Bless me, SW, for I have sinned.
Yesterday evening, and again this morning, I committed the cardinal sin of demanding that a lunatic conspiracy theorist provide evidence for the claims he makes.
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PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
Conspiracies can be a double edged sword. MK Ultra was once something that was the source of ridicule.
If you are old enough you know that many other whistleblowers in the 90s and 2000s said exactly what Ed Snowden did and the only difference was Snowden managed to take documents with him to back his claims. In fact the US government originally tried the same smear tactics with Snowden till they realized he had receipts.
So while I have no patience for shit like the anti vaxxers that push stuff that doesn't even pass the smell test if you took high school biology, I also think it is dangerous to dismiss all conspiracies as equally ridiculous.
If you are old enough you know that many other whistleblowers in the 90s and 2000s said exactly what Ed Snowden did and the only difference was Snowden managed to take documents with him to back his claims. In fact the US government originally tried the same smear tactics with Snowden till they realized he had receipts.
So while I have no patience for shit like the anti vaxxers that push stuff that doesn't even pass the smell test if you took high school biology, I also think it is dangerous to dismiss all conspiracies as equally ridiculous.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Which is why I request evidence before dismissing such claims outright. Describing MK Ultra to someone who is unfamiliar with the subject sounds absolutely psychotic. Yet we know it happened.
PicturesOfABetterTomorrow · 41-45, M
@CorvusBlackthorne Oh absolutely and I get that. The problem is, unless the government fucks up it could be 50 to 70 years before that information is declassified at all. The only reason why we are not hearing in 2070 that Ed Snowden was not a crazy person is only because the NSA and Boos Allen Hamilton fucked up with their security protocols for document access.