Ah, you're a long-timer there! I joined just this year, lurked before that. I'm chuckling, because I think you're right, my idea of "normie" is likely way off. Thanks for the "reality check" ! ;-)
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No, It's funny because FR has in fact become a normie site. Ideas we kind of take for granted now (at about 50% of the country) were somewhat radical to speak about back then. A website dedicated to aggregating and discussing news from a conservative viewpoint got it labelled as a home of conspiracy theorists and people were considered pariahs for admitting they spent time there.
Rathergate was a big deal in its time, it was the first crowdsourced investigation that I was aware of. Not sure what revisionist history says, but it significantly contributed to the downfall of Dan Rather, who was a teller of lies cloaked as mainstream news.
There are some here who are waiting for the media to cover pizzagate, but rathergate shows that the media is a large part of the problem. There won't be coverage until the voice of the people shame them into it. That is why I am grateful to see the eyes of the internet turn toward pizzagate. This target is larger, more nebulous, and more powerful, but I've seen what the light of truth can do when people use it.
I believe there is a time and purpose for all things. FR is a shell of its former self for various reasons, but it seems the culmination of its purpose was in rathergate. The Donald may have just fulfilled its purpose in getting Trump elected and funneling pizzagate info to the public.
I think we are in for the longest and hardest battle for our lives with pizzagate. Gird yourselves, and do not grow weary of doing good.
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Ah, you're a long-timer there! I joined just this year, lurked before that. I'm chuckling, because I think you're right, my idea of "normie" is likely way off. Thanks for the "reality check" ! ;-)
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No, It's funny because FR has in fact become a normie site. Ideas we kind of take for granted now (at about 50% of the country) were somewhat radical to speak about back then. A website dedicated to aggregating and discussing news from a conservative viewpoint got it labelled as a home of conspiracy theorists and people were considered pariahs for admitting they spent time there.
Rathergate was a big deal in its time, it was the first crowdsourced investigation that I was aware of. Not sure what revisionist history says, but it significantly contributed to the downfall of Dan Rather, who was a teller of lies cloaked as mainstream news.
There are some here who are waiting for the media to cover pizzagate, but rathergate shows that the media is a large part of the problem. There won't be coverage until the voice of the people shame them into it. That is why I am grateful to see the eyes of the internet turn toward pizzagate. This target is larger, more nebulous, and more powerful, but I've seen what the light of truth can do when people use it.
I believe there is a time and purpose for all things. FR is a shell of its former self for various reasons, but it seems the culmination of its purpose was in rathergate. The Donald may have just fulfilled its purpose in getting Trump elected and funneling pizzagate info to the public.
I think we are in for the longest and hardest battle for our lives with pizzagate. Gird yourselves, and do not grow weary of doing good.