[quote=CA renter][quote=Rich Toscano]As I said in another post: “I understand that it’s a popular pastime to spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about this pandemic, but please don’t do it here.”
Disinformation like this does real harm. I don’t want it on this site. Thank you.[/quote]
Hi Rich. Just saw this now. What, precisely, is the “misinformation” or the “conspiracy theory” that you’re referring to? I’ve linked directly to the organizations’ own videos. I just want to be sure that we can have a clear understanding of the definition of these terms.
The misinformation is right in the title, which suggests that the Covid-19 pandemic was planned. This is an outlandish and dangerous assertion and I’m not even going to engage with it.
I’m not really sure how defining terms will help, but fwiw wikipedia’s definition of conspiracy theory seems pretty good — emphasis mine:
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.
(In case being discussed here, VASTLY more probable).
I’m afraid you’ve just touched on my hot button issue here, CAR. I think the spread of misinformation is the single biggest threat facing our society, and I just won’t have this website be a part of it. Sorry. There are (unfortunately) plenty of other places on the internet to post this stuff.
