2024-11-23
... may be untrue. No, really.
If you are a conspiracy theorist, then you surely believe that many things we once thought were true now turn out to be ... well, false.
And if you reject such conspiracy theories as the nonsense they undoubtedly are, then you are pretty certain that those who subscribe to them are deluded.
So we have neatly divided society into factions (once again!) who both think the other lot are barmy. The division is no longer about race, religion, class, or wokeness, it's about "who's the nutcase".
So before we man the barricades, perhaps we may need to find a way to unite the warring factions under a common purpose - and "freedom of speech", which once used to be robustly defended in the UK ("Freedom to speak only inoffensively is not worth having"), is the principle upon which both sides can unite.
It's a good and effective principle, not least because offence cannot occur until it is taken - a simple offer of offence, however obvious, may well be simply ignored, and is thus ineffective in normal parlance and practice unless and until the offer of offence is actually taken.
We can choose not to be offended!
But I digress ...
Lest we (of whichever conspiracy / non-conspiracy faction) fall into the trap of too readily believing what we are told, here is a warning video that may shake your faith in your own infallible judgement - and does it in its own entertaining way (although of course you are free to disagree with me about that!), starting with the tale of the unknown "presidential candidate" who's campaign clearly suffered from a complete media blackout ...
See what you think!
(2 hrs 38 mins)
Like / Dislike this video here. Please hoard your brickbats for future use against somebody else.
And if you are now totally confused about what to believe, perhaps that is a state of mind appropriate to our age. Or just another conspiracy theory ...
