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epreic01

(262 posts)
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 05:01 PM Oct 2024

Can I Start a Conspiracy Theory?

I reject pretty much all conspiracy theories. Although, I am open to Aliens. However, in general I think they should be called conspiracy fantasies as they aren’t based in science or reason. But I’ve long thought the best way to take down MAGA would be to start wild conspiracy theories of our own drop them in MAGA world and watch them “explode”.
Here’s my make believe theory. JD Vance has been working with the Harris campaign and the FBI to bring down Trump. They set this debate up and purposely made the last question about January 6th. They set it up to be a big moment that everyone would be talking about the next day and coordinated with Jack Smith to release this testimony. The reason we should start this is so not only do we metaphorically take out Trump, but we also ruin Vance with MAGA. How does this sound?

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Can I Start a Conspiracy Theory? (Original Post) epreic01 Oct 2024 OP
I like it BrianTheEVGuy Oct 2024 #1
And epreic01 Oct 2024 #6
And BrianTheEVGuy Oct 2024 #11
No epreic01 Oct 2024 #13
Shhhhh! BrianTheEVGuy Oct 2024 #18
I think we'll win the old fashioned way, with truth. But that might make a good book or film. Silent Type Oct 2024 #2
It's real world dumb, but MAGA Brilliant epreic01 Oct 2024 #7
Go for it PJMcK Oct 2024 #3
Proof of intelligent life out there is the fact that they don't bother themselves with us. keithbvadu2 Oct 2024 #8
Spot on! PJMcK Oct 2024 #9
I think they're watching us. The moment we are able to get outside this galaxy, we'll be toast. mucholderthandirt Oct 2024 #19
wipe us out keithbvadu2 Oct 2024 #21
On a scale of 1-10, how big of a conspiracy theorist are you? JoseBalow Oct 2024 #4
Go ahead! Elessar Zappa Oct 2024 #5
They go low, we kick them in the head and do what needs to be done. Laughing at them optional, but recommended. mucholderthandirt Oct 2024 #20
Good luck. usonian Oct 2024 #10
It also sounds like you're trying to bring down the Harris campaign. Sogo Oct 2024 #12
No I'm teasing. epreic01 Oct 2024 #14
I was thinking of Trump as a reptilian alien. ananda Oct 2024 #15
He isn't smart enough to handle that, come on now! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 2024 #16
It's not really a conspiracy theory. lees1975 Oct 2024 #17

epreic01

(262 posts)
6. And
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 05:24 PM
Oct 2024

JD, in order to bring the country together, will make Kamala Harris his VP. And Kamala is really JFK Jr. Teddy Kennedy helped him fake his death and they gave him a sex reassignment surgery. Kamala Harris = KH= Kennedy Heir… 😮😮😮

BrianTheEVGuy

(574 posts)
11. And
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 09:48 PM
Oct 2024

That’s why JFK Jr has been hiding all these years and faked his own death… to endorse Kamala Harris!

Silent Type

(7,876 posts)
2. I think we'll win the old fashioned way, with truth. But that might make a good book or film.
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 05:09 PM
Oct 2024

PJMcK

(23,240 posts)
3. Go for it
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 05:15 PM
Oct 2024

How are you going to disseminate the story? Perhaps you could plant it on X. Good luck.

Regarding aliens, they definitely exist but I don't think we'll ever encounter them. Absent a monumental discovery, the distances of space are far too great for humans to traverse. Could aliens make the voyage? Perhaps but they would be extremely advanced and would probably not be interested in humankind. After all, we're a pretty disgusting species considering how we've treated our world and its inhabitants.

Here's an interesting fact/observation. Chimpanzees are only about 4% behind human mental development yet we cannot communicate complexities with chimpanzees. Imagine an alien race that encounters humans where their brains are say, 10% more advanced than humans. They probably would observe us with amusement and care kind of like when you go to the zoo and see the snakes, tigers or bats. But communication would most likely be very difficult if not impossible.


Another thing: If aliens made the voyage to our unremarkable little planet is the outskirts of the galaxy, many humans would react with shock and terror and could demand a military response just because of the aliens' presence. Humans are very xenophobic as illustrated by the hatred and fear directed at the Haitians immigrants or, frankly, any immigrants in American history. Just imagine to response to little green creatures with bigger and better brains!

Regardless, alien encounters are insignificant on my list of concerns. It would be awesome to meet one, though!

keithbvadu2

(40,915 posts)
8. Proof of intelligent life out there is the fact that they don't bother themselves with us.
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 06:33 PM
Oct 2024

2 space aliens looking down on earth.
I see the dominant life form has developed space weapons.
Does this mean they are an emerging intelligence?
I don't think so. They have them aimed at themselves.
.

mucholderthandirt

(1,257 posts)
19. I think they're watching us. The moment we are able to get outside this galaxy, we'll be toast.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:09 AM
Oct 2024

That's if we don't develop true AI, which will wipe us out anyway, before we get that far.

We are dangerous. We live on what amounts to a small neighborhood, we're destroying our own chance of survival by killing the environment, we kill each other in vast numbers, develop more and more weapons to kill even more and more of our fellow humans, we seemingly have no concern for anything but profit and power over others.

Yeah. If I found this planet, I'd probably just toss a couple of asteroids at it and let it all die.

And of course I know there are many good people. But why has it gotten to this point?

Elessar Zappa

(16,275 posts)
5. Go ahead!
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 05:17 PM
Oct 2024

My new motto is that when they go low, we go lower. At least if that’s what it takes to defeat MAGAts once and for all.

mucholderthandirt

(1,257 posts)
20. They go low, we kick them in the head and do what needs to be done. Laughing at them optional, but recommended.
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:10 AM
Oct 2024

usonian

(15,373 posts)
10. Good luck.
Wed Oct 2, 2024, 08:26 PM
Oct 2024

The world is full of conspiracy theories that are real, or "close enough" like my REDACTED doppelganger,



Not me.

And tons of others.

I had one OP removed thanks to my conspiracy theory that I am sure will be confirmed when it's de-classified in 25 years. I will be 100 years old, so I am taking extra vitamins.

ananda

(31,136 posts)
15. I was thinking of Trump as a reptilian alien.
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:03 AM
Oct 2024

At least he sure doesn't look or act human these days.

lees1975

(6,201 posts)
17. It's not really a conspiracy theory.
Thu Oct 3, 2024, 10:30 AM
Oct 2024

Vance is a slimy opportunist who would sell out his own grandmother to make a buck and get ahead. Oh, yeah, he already did that.

He's waiting for Trump to drop dead so he can seize the crown. I don't believe he's changed his mind about all he once said about Trump, he still believes that he is everything he said he was. He just wants to be the guy who is there when it's over. And he's hoping it happens soon. And I would not put it past him, or any one of a dozen others, to try and push things along. There's a reason both of Trump's potential assassins were Republican and conservative. It's the far right wing branch of the GOP that benefits the most from Trump's demise.

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