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RandySF

(58,768 posts)
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 10:57 PM Jan 2022

Candace Owens comes out as moon landing denier.


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Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO
Now for some light-hearted fun. What’s the one “conspiracy theory” that no matter what anyone says you believe is true. Mine is that the moon landing in 1969 was completely faked.
Just nothing about it makes sense. Especially NASA “accidentally erasing” the original footage.
8:58 AM · Jan 28, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
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Candace Owens comes out as moon landing denier. (Original Post) RandySF Jan 2022 OP
One thing I sometimes wonder about loons like this... Effete Snob Jan 2022 #1
There is Republican money to be made, being so far left, you end up helping the folks OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2022 #3
Agreed. Once they go so far down the rabbit hole there is no turning back. captain queeg Jan 2022 #6
What a way to own the libs! FakeNoose Jan 2022 #2
At a time when their Putin has declared war on liberal western democracy, this tool Dawson Leery Jan 2022 #4
Scientists have been reflecting laser beams... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2022 #5
Takes two seconds to refute the nonsense. Thank you. crickets Jan 2022 #10
She's THRILLED to be their "I have a friend who is minority x." Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #14
Of course. The moon landing was faked on the same sound stage they filmed Watergate . . . Journeyman Jan 2022 #7
I used to work with a bunch of Amish, they didn't believe the moon landings captain queeg Jan 2022 #8
I am curious to hear why they did not believe in moon landings Maru Kitteh Jan 2022 #15
I am totaly convinced Candace Owens is an android... nt List left Jan 2022 #9
There is also no original footage of Adam and Eve. world wide wally Jan 2022 #11
I've frequently had long discussions with crazy homeless people who believe all sorts of weird shit. hunter Jan 2022 #12
Does she want the majority of people to think she's stupid? Generic Brad Jan 2022 #13
How far does the list go of whack-off things she believes?! UTUSN Jan 2022 #16
 

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
1. One thing I sometimes wonder about loons like this...
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:04 PM
Jan 2022

It seems that some of them are able to hold onto some kind of mainstream credibility while they peddle talking points and arguments that serve the purposes of whomever has the goods on them.

For example, take Tucker Carlson. He seems to be getting nuttier by significant degrees all of the time.

So, sometimes I wonder.... If I had been compromised in some way that someone could exert influence over me to push a particular brand of nonsense, and whatever leverage they have is such that I really don't want to spill the beans, what else could I do?

One thing I could do is to simply sabotage my own credibility by going so far down a loony rabbit hole that I lose all influence.

But then I wake up and realize that once someone has their fans, there are utterly no limits on the shit those people will believe. Take Alex Jones, for instance. Is there one shred of cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs that man does not at least pretend to believe?

Reality is just not all its cracked up to be for some folks.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,455 posts)
3. There is Republican money to be made, being so far left, you end up helping the folks
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:09 PM
Jan 2022

you say you hate. Now that's a real conspiracy!

captain queeg

(10,170 posts)
6. Agreed. Once they go so far down the rabbit hole there is no turning back.
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:17 PM
Jan 2022

Especially if you are making money talking shit. I wonder if they ever stop and ask themselves how it came to this, but by that time they are raking in the bucks and surrounded by other loons.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
4. At a time when their Putin has declared war on liberal western democracy, this tool
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:09 PM
Jan 2022

is vilifying one of America's greatest and peaceful achievements.

G.O.P = Goons Of Putin

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
5. Scientists have been reflecting laser beams...
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:10 PM
Jan 2022

... off the array of prisms, placed on the Moon's surface by Neil Armstrong in 1969, for many years. Scientists from around the world, not just the USA.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/the-apollo-experiment-that-keeps-on-giving

Candace Owens cares about power and influence, not understanding the world. It's amazing that anyone pays attention to people like her.

crickets

(25,962 posts)
10. Takes two seconds to refute the nonsense. Thank you.
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 12:00 AM
Jan 2022

The "moon landing was fake" people are as bad as the flat earthers.

Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)
14. She's THRILLED to be their "I have a friend who is minority x."
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 02:23 AM
Jan 2022

She is the dimestore Groucho Marx glasses of Trump world.





Journeyman

(15,031 posts)
7. Of course. The moon landing was faked on the same sound stage they filmed Watergate . . .
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:21 PM
Jan 2022

Someday we will all realize, there is nothing real in the world. It is all as fake as Candace Owen's claim to be intelligent.

captain queeg

(10,170 posts)
8. I used to work with a bunch of Amish, they didn't believe the moon landings
Fri Jan 28, 2022, 11:21 PM
Jan 2022

But in their case it wasn’t so stupid. It’s not like they were up on technology. And some probably did believe it but wouldn’t say so. I’m not sure how they are about vaccines, I’ve read some of them won’t take the shot but I doubt that’s true for all.

Maru Kitteh

(28,339 posts)
15. I am curious to hear why they did not believe in moon landings
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 02:30 AM
Jan 2022

They do see cars, lorries and motorbikes powering past their horses at great speed all the time. So what was the disconnect there in your opinion?


hunter

(38,310 posts)
12. I've frequently had long discussions with crazy homeless people who believe all sorts of weird shit.
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 12:23 AM
Jan 2022

My only question is, how is Candace Owens not among them?

It all seems to depend upon how useful one is to the Republican Party.


Generic Brad

(14,274 posts)
13. Does she want the majority of people to think she's stupid?
Sat Jan 29, 2022, 12:44 AM
Jan 2022

Because constantly saying stupid things is a leading indicator of stupidity.

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