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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Denialism is pluripotent. Give people a contrarian thing that makes them feel smarter than everyone else, and they'll fall for any old bullshit eventually.

The loudest peddlers of bullshit are the same bigots as always. Fascism spreads exclusively through emotional manipulation.