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  • Worx@lemmynsfw.comtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldinside job
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    3 hours ago

    Copy-and-paste of my answer to a different commenter below about why I said “right wing”. I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I’m happy for myself to believe the official story for 9/11 for now.

    I guess this in itself is not right-wing, as far as I’m aware. It’s more that the mindset of conspiracy-theorists leans more towards the right because, in general, the conspiracy theory rabbit hole often lead to anti-Semitism. If you look at Q-Anon and pizzagate and a lot of far-right culture over the last decade, it’s all conspiracy theories within conspiracy theories. The biggest predictor of whether you will believe any given conspiracy theory is if you already believe another conspiracy theory.



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    9 hours ago

    Un-ironically, believing in conspiracy theories is a good first step towards the alt-right. I hate to say it because it sounds so alarmist and slippery-slope-ist but I believe it to be true. If you look at QAnon and a big chunk of Trump supporters, they have the same conspiracy theory mindset. A lot of conspiracy theories have anti-Semitism at the core, and believing one conspiracy theory (especially about a subject as emotionally charged and that has caused so much harm historically) is a good way to start believing more and more conspiracy theories.

    We have seen in the recent past how the alt-right uses comics and “harmless” memes to recruit and it’s a big factor as to how Trump won the first presidency.


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    9 hours ago

    I guess this in itself is not right-wing, as far as I’m aware. It’s more that the mindset of conspiracy-theorists leans more towards the right because, in general, the conspiracy theory rabbit hole often lead to anti-Semitism. If you look at Q-Anon and pizzagate and a lot of far-right culture over the last decade, it’s all conspiracy theories within conspiracy theories. The biggest predictor of whether you will believe any given conspiracy theory is if you already believe another conspiracy theory.

    So, in conclusion, you’re correct and it isn’t right wing. It’s the first step down that path and I automatically lumped it in with the right because of that









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    3 days ago

    There’s a difference between being excited to share something and explaining basic concepts. If you excitedly talk to a paleontologist about dinosaurs, they will most likely excitedly talk back.

    “Mansplaining” is specifically when you are trying to tell someone else about their area of expertise and insisting you know better than them. For example, if you told a paleontology how to look after fossils.

    A lot of it, like most human interactions, is about how you approach it and your tone of voice. I don’t know what your level of social skills are, but if you’re excited to talk about something then most people who are in that field of study would be excited to listen and talk back. Just be ready to learn and accept the possibility that they may know more than you