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Re:The political right and left are equally susceptible to c... by parineum on Sunday July 24, 2022 @09:15PM (#32219539)
Actually, according to the chart, the inverse theory is "Trump faked COVID"

Most of the widely believed conspiracies on the left are to do with Trump being a Russian agent. Probably because a presidential candidate couldn't accept the results of an election and resorted to conspiracy theory to question the validity of the election.

Re:The political right and left are equally susceptible to c... by jrm4 on Monday July 25, 2022 @10:15AM (#32224590)
I'm not talking about the exact inverse point, I'm just suggesting that their lines around "what is" or "what isn't" a conspiracy theory are so loose as to likely be useless.
Re:The political right and left are equally susceptible to c... by parineum on Monday July 25, 2022 @05:31PM (#32231205)
Even if that is your point, you still chose one of maybe 3 conspiracies that I'd judge to not really fit.

I guess it just so happens that you've chosen to highlight a bad example of a conspiracy from the left side and a good example from the right side in an effort to dispute a study that shows both are similarly susceptible.

Ironically, you're comment is useless due to the conspiracies you've chosen to highlight. There are plenty of left/right examples that _are_ completely valid. Just ignore the ones you don't think are legitimate and I think you'll still have plenty on the left and the right.

Re:The political right and left are equally susceptible to c... by jrm4 on Tuesday July 26, 2022 @01:20PM (#32241100)
I meant the opposite. I think between both imprecise definitions of left and right and even MORE imprecise definitions of "conspiracy theory," this study is completely useless.