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Wishful thinking

Reader comment on item: Fellow Conservatives, Please Reject Conspiracy Theories

Submitted by Dvar Dea (Israel), Apr 22, 2022 at 11:13

There is a deep pathology behind this. Facts cannot snap believers out of this, let alone an academic analysis.

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Reader comments (22) on this item

Title Commenter Date Thread
Weaponize. [71 words]Albert E.May 30, 2022 22:07282175
1correct diagnosis [111 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
David IIMay 23, 2022 23:43281716
1Now its obvious, jabs ARE DANGEROUS. [49 words]PiotrMay 7, 2022 05:36280771
1Travesty of democracy [699 words]Joseph SMay 1, 2022 15:17280444
Proof That Democratic Ideals Needed People of Integrity to Enforce Protection of American Ideals [173 words]M ToveyMay 2, 2022 23:20280444
Final Evidence that Conspiracy to Deny True American Ideals Could Not be Quarantined Conservatively [100 words]M ToveyMay 9, 2022 18:10280444
1Conspiricies or crimes in progress? [50 words]Dan SchnittkerApr 27, 2022 14:33280218
2How an element of truth helps make useful lies [284 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
DaveApr 22, 2022 22:21280014
Ok, I ordered your book from Amazon kindle [25 words]DaveApr 24, 2022 19:12280014
I reviewed your conspiracy book on Amazon kindle [11 words]DaveApr 28, 2022 21:09280014
2Please look a bit deeper [142 words]Doctor WeaselApr 22, 2022 16:27280002
1Hadn't the courts famously thrown out all the election fraud claims of Trump/Trumpists, without exception? [17 words]DavidApr 22, 2022 17:53280002
Better watch Charlie Kirk's channel , hard proof of 2020 theft [1 words]BrApr 22, 2022 18:01280002
Whoever has "hard proof" could submit it to the court of law. Trump did, and was thrown out. End of story. [25 words]DavidApr 23, 2022 14:52280002
2Definitions & background [179 words]Doctor WeaselApr 26, 2022 14:33280002
1Complicities Abound in Conspiratorial Obsessions Searching for Truth [24 words]M ToveyApr 26, 2022 19:29280002
1Resorting to Conspiracy Theory When the Truth is Being Manipulated [301 words]M ToveyApr 22, 2022 15:30279998
1In short, make America great [1 words]DavidApr 22, 2022 18:08279998
1Recovering that Which Made America Great Requires a Commitment Too Few Are Willing to Make [218 words]M ToveyApr 26, 2022 00:20279998
Naah, these idiotic conspiracy theories are mostly believed in by Republicans [69 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
DavidApr 22, 2022 14:16279995
Patrols. [41 words]Albert E.May 30, 2022 22:11279995
Wishful thinking [19 words]Dvar DeaApr 22, 2022 11:13279991

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