bitlax

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Why did they lie?

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/charlie-kirk-shooter-groyper/684244/

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Why People Fell for an Outlandish Charlie Kirk Theory

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8 pointsby bitlaxvor 10 Monaten2 comments

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vorgesterndiscuss

So true.

vorgesterndiscuss

"You're in Plato's cave but everyone is bed rotting."

vorgesterndiscuss

"He considers himself well-informed..."

vor 2 Monatendiscuss

Plot twist: Monet is actually garbage

vor 2 Monatendiscuss

They like it as a punishment for boys exclusively.

vor 2 Monatendiscuss

This but unironically.

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

Peter Schiff was right!

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

no

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-readies-1500-soldi...

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

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vor 6 Monatendiscuss

false dichotomy

vor 6 Monatendiscuss

I absolutely do, I just don't want to wear BCGs.

vor 7 Monatendiscuss

Oh are we not making bad faith arguments now?

vor 7 Monatendiscuss

Suspects cheating.

Finds evidence of cheating.

"Try not being so paranoid."

vor 8 Monatendiscuss

This was the theory with the universities.

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

I see where you're coming from.

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

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vor 9 Monatendiscuss

> you're unlikely to permit yourself to empathize with anything else besides your ingroup.

But in your example you described an attitude of depraved indifference, which is exactly how I described the motivations of many drug dealers, including ones I know and that you do not.

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

On re-read I may have been caught by Poe's Law here, in which case Thank God. I need sarcasm tags.

vor 9 Monatendiscuss

There goes that empathy. Glad you do in fact realize that dealing fentanyl is wrong. Not something fantastic people do.

Edit: After your edit you seem to have found a rationale for rounding up and executing drug dealers "because reasons" so I think we're all done here.