Soldato
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Im going to be honest I thought the first one was a great reply. It did infact make me laugh but then I thought, oh hold on.
Haha yeah.
Freeman of the Land / Bonkers Theories
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Man of Honour
Has he mentioned the Magna Carta or an Independent Mercia yet?
Caporegime
Caporegime
But like every other conspiracy theory, it was not an evidence based view. It was primarily theological. Anyway, Eratosthenes used science to prove the earth is round in the 3rd century BCE, so anyone clinging to a flat earth after that is just stupid.
wut.
Man of Honour
The Ancient Egyptians also knew the Earth was round
Soldato
Did your dad suffer some sort of traumatic event prior to falling down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories? I was listening to sceptical thinking podcast and a guy visited a conspiracy theory convention posing as a conspiracy theorist himself. One recurring thing he noticed when talking to people was that many people got sucked into the rabbit hole when they were at a low ebb, just after losing a loved one, messy divorce etc. His own theory was that the conspiracy theories gave their lives some purpose at that point in their life because they had something new to believe in. If your dad does fall into this category, maybe he could get some help dealing with his trauma?
Man of Honour
Believing in conspiracy theories isn't that bad until it hurts people.
Couple of examples:
1) A mid 30s bloke had convinced his elderly relatives that Covid was a hoax and in a two week period he lost his Mum, Dad and Uncle. I was involved in this case and he had to be sectioned.
2) Last Saturday the Mum of one of my future Son in laws had three relatives in her house actually crying because she is deep down the hole of Covid hoax conspiracy. They are very concerned for her and she has convinced her ill husband not to have the vaccine. Her son had Covid quite nasty last year but she won't acknowledge he had it.
Couple of examples:
1) A mid 30s bloke had convinced his elderly relatives that Covid was a hoax and in a two week period he lost his Mum, Dad and Uncle. I was involved in this case and he had to be sectioned.
2) Last Saturday the Mum of one of my future Son in laws had three relatives in her house actually crying because she is deep down the hole of Covid hoax conspiracy. They are very concerned for her and she has convinced her ill husband not to have the vaccine. Her son had Covid quite nasty last year but she won't acknowledge he had it.
He is conflating a tragic incident involving a school with a CT.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57547366
Caporegime
Nah, they believed it was square with mountains holding up the sky at the corners.
Thanks.
Soldato
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exactly this.
this is why antivax needs to be dragged to the light and dealt with because it hurts real people, in the real world.
it's really depressing to see that the strongest possible evidence for what happens when an untreatable disease gets loose in humanity being denied by morons.
Don't usually get involved in threads like these but I've had a grown up drink, so I'll have a quick stab at it.
I completely cut off contact with my mother about a year ago. She's been a narcissistic, toxic, selfish, influence for well over 30 years. Before that, I guess at least I was clothed and fed growing up.
For me, my own kids reaching their teens and she'd only seen them when we made the effort to visit her caused the truths being told session that ended with me deciding I've had enough.
I'm never going to be happy about it.
I'm confident I made the right decision for myself and my family.
I wish you good luck.
Soldato
Ahh ok. I have an open mind on many ideas. But I still recognise that some people go off the deepend sadly due to having mental health issues.
While it is good to question things any answers should always be grounded in reality. The big reality is that most governments couldn't arrange a err 'drink up' in a brewery (a PG version of the phrase
).Ex-pupils of English school where 89 died testify at UK contaminated blood inquiry
https://www.euronews.com/2021/06/21...died-testify-at-uk-contaminated-blood-inquiry
It wasn't conflation to the point I was making. That if people don't ask questions then the truth never comes out.
But I think we're branching off the topic of the thread, that the OP's father seems to have done down a rabbit hole.
I think he needs to seek some professional help. I'm sure if he believes all he's reading, 99% of it is all doom and gloom, he'll be a very stressed and anxious person. Maybe that could be a reason to encourage him to go see a doctor.
Associate
As someone who suffers with poor decision making parents you have my sympathy.
I can sympathize. I spent 2 days working for a client who's fully into this. Total Covid denial, the vaccine makes you magnetic/will kill you/sterilise you, "million person Freedom marches on London at the start of June that the MSM just didn't report", anyone who disagrees is a moron, used "sheeple" all the time and then came out with a phrase that blew my mind. Luckily I was facing away when they said, "David Icke was right and a lot of people owe him an apology."
The only major tick box missed was anti-Semitism but I put the down to the fact that they had the 'Jewish Study Bible' on their chair.
A friend fell into this trap, as well as soon as I sent a few messages debunking the above info she blocked me and will not speak to me..
Monday she was so greatful for helping her out with a legal issue, Tuesday she started sending be bat poop crazy anti vax vids,, Wednesday I dissected two videos and sent back links to real science debunking what they said... Next day blocked.. A month later still no communication
sounds familiar, never once did we get invited out. Was always having to suggest to get together after he would make suggestions we didn’t make an effort to see him. Massive ego problem. Apparently narcissists are prone to conspiracy theories.
After the third week of him trying to destroy the business to “teach me a lesson” (his exact words to our ops director), he went out and bought a Bentley and parked in my space at the factory. He had the audacity to put it on the fleet policy too.
I look back now and realise how it’s been a Herculean effort to grow our business to where it is today, crazy that he tried to ruin it to prove a point, still not worked out what it was he was trying to prove though.
It seems that there is psychosis now, "David Icke was probably right all along"
Anyone know what the hell Common Law Court of Great Britain is? Even our solicitor is bereft.
The contract is a joke in general but the last part is a gift.
It's sad watching someone slowly lose their mind.
Anyone know what the hell Common Law Court of Great Britain is? Even our solicitor is bereft.
The contract is a joke in general but the last part is a gift.
It's sad watching someone slowly lose their mind.
I'd guess it's this
https://www.commonlawcourt.com/
The forums are good for a laugh.
No surprise to see they're selling stuff to people.
Its exactly that, couple with https://thepeopleslawyeruk . com he's quite the expert now.
Man of Honour
I always love that a group of people who bang on and on about Common Law fail to understand even the most basic stuff about Common Law. Like what it is.