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    The fraudian's war on "conspiracies" cotinues... Archived Message

    Posted by Raskolnikov on July 10, 2019, 10:47 am

    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked

    While I agree the "moon landings were faked" conspiracy is nonsense I notice how they use a ridiculous smear by association in this article, right at the start:

    Despite the extraordinary volume of evidence (including 382kg of moon rock collected across six missions; corroboration from Russia, Japan and China; and images from the Nasa Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter showing the tracks made by the astronauts in the moondust), belief in the moon-hoax conspiracy has blossomed since 1969. Among 9/11 truthers, anti-vaxxers, chemtrailers, flat-Earthers, Holocaust deniers and Sandy Hook conspiracists, the idea that the moon landings were faked isn’t even a source of anger any more – it is just a given fact.

    With no evidence whatsoever they just claim ALL of these various groups believe the moon landings were faked is a given fact. Including 9-11 truthers with falt-Earthers and Holocaust deniers is such a pathetic, transparent smear technique it's laughable. Of course, they can include any group they want to smear in there; Assad apologists, fake anti-semitism activists, etc.

    Later on in this "piece" they throw this in:

    Morton notes that it is one of the few conspiracy theories that isn’t tainted by antisemitism. Nor does it seem to be one to which Donald Trump, the ultimate product of news-as-entertainment, subscribes. The dynamics of the modern internet have clearly not helped: look up Apollo videos on YouTube and before long moon-hoax documentaries start lining up in the autoplay queue. But there is little evidence that Russian disinformation agents have spread moon conspiracies as they have anti-vaxxing propaganda, for example. Although, if you think about it, it would make perfect sense for them to do so: a neat way of restoring Russian prestige while establishing continuity between the cold war and the information wars.

    Anti-semitism, Donald Trump and the Russians, all in a neat little package and another example of smear by association.



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