Greatest conspiracy of /r/conspiracy

5  2016-12-11 by chaos_jockey

There's only "top" content being submitted that revolves around the Democrat side.

I believe /r/The_Donald has infiltrated.

How about some analysis of the Republicans? If there really is this many Democrat baddies statistically there would have to be just as many Republicans. In the end, no matter who, there's something foul at play and I'd like to know more.

29 comments

10  KingJames19 2016-12-11

I never saw r/conspiracy as being anything resembling a political sub. Most think the government is corrupt, all parties, top to bottom

2  jousthvt 2016-12-11

Im glad someone said it.

3  whyd_you_kill_doakes 2016-12-11

Yeah, I agree

3  AmazingAnytime 2016-12-11

There are a couple subs around here that seem to be t_d affiliates. I saw one crop up recently called /r/EnoughFakeNewsSpam, which I figured would be a sub about fake news, regardless of its alignment.

Their rules say that only posts about mainstream fake news would be allowed and anything about alternative media would be removed.

I asked the mods about whether Huffington Post and Breitbart count as mainstream or alternative (since they have similar readership numbers and are basically left/right analogs of each other), and surprise surprise, they said HuffPo was MSM but Breitbart wasn't, so anything posted about Breitbart would be removed.

I asked them why and they said it's because HuffPo represents the mainstream views of the country. When I pointed out that Trump won, so Breitbart should really be considered the mainstream viewpoint now, I got banned and muted.

Seems like it's just another sub for Trump supporters to rant about liberal media.

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

One of the best things about freedom is the right to choose where not to spend your time.

1  AmazingAnytime 2016-12-11

Definitely. I wouldn't go there even if I was unbanned, but it doesn't mean I can't call them out for what they are.

I would argue that all the t_d folks who come to /r/politics and complain about the bias should exercise their freedom to stay away from the sub, but they feel compelled to come and make their opinions known nonetheless. (Not that I have any problem with that.)

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

/r/politics is a default sub...your point is moot.

2  AmazingAnytime 2016-12-11

That's a pretty arbitrary criterion. They still have the freedom to leave it. It still has an unsubscribe button on it. Sorry, my point remains.

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

It's /r/politics, not /r/butthurtshillaryshillsechochamber...your point was DOA.

1  AmazingAnytime 2016-12-11

You said one of the best things about freedom is the right to choose where not to spend your time. I pointed out that the t_d folks can choose not to spend their time in /r/politics. Pretty simple stuff.

You pointing out that /r/politics is a default sub is irrelevant.

0  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

So simple you fail to understand it.

3  AmazingAnytime 2016-12-11

You handle failure very poorly.

2  whyd_you_kill_doakes 2016-12-11

Don't bother with him

I don't think he's here to be taken seriously

2  AmazingAnytime 2016-12-11

Lol. He sure seems to love talking about 'projection' a lot. Looks like he's all just boilerplate internet snark and nothing more.

0  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

You project yours effortlessly.

1  Pancho_Lefty 2016-12-11

The Bush crime family is worse than the Clinton crime family. All better now?

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

All politicians are the same, that's why American's elected a non-politician. Your intent to propagate paradigms and further divide American's says it all...

2  chaos_jockey 2016-12-11

I understand that what I'm asking has the potential to further divide Americans but you can't argue one side without presenting anything from the opposing. Either way it's damaging.

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

What are you accomplishing by even engaging in political arguments? One side won, one side lost. A lame duck sits. Now is the time for reflection. I would suggest internally...at least until that voice is gone.

2  chaos_jockey 2016-12-11

I feel, like many others out there, that something sinister may be at play. I don't care what side and who, I care that we figure out what's going on but through a logical process, conspiracy theories are all good and fun but I'm only going to follow that has logical and sound reasoning.

If I'm trying to incite anything it would be a level-headed debate.

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

Protip: When attempting to have a level-headed debate, start off with bipolar division. So logical and sound reasoning have a leg to hover above...while purporting to speak for others. If you can't entertain a thought without accepting it, maybe conspiracy theories are too much for you?

2  chaos_jockey 2016-12-11

I certainly accept that this is a theory people believe and I wish to entertain it, which is why created this thread to begin with.

Why are you skirting around my point by attacking me? I haven't attacked you or anybody here, so why are you so hostile? Just because I want more information that isn't one-sided? What's your motive here? To suppress those who want more than what's fed through this subreddit? I mean, that's basically what mainstream media outlets are allegedly doing. So what are you doing? What are you trying to achieve?

2  whyd_you_kill_doakes 2016-12-11

This is what he does. He had to disable inbox notifications from me because he couldn't answer my questions with some semblance of intelligence, only ad hominem attacks.

Proof

It's almost like Trump has his own CTR

2  chaos_jockey 2016-12-11

You spoke my mind. Thank you.

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

Attacking you? Hostile? No need to project emotions into the words you read. This isn't romance correspondence. I'm not trying to woo you or insult you. I have an agenda free life.. I have no political affiliation, nor concern about it. I don't have the power to suppress you...unless you feel the slightest of criticism is the hostile snowflake melting fire hate speech of censorship. I'm just shocked you didn't try to call me a racist to boot.

3  chaos_jockey 2016-12-11

Damn man, you need to take a chill pill.

Edit: and you're saying I'm over analyzing stuff, not everyone is out to get you.

0  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

Now you are projecting your paranoia? Good luck with that...

1  Sabremesh 2016-12-11

This has nothing to do with Republican v Democrat. This is not a partisan sub, it is anti-corruption, anti-establishment sub, and Hillary Clinton embodies the corrupt Washington establishment. Conversely, Donald Trump gives people hope that a maverick Washington outsider might stem the rot. That may be a forlorn hope, but it's probably worth a shot.

3  chaos_jockey 2016-12-11

What you say and what's being posted/upvoted are two different things.

Also, why is everybody comparing Trump and Hillary that way? Criminal vs Businessman, they're both much more than that and it also takes more than that to elect a President, at least it should but so far this election process has proven that wrong to everyone.

1  JHVH_UNO 2016-12-11

What are you accomplishing by even engaging in political arguments? One side won, one side lost. A lame duck sits. Now is the time for reflection. I would suggest internally...at least until that voice is gone.