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TOPIC: The Dispatches Program
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Re:The Dispatches Program 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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These conspiracy theorists are nuts. I recently visited a discussion forum I hadn't visited in years to discover that one of the regular posters, who used to seem fairly pleasant and normal (as much as one can judge those things online), has become a right-wing conspiracy theorist, spending all his time retweeting right-wing and conspiratorial nonsense on Twitter, some of which seems distinctly misogynistic and racist, and watching conspiratorial YouTube videos and other material and posting them on the forum. He's pro-Trump, pro-Brexit, anti-Obama, anti-Clinton, believes global warming is a hoax, believes the Sandy Hook school shootings were a hoax, etc. Another of his obsessions is celebrity sex abuse scandals, such as the Savile and Epstein sagas. He seems eager to believe the "MSM" on those, oddly enough. He has annoyed the other forum regulars to such an extent with his constant conspiratorial and occasionally misogynistic and racist postings that he has become a pariah, subject to constant criticism and hostility. He seems to be a man in his 50s and describes himself still as a "stay-at-home dad". Years ago, that might have been understandable but his kids are apparently now teenagers. I actually wonder if he's mentally ill and if the conspiracy obsession is a symptom, or if exploring conspiracy material online has actually addled his brain.
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Re:The Dispatches Program 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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Jo wrote:
These conspiracy theorists are nuts. I recently visited a discussion forum I hadn't visited in years to discover that one of the regular posters, who used to seem fairly pleasant and normal (as much as one can judge those things online), has become a right-wing conspiracy theorist, spending all his time retweeting right-wing and conspiratorial nonsense on Twitter, some of which seems distinctly misogynistic and racist, and watching conspiratorial YouTube videos and other material and posting them on the forum. He's pro-Trump, pro-Brexit, anti-Obama, anti-Clinton, believes global warming is a hoax, believes the Sandy Hook school shootings were a hoax, etc. Another of his obsessions is celebrity sex abuse scandals, such as the Savile and Epstein sagas. He seems eager to believe the "MSM" on those, oddly enough. He has annoyed the other forum regulars to such an extent with his constant conspiratorial and occasionally misogynistic and racist postings that he has become a pariah, subject to constant criticism and hostility. He seems to be a man in his 50s and describes himself still as a "stay-at-home dad". Years ago, that might have been understandable but his kids are apparently now teenagers. I actually wonder if he's mentally ill and if the conspiracy obsession is a symptom, or if exploring conspiracy material online has actually addled his brain.
It does sound as if he has gone a bit loopy.
If it is "DS", I think I might know who you mean, actually.
Or perhaps every forum has a rabid conspiracy campaigner?
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