Nobody makes Muslims look more deceitful and foolish than Muslims themselves
Although there are plenty of non-Muslim apologists for Islam who also make ridiculously false statements and try shift opinions with half-truths, nobody makes Muslims look more deceitful than the so called ‘moderate’ Muslims themselves. This is very ironic actually because their intention is to improve the image of Islam and the Muslim world, not tarnish it even further. Here we have a perfect example. Usshy Rahman starts of with the most cliched embarrassing statement, the “1.6 billion Muslims”. Not even the most anti-Muslim person on earth would every say all Muslims are terrorists, the only ones who say this are Muslims themselves, by making comments to refute a statement that nobody has ever made. Ironic how at different times millions upon millions of that 1.6 billion figure would be considered, ‘not real Muslims’. Besides, just because you are not willing to blow yourself up or shoot a bunch of innocent people, we need to applaud you and forget about all the other horrendous crimes and atrocities which are not related to terrorism but are still committed in the name of Islam, using Islamic scripture?
Then of course, there is always the conspiracy about Jewish people. If any Muslim ever does something that another Muslims disagrees with, they will free themselves and the religion of any guilt by saying that person is Jewish or is somehow controlled by the Jews. She goes on to say that Islam is perfect, and that right there is the single most harmful statement for the religion and for Muslims themselves. The world used to buy into that statement 20-25 years ago when access to the Quran and the Hadith was virtually impossible for most of the world’s population. But in today’s world when anyone, even in the tiniest villages out there, can go to any Islamic website and obtain a free copy of the Quran and the Sunnah online, making statements such as “Islam is perfect” has an incredibly counter-productive impact for Muslims. It makes them look very dishonest, their statements appear insincere, and their community is made to look like nothing but liars!
From Pizzagate to more plausible stories of palace intrigue, U.S. politics has more than a whiff of conspiracy in the air these days. In sorting fact from fiction, why do some people end up believing conspiracy theories? Social science research shows that we shouldn’t think about these beliefs like delusions, because the choice to buy in stems from real structural and psychological conditions that can affect us all.
For example, research in political science shows that people who know a lot about politics, but also show low levels of generalized trust, are more likely to believe conspiracy theories. It isn’t just partisan, either, both liberals and conservatives are equally likely to believe conspiracy theories—just different ones.
In sociology, research also shows how bigger structural factors elevate conspiracy concern. In an article published in Socius earlier this year,Joseph DiGrazia examined Google search trends for two major conspiracy theories between 2007 and 2014: inquiries about the Illuminati and concern about President Obama’s birth and citizenship.
DiGrazia looked at the state-level factors that had the strongest and most consistent relationships with search frequency: partisanship and employment. States with higher unemployment rates had higher search rates about the Illuminati, and more Republican states had higher searches for both conspiracies throughout the Obama administration.
These studies show it isn’t correct to treat conspiracy beliefs as simply absurd or irrational—they flare up among reasonably informed people who have lower trust in institutions, often when they feel powerless in the face of structural changes across politics and the economy.
Evan Stewart is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Minnesota. You can follow him on Twitter.
This is happening people! I am so excited I don’t even know what to write here. This has been a long waited event and I am so excited I just can’t hide it! Apologies for the lack of content, but I wanted to share this image as soon as possible.
If you are not aware of what I am attempting to discuss here, today is the release of the records of the JFK assassination. Historians, conspiracy theorists and everyone else unite! I will be on the National Archives site today and hopefully will be able to share some information here as I get it.
I want to become a conspiracy theorist, but I only do conspiracy theories about conspiracy theories.
The “lizard people control the world” theory is just thinly veiled and repackaged antisemitism, used as a dogwhistle between nazis.
The anti-vaxx movement was founded in order to earmark the type of people who could also be easily sucked into other, more politically useful but equally dangerous extreme ideologies.
The alien abduction stories are just extremely elaborate delusions the victims use to repress traumatic memories of assault. Bigfoot enthusiasts, however, are all consensual and enthusiastic monsterfuckers, who will stop at nothing until they find him.
So weirdoes like to point at the numerous reptile gods in world history and go, “hey, reptilian aliens maybe?” but reptiles are huge category. We’re looking at crocodile gods, underwater snake people, lizardmen, feathered serpents, and other shit and just lumping them together in a way that we absolutely don’t lump together more closely related animals like, say, cats, dogs, bears, and hyenas
I also wonder why theorists don’t go in on avian aliens more. Bird imagery and feathered wings so up basically every religion, and they live in the sky. And every paranormal event gets explained away as owls. Hopkinsville goblins? Owls. Mothman? Owl. Flatwood monster? Owl. Spirit possession? Owls crawl into people’s mouths and control them. Demons? Horned owls. Alien abductions? Owls raping people in their spaceships. God? A very big owl
This is because I’ve been really into conspiracy videos recently but technically hollow earth is cannon in the riordanverse. Like in the tower of Nero they meet the troglodytes which is proof that there’s a bunch of tunnels under the earth and even entire population of lizard people (which is a conspiracy theory in and of itself). Some interpretations of hollow earth is that it’s completely hollow and that there’s an entire world under us (which in some way could be Tartarus ?? That’s only if it’s actually underground and not just another realm). Other interpretations are that there’s massive tunnels that have another species living in them (in pjo’s case the troglodytes).
Basically what I’m trying to say is that things that happen in the riordanverse are conspiracy theories in our world which is really funny to me for no reason.
Like for example giants and even seeing visions in dreams and being able to travel in your dreams.
(Also the triumvirate is lowkey kinda what we theorize the Illuminati is so there’s that)
EDIT: post was really long, all details in the link above.
I woke to this morning to several DM’s all directing me to online articles about a self-confessed time traveler named Noah.
“Time traveller’ man from 2030 makes specific predictions for the future” read the headline of an article from news.com.au.
“Time travel SHOCK CLAIM: Man from the ‘year 2030’ says ALIENS become ALLIES with the US” cried the Express online. “BACK TO THE FUTURE Man claiming to be a time-traveller from 2030 ‘PASSES lie-detector test’… and he has these predictions for the next 10 years” wrote the Sun.
Everyone loves a good time traveller story, just ask you tube; “Time travellers caught on tape”, “time traveller took this video in the year 2120”, “Time traveller caught on 911 call’.
Remember that photograph of the “Time travelling hipster”? Admittedly in a sea of generic folk from the 1940’s dressed in suits and hats, the dude in the shades and casual clothing holding a portable camera does stand out- but is his casual attire really undeniable evidence of time travel? After much excitement the seemingly modern items in the photograph were proven to have been available and on the market at the time the image was captured. The logo tee turned out to be a hockey jersey, the protective glasses were on sale at the time and the camera was confirmed by Kodak as likely being a Kodak 35, which was introduced in 1938.
So, friends, it’s now time for us to look into the newest time traveler on the block, a man from the year 2030- the man known only as “Noah”.
Apparently the first video of Noah appeared on YouTube on the 17th of November 2017. The first result on YouTube is a video by a channel called paranormal elite that currently has 33K subscribers. The video, titled “Time Traveler Who Has Been To The Year 2030 Shares His Experiences”, is (at the time I write this) sitting at over 2 million views.
The introduction lays out the basic information we need to know about who Noah is. The channel claims that an individual located in Guadalajara, Mexico contacted them via phone and claimed to be an ex-US government worker who was fired after failing a time-travel mission in South America. The individual identified himself as only “Noah” as he feared he would be taken out by the US government if they were to discover his identity. Noah claimed that he was 50 years old, but had taken an age reversal drug that shaved off 25 years, making him appear to be 25 years old.
He told Paranormal Elite that the constant time travel had affected him mentally that he has depression and an eating disorder as a result.After the introduction we see a video of Noah clad in a burgundy with his face obscured, reading from a pre-written statement explaining that he is a time traveler and wants to prove to us all that time travel will be available to the public in 2028. To do so, he claims that he has traveled back to the 13th of November 2017 from the year 2021- which he claims is where he existed for most of his “natural life”.
The statement is then interrupted by Noah getting seemingly overwhelmed before asking for a moment to compose himself . At one point he starts sobbing and the P.E channel slides in a message telling viewers not to feel bad as they have donated around “$700 in food and water to help him get by”. In order to prove that he really is from the future, Noah has provided us with a list of predictions for technologies that will be available to us in the near future- 2021 to be exact.
Here’s the list:
1.Electric cars that are able to cover an average of 600 miles on one full charge
2. HD video recording glasses with augmented reality. Basically like Terminator shades or an advanced pair of Google glasses that can do way more than show you maps and make a phone call. These 2021 glasses will supposedly have an augmented reality screen that will basically allow us to perceive generated data that we can see, hear and touch etc. Essentially we’ll be living in the “black mirror” universe in a couple of years.
3. Trump will be re-elected. He’s 100% certain, apparently.
After displaying some symptoms of stress, he wishes us good luck for the future and signs off.
On the 5th of August, 2018, a YouTube channel called APEX TV boasting 686K followers posted a follow up interview with Noah titled: “Time Traveler Noah From 2030 Tells His Story”. A far cry from the 3 minute video originally posted on Paranormal Elite, this video is over 37 minutes long.It’s important to note that paranormal elite is part of APEXTV.
Now I actually sat down and watched that 37 minute video(I know) and I thought I’d recap it here for you, so you can skim-read what Noah claims to be his story:
In 2025 Noah was in his teens and attending high school. He was bullied for having a stutter as a child, but was smart and got good grades- in fact he got straight A’s across the board. One day, out of the blue, a pair of men with shaved heads, clad in suits (he accidentally describes them as “tuxedos”) had him pulled into the office and forced him into a top secret government program where he would have to travel through time to complete missions and the past and future.
He was prohibited to tell anyone about the project and began to feel isolated from the rest of the world.He was driven out to a military complex in the middle of the Nevada desert where he had to register as a worker. He was then led down a staircase into a basement level facility where he saw an unfathomably large glass time machine crawling with mechanics.
He signed an 8 year contact with the government and was put into a small class of trainees (five in total) and lived at an on-site dorm with minimal furnishings. From there he studied until it came time to take the final exam, which he passed. A chip was then implanted into his left wrist- a painful procedure that had him in intense pain for several days.
Noah hated the job, but he could be at least relieved in the knowledge that he didn’t have a contract as long as some of the others in his class, some of whom received 50 – life.
So Hamilton told Philip to shoot into the sky and it didn’t work, he died. So people just assume he was so headstrong that he would believe in his method or that he was just ignoring that his plan would fail. But what if those are all wrong? What if he shot into the sky as an apology to his son? What if he did it so he could see his kid again? What if it’s darker than we imagined?
Discourse is shit and I’ve been taking a break from it. However, sometimes discourse is hilarious and here are some of the best exclusionist conspirasy theories I’ve collected
Amazing theory. Also included the bold claim that scientific proof exists but convieniently proof is never provided
Finally someone exposed the aces for their sinister plan to oppress trans women in the dating world by… not existing I guess?
demisexuality was apparently invented by cishet men? Umm… source?
The classic “straight cristians want to turn gay people ace!!!” conspiracy. Simply amazing.
Straight people are actually behind the queer community you guys!!! Get your tinfoil hats before they get you
We also have the McSponsorship conspiracy (x) and the “Fortnite causes asexuality” conspiracy (x)
Anyway, I had fun making this. Let’s remember that no matter how shitty life is somewhere out there an outrageous conspiracy theory is just waiting to be discovered. The truth is out there my friends!
, The United States is going through an out of control wave of booking banning. The top reasons books end up challenged or banned are:
Unsuited to age (this usually means that a book has foul language or sex in it – this includes legit sexual education books) Religious viewpoint (translated: “anti-Christian” or pro-something-other-than-Christian) LGBTQ+ content Racism – I really don’t think this…
According to many this week, it seems that I, as an American Jew, apparently have a personal role in controlling American, European, and Middle Eastern geopolitics. Yet, I still cannot convince cisgender-heterosexual men to use my pronouns (they/them) correctly. What gives?
My theory is that he could possibly be aromantic and asexual but my main focus is on aromantic orientation and how Dan connects with it.
LESSON TIME
Asexual: Lack of sexual attraction towards people
Aromantic: lack of romantic attraction towards people.
(Asexuals can be aromantic or have a romantic preference. Aromantics can be asexual or have a sexual preference.)
Aromantics can enjoy hugs, kissing, and cuddles but just show no interest in a romantic relationship. Although, there aromantics who don’t want any kind of intimacy at all.
Aromantics don’t get romantic crushes but they can develop platonic crushes called Squishes .
Aromantics can still find people beautiful and that can sometimes lead them to wanting a friendship with that person they find themselves aesthetically attracted to. This can sometimes confuse aromantics and lead them to believe that because they find a person beautiful and want to get to know them (and possibly cuddle with them) that they want something romantic with them.
When aromantics get squishes they can get butterflies from being nervous to hang out or talk with their squish. Which can also lead to confusion on trying to differentiate whether their attraction towards the person is romantic or platonic.
NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL DETAILS BUT STILL IMPORTANT:
Now what I have noticed is that he makes small vague references of love in his songs(that’ s not really a big deal because people have diverse interests and he has stated before in some interview that love songs aren’t his thing to write about) *Yet I don’t want to rule this out completely*
He had said in another interview that he had gone on a date and got drunk because of how nervous he was. *Review: Aromantics can get nervous around their squish* (interview took place in the earlier years of Bastille)
I read somewhere in an interview that it was a girlfriend who submitted him into the contest. (This interview took place when Bastille was barely starting) I can’t find the interview or any other interview where he makes a reference to the friend as “a girlfriend” instead he then on and still does just says “friend”. He has never referenced an ex ever again, after that interview nor has he talked about a love interest. Yes, it’s also none of our business but again, can’t rule that out!
KEY DETAILS:
Dan publicly doesn’t show any interest in romance at all especially his own love life which seems to not exists. (Yeah, it’s none of our business but still it’s important to the theory.)Glory orThings we lost in the fire video is not a good example of an argument to use to say that “he can not possibly be aromantic because in the music videos he had a love interest.” If you do believe that though, my response is this…They were only music videos where they both had to act.
2.Dan kissing someone does not mean he is interested in romance
*Keep in mind that aromantics and asexuals as well can still enjoy being kissed (plus he could have been drunk here) so either way the kiss does not mean anything really
3. I found this theory rather interesting and the fact that I’m not alone on this-makes it 10 times more exciting to talk about.CLICK ME orME
If you have any opinions, different or not please share. I would like to hear them all! Also, I know I could possibly be missing some more information about this theory(whether the information is for it or not) so if you have any information you would like me to add on, please message me :)
If any of you have the links to the interviews that I refer to, please share them with me so that I can add them on here.
Please keep in mind this is just a theoryand that I could be wrong. SO PLEASE DO NOT TAKE SO SERIOUSLY. Do NOT take this out of context and assume that I’m trying to make this a fact when I’m not because again this evidence can just mean something else. Do NOT harass him by tagging him or messaging him or anyone he knows to see if he is. If he isn’t, he isn’t and if he is, he is. He doesn’t have to tell us either. Though there are some people who find this just as interesting and so this is for them as much as it is for me. If you don’t like it then just scroll down and go on about your day. Hope you ALL have a good one x
Thanks to Grandpa Lou and his tin foil conspiracy theories, Tommy and the babies have come to the horrifying conclusion that lizard people are real. While Lou was showing Tommy the “evidence” of how the moon landing was fake, Stu and Didi puts a stop to Tommy being sucked into the conspiracy world at such a young age. Stu announces that he’s taking the babies to the golf course, but Lou insists…
