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- spreading conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi

- spreading conspiracy theories about the Allen, TX shooter

I could go on. I do care about his character, because he's influential and because he's decided he's willing to tweet about whatever pops into his head, shaped by his biases and independent of confirmation or fact checking.



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When Nancy Pelosi’s husband was attacked in his home and nearly killed, your guy tweeted out a conspiracy theory that it was a tiff between two gay lovers.

Could you show me the Science (TM) that backed this conspiracy theory? You might struggle, considering it was debunked before and after your guy tweeted it.

You’re the perfect example of the Elon fanboy who looks at him slamming his dick in a car door and says “oh wow, masterful gambit sir”.


He posted a conspiracy theory about the Paul Pelosi attack almost immediately after it happened.

That's a month supply of being a jerk right there.


His motive is fair game when we're discussing his credibility as a source or information.

That’s why he’s useful. Enough people associate his name with his wins and either don’t know he’s lost his mind or think it’s just the usual hit pieces.

But either he’s being fed this by someone with an agenda or he shares that agenda.

Conspiracy thinking ironically always includes blind credulity, just of other things.


There's also the AJ defense for it - that at this point in time, there is a public expectation that no reasonable person should be stupid enough to actually believe such a tweet. Everyone knows that the man is just playing a media character.

It's certainly disturbing to see someone you respect misinform people in order to advance a personal agenda.

Seems like he was very clearly a Trump supporter:

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/politics/pelosi-attack-suspec...

Do you have any sources for your claim? Some people are spreading misinformation that DePape was a leftist and not aligned with Trump, so maybe you should check your sources on this.


I honestly think of him as a political actor

Is there any proof/indication of him being a political actor?

You know the game you're playing, and all.

This could be applied to any journalist who exposes powerful institutions.


Totally invalidates what I said somehow.

This guy has quite an obsession, don't you think? Oh, right We shouldn't think. Let's just blindly eat the narrative.


Given that there is massive interest in getting people to believe that he is an adversarial plant, I would adjust your biases in the opposite direction to offset.

I have seen no credible evidence that he didn't do this for ideological reasons.


Factual tweet, however this account in general, while not spreading outright fake news like many others, is worse. He is smarter mixing real reporting while spreading unverified or unverifiable claims, typically aligning with MAGA ideology in general

Less like a obsession, more like a paid agenda.

He is discrediting reliable anti-war (i.e. anti-government) news sources.


He had time to read and signal boost a 100% fake news article about Paul Pelosi, so I'm skeptical of arguments based on how busy he is

Isn't this just speculation? He gave out enough good reasons for his identity to not be known, the biggest is that he works as a professional psychiatrist with clients of wide ranging political stances.

He's also, I suspect (I don't follow his blog), given and written enough to at least earn enough good faith to be taken at his word.


He’s a propagandist

This guy is keeping the story on the news agenda loud and clear. I'm sure he doesn't care about the opinion of some Aspieish idiots on a discussion group. What's your credibility?

I agree. The guy's accusation doesn't make sense on a number of levels. I'm just quoting him, not endorsing him: https://twitter.com/indirect/status/900461424865980416

You are the one that brought up his death as if it was a conspiracy[0] in response to my linking[1] of one Hasting's reports on spying[2]. No one asked you to believe in a conspiracy. You deflected from the original topic of spying with it, and continue to do so by stating I was the one that promoted it.

Retract your outright fallacy.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7084938

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7083406

[2] http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/why-democrats-love-to-spy-...


The simply hate the guy (to gain to readership) and follow their own agenda. That’s my take.
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