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RockRaven

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5. If true, what's the explanation for the older generation doing so? Because they

Reply to drray23 (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2026, 02:55 PM

Apr 3

sure as hell do/have done too.

Ignorance and conspiracy theories are not unique to certain temporal demographics or even to living memory.

Conspiracism blooms during times of social crisis. One can find conspiracy theorizing throughout history and across cultures. Current conspiracy theory prevalence is a bad indicator for where we are at as a society, yes, but isn't really anything new or special.

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social media made the newer generation believers of conspiracy theory and deniers of science [View all] drray23 Apr 3 OP

How is it not believable? And it's not stuck to the newer generation. Remember... Scott Alan Swaggerty Apr 3 #1

I think paranoia seeds were sown way back in the 1990s, pre OJ Chase bucolic_frolic Apr 3 #2

Could anyone really not see that this would happen? NewHendoLib Apr 3 #3

Freedom of Speech OC375 Apr 3 #4

If true, what's the explanation for the older generation doing so? Because they RockRaven Apr 3 #5

It gives the biggest idiots the biggest megaphone. Stupid people tend to be loud. n/t flvegan Apr 3 #6