• Treczoks@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    20
    arrow-down
    10
    ·
    2 years ago

    My guess is that those “protesters” are paid and organized by some oil industry people (maybe without the activists glued to the floor knowing about this), just to give real climate activists a bad image. I’ve talked to a real climate activist recently, and she was furious about those “gullible idiots”.

      • Noughmad@programming.dev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        2 years ago

        Many conspiracies are true. Probably not the ones about aliens or lizard people, but certainly the ones about oil companies (and oil countries) lying and spreading propaganda.

          • glue_snorter@lemmy.sdfeu.org
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 years ago

            Yes it is a theory about a conspiracy. However, it’s not a “conspiracy theory”.

            A “conspiracy theory” is, by definition, lunatic - e.g. chemtrails, fake moon landing, vaccine microchips

            A plausible theory about a conspiracy is not a “conspiracy theory” - e.g. Epstein didn’t kill himself, environmentalists protesting a cycling event are a false flag op. These may be wrong; they may be ardently believed without sufficient evidence; but they are reasonable explanations for the given facts.