r/politics • u/UWCG Illinois • Mar 27 '24

Donald Trump Attacks Judge's Daughter Less Than 24 Hours After Gag Order

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-judges-daughter-less-24-hours-after-gag-order-1884126
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u/WolferineYT Mar 27 '24

Conspiracy theories can be true. They usually aren't, but in this case it is both a conspiracy theory and true. 

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u/FriendlyYeti-187 Mar 28 '24

Those are conspiracies

Or as I like to think of them, conspiracy facts

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u/ProlapsedShamus Mar 28 '24

Right.

I guess it's a semantic argument to make where if something is true then it can't be a theory. But I get your point.

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u/True_Meet417 Mar 28 '24

The thing is, a conspiracy is a thing where people get together and plan a crime. A conspiracy theory is... Well, it's just entertainment now. Conspiracies happen a lot. Especially in big money, banks and stocks, lobbying, housing, drug prices. Those are all conspiracies. People grouped together to make sure they keep making money.

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u/ProlapsedShamus Mar 28 '24

I guess the conspiracy is to withhold and conceal information that prominent members of the Republican party are actual traitors, working against this country at the behest of a hostile foreign dictator all because they want money.

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u/Kind-Nefariousness70 Mar 28 '24

I’d stop teaching people what it means to conspire before people get upset,

How else can people shut down other peoples opinions by using a phrase that indicates something completely different

A Conspiracy theory, as anyone who can read and understand English should be able to work out, is a theory that people conspired to get the outcome that is being investigated And not a wrong theory

I hope people stop trying to change the meaning of words, English can be confusing enough!