Mitt vs Tulsi

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LuFins Dad

Can't speak to Tucker Carlson as I have a sneezing fit from all the hairspray every time I see him. I'm just saying that there is nothing inappropriate with Gabbard's statements. Those facilities do need to be secured and the pathogens destroyed, especially if Putin's doing some kind of weird wink and a nod with it.

LuFins Dad

@George-K said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

She nails it, though the call to resign is over the top. I don't get where people in the replies are calling her a conspiracy theorist. She laid out simple and documented facts. WTF is wrong with people right now?

Horace

"Conspiracy theorist" accusations are boilerplate lefty handbook stuff. We've all been acculturated to giggle at conspiracy theorists, long before our current left vs right divisions became so polarizing. the left has just used the opportunity to mine the giggles from that pre-conceived notion of how ridiculous conspiracy theorists are. Have to hand it to the left, they were ahead of the game recognizing the power of the tribal giggle.

Doctor Phibes

@Horace said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

"Conspiracy theorist" accusations are boilerplate lefty handbook stuff. We've all been acculturated to giggle at conspiracy theorists, long before our current left vs right divisions became so polarizing. the left has just used the opportunity to mine the giggles from that pre-conceived notion of how ridiculous conspiracy theorists are. Have to hand it to the left, they were ahead of the game recognizing the power of the tribal giggle.

Apologies for stating the obvious, but Mitt Romney isn't on the left, and Tulsi Gabbard isn't exactly a conservative.

Horace

@Doctor-Phibes said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

@Horace said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

"Conspiracy theorist" accusations are boilerplate lefty handbook stuff. We've all been acculturated to giggle at conspiracy theorists, long before our current left vs right divisions became so polarizing. the left has just used the opportunity to mine the giggles from that pre-conceived notion of how ridiculous conspiracy theorists are. Have to hand it to the left, they were ahead of the game recognizing the power of the tribal giggle.

Apologies for stating the obvious, but Mitt Romney isn't on the left, and Tulsi Gabbard isn't exactly a conservative.

In the context of this conversation, Romney was using the "conspiracy theorist" meme for its political effect, to marginalize a political opponent. It's part of the lefty playbook, but that does not mean its use is relegated to registered Democrats. I'm always eager to point out the conspiracy theorists on the left, for instance. Most obviously the race narrative, which is the largest and most powerful conspiracy theory on the planet. And I am not a registered Democrat.

Doctor Phibes

So it's used by both the left and the right.

Also, it's used by people to point out actual conspiracy theorists such as Tucker Carlson (or Glenn Beck if you prefer) as well as the race-obsessed such as NPR.

Horace

@Doctor-Phibes said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

So it's used by both the left and the right.

Also, it's used by people to point out actual conspiracy theorists such as Tucker Carlson (or Glenn Beck if you prefer) as well as the race-obsessed such as NPR.

Yes but not everybody is motivated to see anecdotal evidence on both sides and then stop thinking, with a declaration that both sides are equally stupid. Accusations of being a conspiracy theorist was minted for its political value by the left, and relatively recently. But hey, good ideas get stolen.

Doctor Phibes

@LuFins-Dad said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

I have a sneezing fit from all the hairspray every time I see him.

Tucker, Trump and Hannity all have that oh-so-manly trait in common- do you think they've maybe inhaled a little too much of the stuff?

Copper

So many times Mr. Trump has been misunderstood because he was so far ahead of the average man.

But, sooner or later everyone comes around to his way of thinking.

Mr. Carlson clearly has this same superior insight and foresight.

Tulsi's evidence confirms this.

I wonder if there is some gypsy in his family tree.

Doctor Phibes

@Copper said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

I wonder if there is some gypsy in his family tree.

They don't even encourage gypsies on his family golf course, much less in his family tree.

jon-nyc

@Horace said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

Accusations of being a conspiracy theorist was minted for its ~~political~~ descriptive value by the left, and relatively recently.

‘Recently’ in comparison to the age of the republic? The Birchers were very much conspiracy-driven, as was pointed out in the 50s and 60s by Buckley himself, as he banished their crazy asses to bingo halls.

jon-nyc

More recently Trump came to political prominence by pushing a conspiracy theory. (as opposed to cultural prominence, which predated the political by decades)

Larry

@jon-nyc said in Mitt vs Tulsi:

More recently Trump came to political prominence by pushing a conspiracy theory. (as opposed to cultural prominence, which predated the political by decades)

Do tell. And just what conspiracy theory might that be?

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