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Pretty cool chart.
I feel like Roswell, UFOs, and Area 51 belong in the yellow science denial section. Yes they're commonly held beliefs, but any science person I've seen offer an opinion says there's probably life elsewhere in the galaxy but it doesn't visit Earth.
I don't think the "moon landing was faked" is here anywhere?
Top section, just below Sandy Hook was faked.
Oh yes. ofc. thank you.
Man that chart has not aged well at all, just in the last few years. Also the artist's motivations are pretty visible.
Most of these are hyper-exaggerations of what real people believe. Or purposeful misunderstandings of the underlying point. Take 'Jet fuel can't melt steel beams' for example. Used since its inception as a meme to undermine 9/11 conspiracy theories.
Ultimately this is a tactic in itself. My conspiracy theory is that all the antisemetic theories, insane-sounding theories, theories that have no attachment to reality, rothschilds etc, are not perpetuated by ordinary people (though they unwittingly participate). They are perpetuated by the very parties the conspiracies are about. If someone hears that being a 9/11 truther is inextricably linked to antisemitism, and they think of themselves as a good person, they'll shy away from ever looking into it any further than that; it's a normal reaction if someonebis already stressed, busy, or otherwise precluded from more critical thought.
Edit: Yes some of these are totally insane, I am just referring to things that have roots firmly in reality.
Isn't there evidence that Epstein himself met with moot to kick off Pizzagate?
Nice username
I feel like this chart covers most of them, but needs a different distinction. Which ones are fun to invoke in converstion to play off the crazy and obes that ate actually off the deep end.
For example, chemtrails is a vintage conspiracy thory, its been around for a while and most people can casually make fun of it. I cant make jokes about half of that top row because most normal people just know what most of those words even mean, let alone the contents of the conspiracy.
That top row 😬😵💫😬😬😬. Especially after the release of the JE files, doesn't seem too implausible now.
I know Epstein, and Thiel made this chart I just can’t prove it