Indeed, but the commenter is correct that the facts they have laid out do not help nix the conspiracy theories. In fact, they align to the conspiracies perfectly.
I am not agreeing with the conspiracies, but the optics here are just bad.
I am not agreeing with the conspiracies, but the optics here are just bad.
Should be some internet law that “just making an observation” and “I sincerely hold this belief and am providing this as evidence” are functionally equivalent, like a perverse inversion of Poe’s Law.
The problem with this specific debate fallacy, as I see it is the following:
>while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity ("I'm just trying to have a debate"), and feigning ignorance of the subject matter
It's hard to know if the civility and sincerity is true or just a pretense! Also true whether the person is "feigning ignorance"