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Originally Posted by Undertoad
Right, one of the questions we need to deal with as a society is, shall we allow the shit-stirrers and conspiracy theorists on our social medias?
I say, sure. Everything is a theory until proven; you have to consider all the thoughts, in order to parse out what is correct.
Which is also somewhat true about news agencies we don't prefer. I may not like my neighbor's mean dog; but if I hear him barking frantically at 2am, that may still be useful information I can use.
Alex Jones spent time talking about some dude named Jeffrey Epstein, and alleged that this rich guy had a pedophile island, and he'd fly powerful rich people to it. It was deep conspiracy theory... at the time...
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Well, not only that, but there is the practical side of it: "How the hell do you stop rumors?"
If the army can't do it, nobody can. In fact, the more you try to suppress rumors, the more they propagate.