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The is what is known as the "George Costanza defense" in that something is not a lie if only one believes in it enough (Much like Santa Claus?).
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So too is the rationale behind the Capital storming faulty as will be proven (has already been proven) at trial.įurthermore, said poster postulated that the very act of believing made conspirators immune from criminal liability. Motivation and belief have nothing to do with it.
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Good luck telling the judge "But I BELIEVED that he was nailing my wife! That is why I did it!" The very act of chucking him off the balcony was in and of itself illegal. I come home and find a guy and my wife (fully clothed) having coffee at the dinner table and I freak out and throw him off my 6th floor balcony. Let's say I was convinced my wife was having an affair even though there is not evidence to back up said claim. However, taking actions that are illegal based on belief in a false premise, does not make those actions legal. Things like the Easter Bunny for example. It is one's right to believe in things that are not true. Furthermore that it was his "right" to believe it just like X% of the population.īoy, was there ever a lot to unpack there.Īpart from the difference between having the right to believe in a conspiracy theory and being smart enought to look at the situation.įirst of all, yes. One of our lot was talking the other day that in regard to the Big Lie, It just "believes" that Trump was defrauded therefore he could not be charged. I think in countries that are more group in nature, it's easier, but I have no idea how individualistic countries will deal with it.
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So we have to figure out how to live with a certain number of the population who will be too stupid to know they are too stupid, yet have influence over each other to the point that they create a kind of mob stupidality. The sad thing is, this is almost like not guilty by reason of insanity if they lack the intelligence to even be able to comprehend that they lack intelligence, then they can't be guilty of being intentionally stupid. They literally lack the cognitive intelligence requisite to comprehend that the virus has changed, and instead they're hung up on those first few months.
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This is why you see some people, both pro and anti-vaxxers, still going on about things said in the first months of the pandemic, rather than dealing with what Covid has morphed into over the past few years. Those with a higher level of cognitive reflection ability are able to alter their new beliefs based on the new information, and adapt accordingly. In other words, when one learns new information that contradicts the conspiracy, if they are of low intelligence on the cognitive reflection scale, they are unable to alter their initial belief based on the new information they instead double down. New research has shown that those with less ability for cognitive reflection are more prone to believing in conspiracies. How can anyone think like that? It's despairing. Now the right wing media has everyone shouting "groomer" at teachers who are not doing anything other than existing in the world as a LGBTQIA person. Just look at how many people refuse to believe in something as basic as climate change, and look at all the negative propaganda being pushed about LGBTQIA. Under-educated also means most people honestly don't know how to fact check, or even realize they must. People all tend to believe what they want to believe, and these dishonest "news" organizations only make things worse. There's no real way to stop the dishonest reporting and blatant manipulation of the facts. Under-educated is right, and I was about to say the same thing about the media outlets who push these conspiracy theories and what are often just plain lies - and there is no mechanism for stopping or correcting it. It also fuels their sense of victimization.Īll the while getting fleeced and scammed by the Fox News and Newsmaxx's of the world - which as the article mentioned, serve a the US conduit for the Kremlin's disinformation and propaganda. Under-educated, low self-esteem, easily manipulated by the far-right media sphere - it's simple to see why these folks latch on to these beyond crazy conspiracy theories and kooky beliefs.