"Nobody can control the weather."

William Lindsey :toad:

"This tweet format has become conspicuously popular on the redpilled internet. The formula is simple: 1) Post a screenshot of a supposedly genuine text message, 2) express outrage, 3) ask if it’s true without really caring whether it is, and 4) do no further investigation into the matter. It’s a newfangled incarnation of a classic, the chain email. Pass it along or else no one will know the 'truth.'”

~ Scott Nover

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #lies #disinformation
/2

Why This Bizarre New Trend on Twitter Is Popular With Right-Wing Influencers

When a guy you know texts you, it has to be real.

Slate Magazine (slate.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"The scale and speed of conspiracies about Hurricane Milton being orchestrated and controlled by the deep state is incredible to watch."

~ David Gilbert quoted by Brian Stelter

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/3

(view.newsletters.cnn.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"Politicians and right-wing influencers have spread conspiracy theories online suggesting that Hurricane Milton has been geoengineered by nefarious forces, with the end goal of preventing Republicans from voting in the presidential election."

~ Tess Owen

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/4

Right-Wing Influencers Claim ‘They’ Defeated Physics, Geoengineered Hurricane Milton

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and a whole host of conspiracy theorists are claiming the hurricane was planned in order to harm Republicans. Climate experts tell WIRED that’s impossible.

WIRED (www.wired.com)

Human after all

@wdlindsy This has an air of Chicken Little about it

William Lindsey :toad:

"I do think there is something about religiosity that makes religious populations easier to manipulate. …

Reality-denial has been baked into conservatism for a very long time. It is certainly baked into conservative Christianity. Anecdotally, I’ve seen the most conspiracy-theorizing in other conservative religious societies, and certainly not just Christian ones."

~ Jill Filipovic

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/5

The Breaking of the Conservative Mind

"They can control the weather" and the obliteration of rationality on the right

(jill.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

Looking at the AI "slop" circulated on social media — the little girl with her pup — Jason Koebler says,

"Something very disheartening is happening with this particular image, however. A specific segment of the people who have seen & understand that it is AI-generated simply do not care that it is not real & that it did not happen. To them, the image captures a vibe that is useful to them politically."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #AI
/6

Hurricane Helene and the ‘Fuck It’ Era of AI-Generated Slop

The era of politically-motivated AI slop is here and it sucks.

404 Media (www.404media.co)

@wdlindsy
Most religions, certainly Christianity, are based on faith which means believing something is true simply because you choose to and requiring facts or proof is a sign of lack of faith.

Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷

@wdlindsy Is this Miss Peach Tree Dish of 2021/22/23?

William Lindsey :toad:

"The attacks, which include wild claims that Jewish officials are conspiring to orchestrate the disasters, sabotage the recovery or even seize victims’ property, are being fomented largely on Elon Musk’s X."

~ Will Oremus and Maxine Joselow

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #antisemitism
/7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/10/08/hurricane-helene-antisemitic-misinformation-x/

William Lindsey :toad:

"Antisemitic tropes have commingled on the site with false rumors and conspiracy theories amid the chaos of the recovery effort, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonprofit Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD)."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation #ElonMusk #Twitter #X #antisemitism
/8

William Lindsey :toad:

@the5thColumnist Yet as Karen Armstrong, an astute scholar of world religions, says, the word "belief" is etymologically rooted in the word "love" — and properly understood, religious belief is not about doing something with one's head, but setting one's foot in a path towards love.

The fundamental frame to understand belief in the Abrahamic religions is Abraham's willingness to walk into the desert — to journey. Not to do something with his head.

William Lindsey :toad:

Writing from her perspective having grown up in rural Missouri, Susan Niemann says,

"Perhaps by better understanding them, we can reason with them? Nah. The vitriol has reached a fever pitch now. The cult mentality of Trump supporters is strong. VERY strong.

People have been told who to hate and that it’s ok to do so. No matter what facts are presented to them, they refuse to hear it."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/9

I'm so sick of ALL of it.

And you are, too. Humans are behaving badly and our politics is killing us.

(adchick.substack.com)

William Lindsey :toad:

"They’ve left normal life behind and are now lost. Gone.

There is no reasoning with these people.

The primitive way people are behaving may well be the undoing of America.

The Republican Party has worked diligently over the years to create this anger and division."

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/10

Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@wdlindsy

"No matter what facts are presented to them, they refuse to hear it."

Gammons just don't do facts.

They don't consider things like "facts", "truth", "logic" as relevant to their lives. They don't use such things as inputs to their decision making processes.

William Lindsey :toad:

In Oliver Willis' view, what Americans are now dealing with is "disinformation terrorism" on the part of the Republican party, and the Democratic response so far has been weak tea.

#hurricane #Milton #Trump #Republicans #lies #disinformation
/11

Trump And Fox News Are America’s Disinformation Terrorists

They Are At War With Us

(www.oliverexplains.com)

DnParadice

@wdlindsy "life is not supposed to make sense because it’s God’s plan. Followers should submit not just to the will of God, but to the word of church authority figures" this sentiment paired with the notion that any success you have in your life is only due to God was what eventually drove me away after growing up Christian. The issue is that these ways of thinking are subjugating people to God but God is typically manifested as a church leader who then has power to control.

William Lindsey :toad:

@paradice Yes, a good passage in Jill Filipovic's good commentary. The (always male) religious leader as the incarnation of God…. As Mary Daly said quite a while ago, if God is male, then the male is God: the males projecting themselves as the image of God to control all of us are creating a god in their own image.

William Lindsey :toad:

@TimWardCam You're right — and that represents a colossal educational failure.

William Lindsey :toad:

@Tooden Let's hope not! But you may mean she actually held that title? I suppose money can buy a lot of things….

William Lindsey :toad:

@humanhorseshoes Yes, it does.