminated food in a wild life market), and this "made in a lab" is the other side all the news agencies bring on to give "balanced" coverage of the WHO report and give cover to the abysmal response to the virus by the former Trump admin.

  • RedDawn [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Whenever anybody says that this was made in a lab in China, I say “I think it was actually made in a lab in the US”, since my theory has just as much evidence as theirs and gets me street cred for being a more scandalous conspiracy, it usually stops the China baiting then and there.

    • medium_adult_son [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I keep it at "it's just as likely the virus was made in a lab in the US," and if they press me on it or are a crank I can give them the rundown on the anthrax attacks.

      A deadly virus escaped a lab, evidence was destroyed, and two of the very few people that actually got sent anthrax were the two Democrats slowing down the passage of the Patriot Act. There's a conspiracy for ya.

    • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      What's funny is that there are some conspiracy loons who think it was made in a lab in North Carolina.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      I say “I think it was actually made in a lab in the US”, since my theory has just as much evidence

      More, since the initial outbreak was in China.

      Might as well claim Japan bombed Nagasaki as claim China weaponized the virus.

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    Search up old Kyle Kulinski tweets. He's always had certain blind spots and terrible takes. And I say this a person that used to regularly watch his videos.

  • superdoctorman [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This theory actually really scares me. Who know what could happen if the idea becomes mainstream, and a majority of people believe that China purposefully killed half-a-million Americans.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Dave Anthony leaping to the defense of Jimmy Dore left my head spinning. I guess Dave knows Jim personally, and that makes all the difference. But I can't imagine watching more than five or ten minutes of Dore's show and thinking "Fuck this asshole".

      Maybe his heart's in the right place. But his praxis is dogshit.

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "Social-Democracy is objectively the moderate wing of fascism."

    • Sunn_Owns [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      'We must spare zee young boys for ourselves, but kill zee old pedos. Eureka! I've got it!'

  • Sunn_Owns [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Disappointing. Any kind of speculation is just fuel for the anti-China bi-partisan rhetoric. Kyle's takes are usually okay, wonder if he's trying to pivot and monetize because YouTube's algorithms are fucking over leftists.