• DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    This is how conspiracy theory logic works though. You take something that is technically true in a vacuum and then use it to “prove” something completely unrelated.

    Trump did publicly speak about those things. That’s all he did though. He didn’t begin the process of withdrawing from NATO, or actively refuse a call for aid from a NATO member. He just vomited words out of his mouth, because…that’s like 90% of what he does, he just spouts whatever is on his mind, then forgets all about it a week later.

    Saying “Trump said a thing.” ≠ “Trump is therefore a Putin Puppet.”

    There is nothing connecting these two things. There are plenty of reasons to hate Trump without resorting to conspiracies about him. Hate him for the things he actually does, not stuff that is made up about him.

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      1 year ago

      So basically you’re saying that we should not believe Trump when he says he wants to do something? Until he actually does it? Otherwise it’s a conspiracy theory?

      I guess this how politics works today. Quite sad really.

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        1 year ago

        Yes. That’s exactly what I’m saying. Trump is an evil dictator who automatically can do anything if he gets the iron throne and the infinity stones. The only way we can stop him is if you believe every bad thing about him regardless of evidence and wish really, really hard for his political defeat. A conspiracy theory is not a conspiracy theory if it is about a person you don’t like.

        I know this is hard for you yanks to understand, but there is more to the world than your shithole country and its shithole politics.

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        1 year ago

        “You will know them by their fruits” is the wisest thing said in certain famous book which west claims is the foundation of their culture. Could be so nice if they really internalised even just this one part.