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Re:Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by th... by bb88 on Sunday December 18, 2022 @09:45PM (#34047713)
I'm not saying it doesn't happen on the left as well. I'm just saying it's easier to recognize when it does happen on the right. The Dominion v. Fox News lawsuits come to mind here. Parents of Sandy Hook v. Alex Jones, too.

Back around 1991/1992 the Democrats in congress were so convinced there was an October Surprise in the 1980 election. There just wasn't anything there.

Hugboxes don't force you to question your belief system, right? You can go on living in whatever world you want to. But anything coming out of those hugboxes, no one should take seriously, right?

Before social media we would have called much of this stuff "conspiracy theories".

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Re:Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by th... by jessaustin on Sunday December 18, 2022 @11:06PM (#34048342)
The reason there wasn't an October surprise was that Reagan's cronies conspired to prevent it:

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/11/bani-sadr-reagan-iran-ho...

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