OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[I'm a loser baby...]

Good idea, get some sleep, you've had a rough day.

*fun day

 

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*fun day

Hey, whatever floats your boat mate.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Hey, whatever floats your boat mate.

Grown men using the term cooker as a defence? I do find that amusing. I'm trying to help you here.

 

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Grown men using the term cooker as a defence? I do find that amusing. I'm trying to help you here.

Mmm, go to bed mate.

You've embarrassed yourself enough for one day.

 

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Is, not was. It's demonstrably false that the CIA coined the term.

There’s a conspiracy theory that the CIA invented the term ‘conspiracy theory’ – here’s why

John F Kennedy’s assassination was a turning point in how conspiracy theorists became viewed.

theconversation.com

thats an interesting article .... and yeah it seems they didn't coin the term ...... but it's funny that his claim that they didn't weaponise it is ....

“Conspiracy theories” in the plural is only used once, matter-of-factly in the third paragraph:

Conspiracy theories have frequently thrown suspicion on our organisation, for example, by falsely alleging that Lee Harvey Oswald worked for us.

The authors of the document deploy the term in a very casual manner and obviously do not feel the need to define it. This indicates that it was not a new term but already widely used at the time to describe alternative accounts. At no time do the authors recommend using the label “conspiracy theory” to stigmatise alternative explanations of Kennedy’s assassination. This suggests that the term had not yet acquired the same level of negativity it possesses today.

I think it's fine to say they didn't invent it, but they did use it in a manner to dismiss and discredit alternate beliefs.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Mmm, go to bed mate.

You've embarrassed yourself enough for one day.

You're fantasising. Who do you think I've embarrassed myself to today? You were piss easy to provoke even with a middle of the road vid you didn't watch. Good puppy.

 

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thats an interesting article .... and yeah it seems they didn't coin the term ...... but it's funny that his claim that they didn't weaponise it is ....



I think it's fine to say they didn't invent it, but they did use it in a manner to dismiss and discredit alternate beliefs.

Well he does give his argument there, take it or leave it. But I'm not about to deny government propaganda didn't exist back in the 60's, when I've literally argued the exact opposite only a coupla pages back.

 

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You're fantasising. Who do you think I've embarrassed myself to today? You were piss easy to provoke even with a middle of the road vid you didn't watch. Good puppy.

Didn't you say goodnight?

Yet here you still are.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

So maybe they didn't invent the term but they might have latched onto it and amplified it to distract from the fact they killed JFK? Well f**k me.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Didn't you say goodnight?

Yet here you still are.

It was a suggestion for you.

 

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It was a suggestion for you.

Oh I see.

That's nice.

 

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So maybe they didn't invent the term but they might have latched onto it and amplified it to distract from the fact they killed JFK? Well f**k me.

So when I said you were demonstrably wrong, you were indeed demonstrably wrong, despite your protestations.

Womp womp.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Oh I see.

That's nice.

You don't do late night so well. I'm in my element and well lubricated. You can get me back at sunrise.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

So when I said you were demonstrably wrong, you were indeed demonstrably wrong, despite your protestations.

Womp womp.

Did I not mention two things in that post? I think I did.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

And is popularising a term all that different from inventing in practical terms? I'd love to hear how.

 

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Did I not mention two things in that post? I think I did.

Yes, the first which as we've established is demonstrably wrong, and the second for which there is no proof.

Is there anything else you'd like me to clear up for you?

 

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And is popularising a term all that different from inventing in practical terms? I'd love to hear how.

There's that straw clutching again.

This is not going as well for you as you think it is mate.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Yes, the first which as we've established is demonstrably wrong, and the second for which there is no proof.

Is there anything else you'd like me to clear up for you?

You could clear up how you managed to get a tonne of sand in your vagina.

 

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You could clear up how you managed to get a tonne of sand in your vagina.

Your question is based on false assumption, like so much of the nonsense you post mate.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Your question is based on false assumption, like so much of the nonsense you post mate.

True. There was so much sand we couldn't actually get the scales in there. But we could've shot Lawrence of Arabia a dozen times.