I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don’t actually think everyone there is insane. I don’t care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It’s not going to scare me to take this down

  • Zipitydew
    2221·
    2 months ago

    Coming up with theory in an echo chamber isn’t hard.

      • Zipitydew
        2318·
        2 months ago

        That’s the whole point of an echo chamber yes. You can say whatever you want without being challenged by other viewpoints and make anything seem plausible.

        • mathemachristian[he]@lemm.ee
          2222·
          2 months ago

          but they are linking a lot of outside sources. That’s what I mean by “backing their claims up”, studies about covid, about the ukraine war, about Israel, it’s not just someone making a claim and then everyone is nodding along.

          What I am saying is they were able to completely upend the way I see the world and you just can’t do that by claiming thengs and linking to some other claims you make.

          • AmidFuror@fedia.io
            1710·
            2 months ago

            Wait until you hear about Scientology! Not the criticism from haters but the really mindbending stuff they have figured out.

          • Zipitydew
            2217·
            2 months ago

            What you’re not accounting for is how they curate who is allowed to post in the first place.

              • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
                79·
                2 months ago

                If you’ve heard of Chapo Trap House that’s them.

                You seem to have lost the thread of this conversation, but this is how it started. Hexbear admins and mods definitely control who is allowed to post in Chapo Trap House, and related communities such as the_dunk_tank, even from instances other than Hexbear.net.

                • Saint_La_Croix_Crosse@midwest.social
                  81·
                  2 months ago

                  Wait, like the drug dealer? but seriously, “they have moderation, so you don’t have to read or engage with facts, since they have a viewpoint” isn’t the dunk you think it is.

            • mathemachristian[he]@lemm.ee
              1811·
              2 months ago

              I was on lemm.ee when I got radicalized, all my life Ive been exposed to people claiming all sorts of things. I was a pro-NATO pro-Ukraine anti-ussr anti-china average reddit lib that they were able to convince otherwise.

      • Kaboom@reddthat.com
        1015·
        2 months ago

        It’s surprisingly easy to backup horrible ideas, but that shouldn’t be your only concern. You also need to think about the morals and what happened last time it was tried.

        The ends do not justify the means. The means are the ends.

        • TheOubliette@lemmy.ml
          82·
          2 months ago

          The last time what was tried? This sounds like historical “knowledge” derived from memes.