binux comments on A quarter of Americans think that the assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was staged

[–] binux@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

I think it's more appropriate to apply Occam's & Hanlon's razor logic here tbh. I doubt these simpletons would go to such lengths to paint themselves as victims of violence in this case, it's highly probable that they're just too stupid to take the proper precautions as opposed to the whole thing being a malicious attempt at perception manipulation. Plus they oh so love their headline-speak as we all know.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

If you still believe Hanlon's Razor isn't complete bullshit after the last 18 months or so, I honestly don't know what to tell you.

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[–] binux@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

“Nuh uh” is a very interesting standpoint to have but you do you I guess

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 5 months ago* (1 child)

Yeah that's not what I said or implied.

If you've been paying attention to the US for the past 18 months, and you still think that malice isn't involved, then I have a ballroom to sell you

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[–] binux@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago

You basically said Hanlon's razor is "complete bullshit" based on your own subjective view which is very much a denialist way of thinking. Not only that but I applied the principle to this most recent assassination attempt, not the current administration as a whole. It's not mutually exclusive with any malicious acts in the past year and a half. Real events aren't neat narratives, things that happen don't have to reflect any theses or character traits 100% of the time.

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