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drray23

(7,615 posts)
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:22 PM Oct 2020

come on people, we are not Qanon .

Why are some posting conspiracies theories as if we were them ? Use common sense. Trump has COVID.
Think for a second how many people it would involve to fake that especially when this administration has been known to leak like a sieve.

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come on people, we are not Qanon . (Original Post) drray23 Oct 2020 OP
Unless the president of Notre Dame is in on the lie... TwilightZone Oct 2020 #1
And Thom Tillis SoCalNative Oct 2020 #21
I started ignoring those posts. Even after numerous more people tested positive Claustrum Oct 2020 #2
yeah...it almost seems contrived stillcool Oct 2020 #3
The Left loves a conspiracy theory Codeine Oct 2020 #4
Thank you MissB Oct 2020 #5
Right. Assuming that this is somehow fake news is simply stupid. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #6
A little reading and thought does lead to your conclusion, but the initial impulse to Atticus Oct 2020 #7
I'm trashing a lot of posts tonight. SharonClark Oct 2020 #8
I enjoy the conspiracy threads way more than the doom and gloom posts. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #9
They're not mutually exclusive. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #16
Good point. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #24
I will never believe anything coming out of the White House or his doctors Ronjon55 Oct 2020 #10
Until one of those rat bastards dies and even then Ronjon55 Oct 2020 #14
He has zero credibility... HipChick Oct 2020 #11
Occam's Razor, folks. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #12
Can't imagine what he could gain from faking it, other than Hoyt Oct 2020 #13
We're not Q and we're not JPR. nt BlueLucy Oct 2020 #15
JPR doesn't believe in the Russian interference conspiracy JonLP24 Oct 2020 #30
Thank you. betsuni Oct 2020 #17
Oh really????!! You're gonna call me QAnon because I've been telling Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #18
my bad. I am obviously not as well informed as you. drray23 Oct 2020 #20
I've heard things maaaaan!!!!! Wake up sheeple!!!! ;-) nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #23
Many people tell you..... LakeArenal Oct 2020 #25
There are some conspiracy folks on here. Some times they get close to Q Srkdqltr Oct 2020 #19
Just show evidence from a credible source ecstatic Oct 2020 #22
Nothing wrong with healthy skepticism... dixiechiken1 Oct 2020 #26
Call me a conspiracy theorist if you like... MoonchildCA Oct 2020 #27
thats not a conspiracy theory. drray23 Oct 2020 #28
Well, if it's true, it's a conspiracy to hide the truth, while putting other people at risk. MoonchildCA Oct 2020 #29
"A conspiracy of silence H2O Man Oct 2020 #32
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2020 #31

TwilightZone

(25,426 posts)
1. Unless the president of Notre Dame is in on the lie...
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:24 PM
Oct 2020

it's the real deal.

Besides, it's the most appropriate thing to happen to him his entire administration.

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
2. I started ignoring those posts. Even after numerous more people tested positive
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:26 PM
Oct 2020

They still think it's some CT......

We just got another one (Thom Tillis) testing positive. Sure, all of them are somehow in on the con.....

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
7. A little reading and thought does lead to your conclusion, but the initial impulse to
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:27 PM
Oct 2020

doubt that anything about Trump is honest and legitimate is very understandable.

LakeArenal

(28,799 posts)
9. I enjoy the conspiracy threads way more than the doom and gloom posts.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:29 PM
Oct 2020

At least the conspiracists have imagination.

TwilightZone

(25,426 posts)
16. They're not mutually exclusive.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:32 PM
Oct 2020

A lot of the conspiracy theories are doom-and-gloom scenarios. Trump is faking so he can make a huge comeback, etc.

 

Ronjon55

(85 posts)
10. I will never believe anything coming out of the White House or his doctors
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:30 PM
Oct 2020

4 + years of hourly lies.

I don’t care if I seem like a nut I will take that label then believing anything they say.

 

Ronjon55

(85 posts)
14. Until one of those rat bastards dies and even then
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:32 PM
Oct 2020

I believe they sacrifice one their own to survive

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,580 posts)
12. Occam's Razor, folks.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:31 PM
Oct 2020

The only surprise is that he didn't get it sooner. And a conspiracy of the sort posed here would involve a whole bunch of people in the administration, many of whom are too galactically stupid to organize a picnic in the park. And the other thing about conspiracies is that they are uncovered eventually because inevitably somebody talks - and everybody talks in Trumpworld.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
13. Can't imagine what he could gain from faking it, other than
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:31 PM
Oct 2020

as some excuse for curling up in a ball and giving up to the inevitable— a landslide loss on Nov 3.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
30. JPR doesn't believe in the Russian interference conspiracy
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 09:43 PM
Oct 2020

Some conspiracies are real like the Russian interference conspiracy.

JPR does seem to believe Trump has covid though.

betsuni

(25,374 posts)
17. Thank you.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:32 PM
Oct 2020

Last edited Fri Oct 2, 2020, 09:20 PM - Edit history (1)

Trump is no evil genius. Michael Moore thinks Trump is faking it because he still buys into the evil genius nonsense.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,494 posts)
18. Oh really????!! You're gonna call me QAnon because I've been telling
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:34 PM
Oct 2020

people that this whole week has been planned to a 'T' by JFK Jr. (he's totally alive BTW)? And Trump's just faking his diagnosis in order to infiltrate the child sex ring at Walter Reed's basement..... Really?!

dixiechiken1

(2,113 posts)
26. Nothing wrong with healthy skepticism...
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:45 PM
Oct 2020
Especially when the information is coming from an administration that lies like the rest of us breathe oxygen. I don't believe a goddam word they say without questioning it. That's just good common sense.

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
27. Call me a conspiracy theorist if you like...
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:51 PM
Oct 2020

I don’t question that he has the Corona virus, but I do question when he actually found out about it. It seems reasonable that if he stayed asymptomatic, they would never have released the information.

Do I believe that 100%? Of course not, but I do believe it to be a plausible scenario.

drray23

(7,615 posts)
28. thats not a conspiracy theory.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:52 PM
Oct 2020

there is no doubt Trump and his ilk are not telling us the whole truth and will try to spin it to their advantage.

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
29. Well, if it's true, it's a conspiracy to hide the truth, while putting other people at risk.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 08:56 PM
Oct 2020

Because we are not sure it’s true, it’s a theory.

Amiright?

H2O Man

(73,506 posts)
31. Recommended.
Fri Oct 2, 2020, 09:45 PM
Oct 2020

I've had a couple intelligent people I know express conspiracy theories about this today. Come to think of it, three people. I gently ask them to apply rational thought instead.

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