A man who admits he ran down a Muslim family said he did so because he believed anti-Muslim conspiracies he found on fringe websites like Alex Jones’ Infowars.
  • llama@midwest.socialEnglish
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    11 months ago

    How do these people watch conspiratorial content and miss the fact that pale male European colonialism literally is the conspiracy?

    • shastaxc@lemm.ee
      4·
      11 months ago

      How is it a conspiracy? It’s a fact that’s been quite well known for hundreds of years

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        0·
        11 months ago

        That’s mostly the modern understanding, but the word also still means people working together to achieve something.

        • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
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          11 months ago

          A conspiracy is working with people secretly to do some illegal or wrong in some way. You aren’t conspiring with your teammates to win a soccer game.