Summing up the Gates haters
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 14:04 last edited by
The people I've seen linking to the Plandemic stuff aren't stupid. Clearly gullible, but they're basically responding very quickly, without thinking it through, to something they've seen.
And I'm not laughing, either. I engaged with one, and she thanked me for the discussion.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 14:10 last edited by
I had a 'conversation' with a lifelong friend on FB about a bullshit post that shows Obama saying something about the average citizen is too smallminded to govern themselves so must surrender to all powerful government. He did say the words, but as an indication of what he was against, but it was edited to make it appear bad and people are buying it.
I said it was untrue, that what he was actually saying was the opposite, for which I was roundly condemned. He obviously said it and that was that. How could I know any different. I said because I watched the speech IN CONTEXT, not just the cut. Honestly, people are eager to believe what they want to believe. But if 'Republicans' post crap like that how can they complain about fake news?
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 14:18 last edited by Doctor Phibes
Both sides have more than their fair share of people who only ever hear what they want to hear. I'm sure we've all been guilty of it on occasion, but for some people it seems to be a calling.
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@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
My knee is the smartest part of my body and it is a very quick thinker. It seems to "jerk" from your slower frame of reference but its reactions are well-considered.
And wrong, in this instance.
wrote on 16 May 2020, 14:32 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Horace said in Summing up the Gates haters:
My knee is the smartest part of my body and it is a very quick thinker. It seems to "jerk" from your slower frame of reference but its reactions are well-considered.
And wrong, in this instance.
Duly noted that the Truth is that people thinking Gates is a child murdering anti-christ is Common, with the proof being what Phibes saw on Facebook.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 14:45 last edited by Doctor Phibes
I'm just talking about my own experience. YMMV. If you live in California, "The
CraziestHappiest Place on Earth (TM)", it probably will.I'm not really a big believer in Truth.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 14:57 last edited by
I'm not a big believer in conspiracies.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 15:02 last edited by Loki
How is the Bill Gates you tube any more stupid than Trump wanting people to inject bleach? You have to look at the existence of both to understand why. You can’t get mad at only one, so if you do you may be feeding the other.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 15:10 last edited by
One is based on an incomplete or biased interpretation of Trump’s idiotic comments.
The other one is based on... nothing at all...
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One is based on an incomplete or biased interpretation of Trump’s idiotic comments.
The other one is based on... nothing at all...
wrote on 16 May 2020, 15:29 last edited by@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
One is based on an incomplete or biased interpretation of Trump’s idiotic comments.
The other one is based on... nothing at all...
They are both equally idiotic but look at your rationalization. One is okay and the other isn’t. Sure.
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@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
One is based on an incomplete or biased interpretation of Trump’s idiotic comments.
The other one is based on... nothing at all...
They are both equally idiotic but look at your rationalization. One is okay and the other isn’t. Sure.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 15:45 last edited by Loki
@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.
And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 15:50 last edited by xenon
The Trump thing is a bad example because some people took a thing that was already stupid and pushed it further to be even stupider.
It was already stupid, it didn’t need additional fake stupid seasoning salt.
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@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.
And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.
wrote on 16 May 2020, 19:17 last edited by@Loki said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.
And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.
Tu quoque is a tired and unsound internet argument. Always has been.
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@Loki said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.
And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.
Tu quoque is a tired and unsound internet argument. Always has been.
wrote on 16 May 2020, 19:49 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Loki said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:
@Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.
And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.
Tu quoque is a tired and unsound internet argument. Always has been.
That’s fine. So we are to be alarmed at a fringe Gates conspiracy theory but take seriously that injecting with bleach is what was meant and rational people might do I’ll just put in the hilarious bucket.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 19:52 last edited by
And again, terrible false equivalence. Trump actually said his thing. We can argue what he meant but only after we acknowledge that you're saying misinterpretation and just completely making shit up are identical.
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wrote on 16 May 2020, 19:54 last edited by
No, I have to disagree. What Trump said and how it was presented and interpreted meet my criteria for made up shit too.
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wrote on 17 May 2020, 04:04 last edited by
Seen on twitter:
Counterpoint: Windows Vista.
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 02:06 last edited by
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 02:09 last edited by
NYT: "Bill Gates Is the Most Interesting Man in the World"
Cue another Twitter rant about the failing NYT
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wrote on 24 May 2020, 02:37 last edited by Larry
Its time you "clorox" guys gave it a rest. If you actually believe that Trump meant you could inject bleach into your body then you are the dumbass, not Trump. Everyone misspeaks occasionally. It is an utter fool who keeps harping it.