Confusion

0  2017-11-14 by Iwillnotbeaslave

Hello all, first post on Conspiracy, I'm fairly new to Reddit in general but I've been following this conspiracy page for a while now, I see all these posts about Shills and other Bots taking this channel over and trying to control it.

Just curious if anyone would be willing to point me in the direction of some forms of media that aren't smothered with shills and bots.

I also have lots of confusion on whatever the hell is going on with Trump and the Russians, in my defense I don't know who to believe on these stories so I just haven't looked into it, I've mostly been following the Las Vegas shooting but I am noticing this subreddit isn't the best for valid information.

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Good luck find a place that isn't, they military's been fucking with social media for a long time.

Well I appreciate the honest answer, just wasn't sure if there is some sort of website that runs under the radar but I guess that doesn't exist in this day and age.

As far as I've seen, anyone that disagrees with a particular conspiracy is a suspect

I myself can't really spot the shills yet the only thing I notice is when usernames are something like this 84237849823548923 - Clearly a bot or something with a name like that.

I’m right there with you. Sometimes I can tell when the narrative changes in the feed as well as pushing the same story over and over.

Everyone is suspect then. I don't agree with tons of conspiracies, even some of my own, which makes It's a tough thing to judge imo.

I agree with you Sir, I see things on here ALL the time I disagree with, I just don't voice my opinion due to confidence issues with myself.

I have the other issue, I spout off sometime just to get reactions.

Lol, I won't judge you for that but if it makes you happy then go for it.

Shills deserve to be mocked. It's a great way to identify the obvious ones. It also helps that they all seem to have been born without a sense of humor. Once you have enough comment karma you can even troll them in r/politics, which is nice.

"The mark of an educated mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it" - Aristotle.

That quote has been a bit of a mantra here for a long time, and I think that it's the hallmark "identifier" between a user that's here in good faith, and a user that isn't.

I don't believe everything on here either, but I think it's pretty fun thinking about some of the things this community offers... but... there are tons of people in this community who are both completely incapable of entertaining those ideas and who want to restrict my ability to entertain/disucc those ideas with others.

Identify the people who are willing to entertain ideas and you'll find the ones who are here in good faith.

Thank you for those wise words, this helps me more than you could know.

Identify the people who are willing to entertain ideas and you'll find the ones who are here in good faith.

I agree, although you also have people who get offended when you provide evidence to shed doubt on certain theories. I was recently dealing with that in regards to the LV shooting hoax theory. Gotta take the good with the bad and keep an open mind imo.

I have nothing but an open mind when it comes to Las Vegas because even someone who follows MSM religiously can see that there is something fishy about LV, I've tried to read every theory about the shooting with an open mind, I don't believe in verbally abusing someone over a disagreement in theories, we're all in this together and we all want the same answers, we're supposed to be a team and work together to get these corrupt leaders exposed.

I don't believe in verbally abusing someone over a disagreement in theories, we're all in this together and we all want the same answers, we're supposed to be a team and work together to get these corrupt leaders exposed.

Yes and no imo, someone pointing to girls laughing as evidence that it's a hoax isn't doing this community any justice. Pointing out the inconsistencies with the Campos Story, Paddocks fucked up background, helicopters, other apsects... I'm totally down, but there are groups of people that try to marginalize this sub by submitting out laddish shit imo. Everyone has different degrees of BS detectors and are interested in various conspiracies, and to each their own. But don't think if someone is pointing out flaws in a conspiracy it's because they are a shill, maybe they are trying to separate the BS from the facts.

Oh yeah someone that is posting distractions and stupid theories such as "Girls Laughing" deserves some verbal abuse lol

Now if someone posts a well thought out theory but I still disagree then I will treat them with respect.

100% with you on this.

For the most part I agree. The problem is when people don't just entertain these wild ideas; they internalize them, and then purport them as fact.

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Thanks for the link friend.

You're welcome.

This sub is jam packed with fucking assholes.

Good luck finding any sort of answers.

Thanks for the reply. I shall not give up.

My standard response to your kinds of questions: 80-90% of the posts/posters on this sub ARE bullshit. However, it’s the other 10-20% that make it worthwhile. Just my opinion.

Thanks for the information friend :)

Welcome and Good Luck.

Identify the shills and run down the rabbit holes until you sort it out. There is nowhere in the information world that isn't compromised.

So are you basically suggesting that I should go with my gut on who to follow?

Kee[p] an open mind. T[r]ust nothing. St[ay]away from the tv.

Also watch JFK to 9/11, Everything is a Rich Man's Trick for a very quick primer on what is actually happening since beginning of 20th century.

Sorry but did you just try to low-key try and tell me to pray? Also thanks for the names of media to watch! :)

You'll fit in just fine ;)

We're in the middle of a battle, grab a sword

Way ahead of you buddy, I got several blades at my crib.

It was kind of a metaphor but I like your guts

Yeah....things go over my head until I stop to think about it lol. I understand you now and I'm trying to get the knowledge about current events to be able to fight this battle.

Go to alternative news sites like

globalresearch.ca counterpunch.org washingtonsblog.com alternet.org consortiumnews.com salon.com zerohedge.com truthdig.com corbettreport.com mintpressnews.com informationclearinghouse.info

etc. There are many. Then make up your own mind.

Awesome, this is exactly what I was looking for! My man!

Pssst. I wouldn’t look at those without at the very least cross referencing.

I think I believe the whole downvoting nonsense now because people are down voting me when I'm not even linking any specific conspiracy.

They don't want people to learn of alternative news sources.

I've been trying to aggregate the more "valid" threads about Vegas a over at /r/Sinconsistencies. They mostly all link back to /r/Conspiracy posts, but act as shortcuts to help cut through the clutter.

Thank you! I'll start monitoring that subreddit now friend!