#DEBUNKED conspiracies?

[isitcorrect]

Something unremittingly bleak about a goddamn country starting "crisis actor" conspiracy theories to deny their crimes. A term invented to deny the deaths of children at Sandy Hook in 2012 is now used to deny the deaths of children in Gaza in 2023.

As the community note says, this isn't a crisis actor. This is a guy who posts on Instagram. A influencer who posts videos online of breaking events...is seen at a lot of breaking events. To Israel, this is a sign of a conspiracy. In fact, some of those images aren't even him, or aren't even related to Palestine at all; one image included in other posts targeting Saleh Aljafarawi is a Halloween costume from Thailand. That article says "pro-Israeli accounts" tweeted this, but it's the literal, official Twitter account of Israel posting this shit, next to their comedy sketches that somehow make trans people the punchline bc fascists only have one joke the whole world wide I guess

Like. It's not new for a government to deny the reality of its atrocities. It is new for that government to outright use a conspiracy theory term devised by Alex fucking Jones, or to, when called on doing so, defend it as a "meme" (also bizarre to see hardcore Zionists use a term crafted for especially antisemitic conspiracy theories). Everything rancid about the world in 2023 congealed into a single tweet, right here

[justasleepylittleundine]

So I realized a thing...

All of the ghoul's incantations are scrambled versions of a demon belonging to the Lesser Key of Solomon.

Jin Kamurai- Stigma: Bianerus (#24 Naberius)

Tohma Ishibashi- Stigma: Argeas (#2 Agares)

Lucas Errant- Stigma: Iggnaim (#4 Gamigan, also known as Samigina)

Alan Mido- Stigma: Yagsal Olbalsa (#25 Glasya-Labolas)

Leo Kurosagi- Stigma: Haxs (#44 Shax)

Shohei Haizono- Stigma: Spurno (#20 Purson)

Haru Sagara- Stigma: Bahnti (#18 Bathin)

Ren Shiranami- Stigma: Raothtas (#29 Astaroth)

Taiga Hoshibami- Stigma: Balam

Romeo Scorpus Lucci- Stigma: Tiris (#12 Sitri)

Ritsu Shinjo- Stigma: Acimo (#53 Camio, also known as Caim)

Subaru Kagami- Stigma: Talnandio (#71 Dantalion)

Lyca Colt- Stigma: Ramsochisa (#35 Marchosias)

Yuri Isami- Stigma: Agnihaet (#48 Haagenti)

Kaito Fuji, Towa Otonashi, Haku Kusanagi, Zenji Kotodama, Edward Hart, Rui Mizuki have not had their incantations revealed.

However, I am SUPER curious if their incantation signifies WHO they made their demon deal with!!

[kittygrimm88]

I have a theory about who MC shouldn't trust as Taiga told her.

Instead of anyone from the ghouls, the ones she shouldn't trust are the professors like Hyde. The theory that goes with this one would also be that she isn't actually cursed but something completely different. After seeing how the academy was doing with Lyca, it would make a lot of sense.

[obscuarysghoulnextdoor]

Tokyo debunker Conspiracy Theory #734.01:

They're all the traitor. It just depends on who you pick in the beginning.

[thymbraeusrising]

If i could go back in time, I would share these screenshots with young Milo and tell him how much of a legend he's going to be.

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Gotten a few asks about this so let me clarify:

Atlantis the Lost Empire is NOT Nazi propaganda nor is it an endorsement of Nazi beliefs.

It's another example of a piece of media that has taken inspiration from a conspiracy theory which unfortunately has ties to the Nazis' obsession with proving their bonkers Aryan race theory.

The Nazis were obsessed with finding and creating ANY sort of historical/traditional link to validate their agenda, no matter how utterly ridiculous or entirely separate from reality that link was. They were obsessed with the mystical and the occult. Pseudo-science and pseudo-archaeology were their literal bread and butter.

In this instance, Plato's story of a sunken ancient city is not special for being co-opted for the Nazi's purposes. What has lead Atlantis to becoming a popular conspiracy theory in modern times is due in part to the steady popularization of pseudo-science as well as bad faith actors promoting a racist conspiracy theory as genuine fact.

The majority of conspiracy theories you hear about today actually have roots in fiction. For example, the Hollow Earth conspiracy theory finds it's origins from science fiction novels dating back to the 1800s. The Philadelphia Project can also trace its origins to a UFO writer who claims he was receiving secret confidential intel from a former US mariner. And yet there are are people who genuinely believe there is a secret world hidden in the center of the earth and that the US government was experimenting with and succeeded in creating a portal to another dimension.

So is the case with Atlantis. Atlantis: The Antediluvian World was written by Ignatius Donnelly in 1882 as a means to express his desires for a populist government and world. He was extremely misguided in his belief that Plato's story was factual and he employed the use of hyperdiffusion-a popular method used in countless conspiracy theories-to argue that all ancient societies were basically all descended from one even more ancient people.

Or in the Nazi's own terms: "An ancient master race."

Bad actors like Graham Hancock and Ancient Aliens further popularized the Nazi's conspiracy theory (as well as many others) and Donnelly's books by spreading mass disinformation across a global scale and we are all suffering for it.

As I've already stated before, Atlantis the Lost Empire takes superficial inspiration from the conspiracy theory in the same way that Stranger Things takes inspiration from the Montauk Project. Many popular sci-fi films, tv shows, books, and video games are littered with references and nods to conspiracy theories. Everything from Men in Black to The X Files to the SCP Foundation.

If you are interested in seeing how convincing conspiracy theories can get and their very real ability to destroy actual lives, I recommend watching American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders. It perfectly showcases how conspiracy theories can suck you in and how people can easily take advantage of you once they break down your ability to distinguish fiction from reality.

My only caveat with the documentary is that I really wish the creators had emphasized even more plainly to the audience that the Octopus Murders is an actual conspiracy theory instead of leaving the question somewhat open ended. Especially in regards to Danny Casolaro's death.

I would also highly recommend watching Milo Rossi aka miniminuteman's videos as his channel is dedicated solely to debunking various archaeological conspiracy theories as well as providing fascinating education on a variety of historical topics. I really cannot overstate how wonderful his Awful Archaeology series is.

I'm going to link a few of my favorites here:

This is the first of a multiseries debunking Graham Hancock's Ancient Apocalypse series.

This is Part 1 of 2 of him debunking one of the most notorious TikTokers who makes a living off of spreading mass disinformation.

I would be remiss not to mention Atun-Shei Film's amazing channel as well as Lady of the Library.

I would also recommend Kaz Rowe's channel as they provide stellar information on a wide variery of historical topics.

Tldr; Atlantis the Lost Empire and the films creators' did not set out to promote Nazi beliefs. They simply took inspiration from a popular conspiracy theory and made it something entirely unique and separate from the Aryan race agenda.

[lesbianphan]

Watching old DAPG videos and I cannot BELIEVE Dan Howell had the Audacity to pretend not to know Can your pet. He thought we'd believe that???? unreal askdj

[genericpuff]

every time i try to go easier on rachel and give her the benefit of the doubt, i find shit like this

i was literally just trying to wrap up the hades x thanatos conversation text edit that i've been posting over on my IG and felt like adding a couple extra panels so i went back to this episode (ep 215) to try and find panels of hades and hecate talking that i could segue out of the end part of the hades x thanatos conversation

and i found this

and i was like "oh yeah they visualize the doorbell ringing with a literal bell, i guess that works-"

that bell isn't rendered in rachel's usual style, it's very cell shady with zero texture

but no, no, don't do this puff, you're just being paranoid, it's just a silly little bell, are you really jumping to the conclusion that rachel and her team didn't draw this just because it looks a little off???

just throw it in google reverse image search so you can put this to rest and prove to yourself that it is, in fact, just a drawing of a bell, i don't need to be reading too much into it-

OH COME ON-

[momett]

you realize ramcoa isn’t “secret satanic illuminati shadow organization”.. right? it’s a way to describe a very specific type of abuse. are you saying cults aren’t real? human trafficking isn’t way? institutionalized abuse isn’t real? be so fr

you realize that is exactly what the chairman/president of the RAMCOA SIG, michael salter, believes.. right? in 2008 he tried to claim that a certain preschool had tunnels built under it that he implied were used for satanic ritual abuse... he is a conspiracy theorist, and one of the biggest proponents of RAMCOA.

he believes that the satanic temple is after him, the RAMCOA SIG, and the ISSTD. he believes he is being stalked by satanists who want to literally kill him.

[hearts4pearlescentmoon]

I didn’t know Chris was a conspiracy theorist /j

dunne here is spelt Dunn here though lol

here is the video

[askruimizuki]

hey Rui! if there's any ghoul at Darkwick that you could spend the day hanging out with, who do you think you'd want to spend time with the most?

I’ll be so for real with you!

I spend waaaaay too much time cooped up in Obscuary! I swear, I’m losing my touch with talking to others! It’s really sad!

Ed isn’t exactly the best to have conversations with. And his room looks like a bomb went off in it! Tragic, really. I work soooo hard to clean it.

But to answer your question!

I would spend time with Haku in a heartbeat!

He’s just easy to talk to. And, between you and me, he’s really got the whole flirting thing down! Used to practice together late at night for shits and giggles.

Man… I wonder how he’s doing…

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[19burstraat]

Rn this Jordie fic sequel is just a Kanej fic wearing a Jordie fic hat. I keep adding Kanej scenes and no actual plot lfmdjfj.

[obscuarysghoulnextdoor]

Wanna see my Jin conspiracy board where I read too much into things?

Okay, but don't come for me. Just think of me as a tabloid muckraker. You walk into my office, I'm in a tin foil hat. A coffee mug is vibrating in my hand. You see this on my bulletin board.

(Cut for frostheim spoilers and that magazine interview @romeolucci posted.)

[tired-fandom-ndn]

I don't think kids really need to be protected from "inappropriate" content so much as they need the tools and safe adults in their lives to handle when they encounter things that they need help with, BUT I will say that there is a growing amount of misinformation and disinformation being spread online that is deliberately targeted towards children and people need to be aware of that and prepare for it.

I'm not exaggerating in the slightest when I say it took about a week of watching Youtube Kids for my baby sister to start parroting Q-Anon level conspiracies about the government hiding the fact that extinct animals like wooly mammoths and saber tooth tigers are still alive. This wasn't innocent shit, she was getting genuinely upset about the government supposedly watching her through the security cameras of a sandwich restaurant.

There are people out there, especially content farms, who knowingly and deliberately spread misinformation to children specifically and who knowingly spread disinformation about basic scientific facts. And that's not even getting into content farms that share "life hacks" that get kids injured or killed.

The internet is becoming more dangerous for kids and it has very little to do with fanfiction, it's almost all because corporations like youtube prioritize their profits over the safety of children.

[dykesynthezoid]

No but really like. People need to be aware that the warnings against historical revisionism and conspiracy theories do indeed also go for narratives that align with their supposedly more progressive reliefs. You can’t get a free pass just bc you think you’re on the right side of history. It doesn’t work like that I fear. Unfortunately this does include things like the JFK assassination. I know it’s fun to imagine what “might’ve” happened but you do need to actually be able to examine different forms of historical evidence and weigh their authenticity. It is important actually