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A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - j.p. - 05-13-2020
Chapter 1: Coronavirus
Everything we need to know in a short article.
https://www.salon.com/2020/05/12/why-some-conspiracy-theorists-believe-bill-gates-is-behind-the-coronavirus/
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - k.d. - 05-13-2020
Can't read it because I use ad blocker. Try cut and paste to put it on the thread.
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - j.p. - 05-13-2020
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Why some conspiracy theorists believe Bill Gates is behind the coronavirus
Some conspiracy theorists assert that Gates created the virus, or wants to sterilize people with vaccines
Matthew Rozsa
May 12, 2020 11:00PM (UTC)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who says he warned President Donald Trump about the threat of pandemics in 2016, is the target of conspiracy theories claiming that he played a role in causing the pandemic. Beyond fringe websites and YouTube videos, such theories surrounding Gates' role in the pandemic have been spouted on cable news networks by prominent anchors.
Indeed, former Fox News and Fox Nation hosts Diamond and Silk — the stage names of Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richards — recently implied that Gates' desire for a vaccine was linked to a "population control" agenda. (They were later fired from the network for saying this.) Florida pastor Adam Fannin argued that Gates supports vaccination so he can implant "digital certificates" into people that would send information about COVID-19 infectees to the United Nations, and that Gates wants to "depopulate" the world.
Gates is a frequent target for QAnon and far right pundits as well as anti-vaxxers. Likewise, a Maryland state delegate seemed to support anti-shutdown protesters in Melbourne, Australia by tweeting "#ArrestBillGates gains worldwide momentum."
Other conspiracy theories assert that Gates started the virus, knew it was coming, or wants to sterilize people with vaccines.
"When it comes to Bill Gates–kinds of conspiracy theories, there could be some political motivations behind this," Dr. Adam Enders, assistant professor of political science at the University of Louisville, told Salon. "He is a champion of various kinds of liberal causes. I'm sure that that's part of it for some people, but for others, the deal with Bill Gates is more so that he's just the quintessential powerful elite. He's rich. Everybody kind of knows who he is and he's just a great person to kind of pin the virus on."
Joanne Miller, an associate professor of political psychology at the University of Delaware, pointed out to Salon that the conspiracy theories about Gates could prove dangerous to public health.
"At the individual level, they can be dangerous," Miller explained. "Say, for example, with regard to ones about COVID-19: If individuals who believe conspiracy theories around the virus choose not to get a vaccination when one ultimately is available, that's both dangerous for them and for surrounding communities. If a greater percentage of people don't get vaccinated, obviously that's a problem for the whole community."
Enders explained that there are a number of variables which drive certain groups of people toward conspiracy theories.
"When it comes to most conspiracy theories you find causes in various political, social and psychological factors," Enders told Salon. "If we're talking about a conspiracy theory that alleges that a political party or a particular political figure has done something or is being harmed by some other political group, then it would make sense that people would believe like-minded people would believe those kinds of conspiracy theories. In my work, we find that people who believe that the threat of the coronavirus has been exaggerated to hurt president Trump are more Republicans than the Democrats."
Joseph E. Uscinski, a political scientist at the University of Miami, told Salon that the conspiracy theories about Gates are for the most part being propagated by people who already view the world through a conspiratorial mindset.
"The people who are believing in those conspiracy theories were likely believing in similar conspiracy theories before the COVID-19 pandemic and they're just applying that style of thinking to this new thing," Uscinski explained. "Basically what we find is that the people who buy into these sorts of conspiracy theories do so because they have what we call underlying conspiracy thinking, meaning that they see the world through a conspiratorial lens."
"Events and circumstances to them are best explained by shadowy conspiracies operating the dark rather than due to other explanations," Uscinski continued. "When this new thing pops up and captivates them like a pandemic, they're going to say it must be a conspiracy because that's the tool in the toolbox that they always reach for as an explanation."
He later added, "If people have beliefs that are disconnected from our shared reality, then their actions are going to be potentially dangerous."
Enders told Salon that, while it may seem counterintuitive, people also turn to conspiracy theories because they find comfort in them.
Because even public health experts don't have a lot of the answers that we really need at this point, people turn to conspiracy theories because they kind of wash away the random," Enders explained. "They help us impose some structure on the world. So if this conspiracy theory wasn't just sort of an accident that could happen any time and we could sort of be caught like this again, but it's a bio weapon, then we have some kind of malevolent force to blame. They did this to us. It's not our fault. We couldn't have foreseen it. And if it's a bioweapon, but maybe there was an antidote or something like that. So it reduces some of these anxieties and some of these uncertainties just a little bit."
He added, "If we're thinking that threat's exaggerated or something like that, then we can say, Democrats are just behind this."
Matthew Rozsa
Matthew Rozsa is a staff writer for Salon. He holds an MA in History from Rutgers University-Newark and is ABD in his PhD program in History at Lehigh University. His work has appeared in Mic, Quartz and MSNBC.
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Why some conspiracy theorists believe Bill Gates is behind the coronavirus
Some conspiracy theorists assert that Gates created the virus, or wants to sterilize people with vaccines
Matthew Rozsa
May 12, 2020 11:00PM (UTC)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who says he warned President Donald Trump about the threat of pandemics in 2016, is the target of conspiracy theories claiming that he played a role in causing the pandemic. Beyond fringe websites and YouTube videos, such theories surrounding Gates' role in the pandemic have been spouted on cable news networks by prominent anchors.
Indeed, former Fox News and Fox Nation hosts Diamond and Silk — the stage names of Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richards — recently implied that Gates' desire for a vaccine was linked to a "population control" agenda. (They were later fired from the network for saying this.) Florida pastor Adam Fannin argued that Gates supports vaccination so he can implant "digital certificates" into people that would send information about COVID-19 infectees to the United Nations, and that Gates wants to "depopulate" the world.
Gates is a frequent target for QAnon and far right pundits as well as anti-vaxxers. Likewise, a Maryland state delegate seemed to support anti-shutdown protesters in Melbourne, Australia by tweeting "#ArrestBillGates gains worldwide momentum."
Other conspiracy theories assert that Gates started the virus, knew it was coming, or wants to sterilize people with vaccines.
"When it comes to Bill Gates–kinds of conspiracy theories, there could be some political motivations behind this," Dr. Adam Enders, assistant professor of political science at the University of Louisville, told Salon. "He is a champion of various kinds of liberal causes. I'm sure that that's part of it for some people, but for others, the deal with Bill Gates is more so that he's just the quintessential powerful elite. He's rich. Everybody kind of knows who he is and he's just a great person to kind of pin the virus on."
Joanne Miller, an associate professor of political psychology at the University of Delaware, pointed out to Salon that the conspiracy theories about Gates could prove dangerous to public health.
"At the individual level, they can be dangerous," Miller explained. "Say, for example, with regard to ones about COVID-19: If individuals who believe conspiracy theories around the virus choose not to get a vaccination when one ultimately is available, that's both dangerous for them and for surrounding communities. If a greater percentage of people don't get vaccinated, obviously that's a problem for the whole community."
Enders explained that there are a number of variables which drive certain groups of people toward conspiracy theories.
When it comes to most conspiracy theories you find causes in various political, social and psychological factors," Enders told Salon. "If we're talking about a conspiracy theory that alleges that a political party or a particular political figure has done something or is being harmed by some other political group, then it would make sense that people would believe like-minded people would believe those kinds of conspiracy theories. In my work, we find that people who believe that the threat of the coronavirus has been exaggerated to hurt president Trump are more Republicans than the Democrats."
Joseph E. Uscinski, a political scientist at the University of Miami, told Salon that the conspiracy theories about Gates are for the most part being propagated by people who already view the world through a conspiratorial mindset.
"The people who are believing in those conspiracy theories were likely believing in similar conspiracy theories before the COVID-19 pandemic and they're just applying that style of thinking to this new thing," Uscinski explained. "Basically what we find is that the people who buy into these sorts of conspiracy theories do so because they have what we call underlying conspiracy thinking, meaning that they see the world through a conspiratorial lens."
"Events and circumstances to them are best explained by shadowy conspiracies operating the dark rather than due to other explanations," Uscinski continued. "When this new thing pops up and captivates them like a pandemic, they're going to say it must be a conspiracy because that's the tool in the toolbox that they always reach for as an explanation."
He later added, "If people have beliefs that are disconnected from our shared reality, then their actions are going to be potentially dangerous."
Enders told Salon that, while it may seem counterintuitive, people also turn to conspiracy theories because they find comfort in them.
Because even public health experts don't have a lot of the answers that we really need at this point, people turn to conspiracy theories because they kind of wash away the random," Enders explained. "They help us impose some structure on the world. So if this conspiracy theory wasn't just sort of an accident that could happen any time and we could sort of be caught like this again, but it's a bio weapon, then we have some kind of malevolent force to blame. They did this to us. It's not our fault. We couldn't have foreseen it. And if it's a bioweapon, but maybe there was an antidote or something like that. So it reduces some of these anxieties and some of these uncertainties just a little bit."
He added, "If we're thinking that threat's exaggerated or something like that, then we can say, Democrats are just behind this."
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - k.d. - 05-13-2020
I have posted more than enough stuff here that debunks everything this guy is saying, including video of Gates admitting he wants to substantually get rid of the population. And anyone can do a minimum of research to find out why Gates and his entire operations were thrown out of India.
Also, remember, the phrase 'conspiracy theory' is a CIA term to try to illegitimize any dissent from free thinkers.
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - j.p. - 05-13-2020
(05-13-2020, 10:40 AM)k.d. Wrote: I have posted more than enough stuff here that debunks everything this guy is saying,Yes. Conspiracy dreams.
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - k.d. - 05-13-2020
Again, you've chosen the ignorance is bliss path.
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - j.p. - 05-13-2020
I look at the source. It's not hard to dismiss stories when they come from people whose entire lives are devoted to devising conspiracy theories.
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - k.d. - 05-13-2020
Quote:It's not hard to dismiss stories when they come from people whose entire lives are devoted to devising conspiracy theories.Chairman of Children Health Defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn't credible?
RFK Jr.’s full comment follows here:
Vaccines, for Bill Gates, are a strategic philanthropy that feed his many vaccine-related businesses (including Microsoft’s ambition to control a global vac ID enterprise) and give him dictatorial control over global health policy—the spear tip of corporate neo-imperialism.
Gates’ obsession with vaccines seems fueled by a messianic conviction that he is ordained to save the world with technology and a god-like willingness to experiment with the lives of lesser humans.
Promising to eradicate Polio with $1.2 billion, Gates took control of India ‘s National Advisory Board (NAB) and mandated 50 polio vaccines (up from 5) to every child before age 5. Indian doctors blame the Gates campaign for a devastating vaccine-strain polio epidemic that paralyzed 496,000 children between 2000 and 2017. In 2017, the Indian Government dialed back Gates’ vaccine regimen and evicted Gates and his cronies from the NAB. Polio paralysis rates dropped precipitously.
In 2017, the World Health Organization reluctantly admitted that the global polio explosion is predominantly vaccine strain, meaning it is coming from Gates’ Vaccine Program. The most frightening epidemics in Congo, the Philippines, and Afghanistan are all linked to Gates’ vaccines. By 2018, ¾ of global polio cases were from Gates’ vaccines.
In 2014, the Gates Foundation funded tests of experimental HPV vaccines, developed by GSK and Merck, on 23,000 young girls in remote Indian provinces. Approximately 1,200 suffered severe side effects, including autoimmune and fertility disorders. Seven died. Indian government investigations charged that Gates funded researchers committed pervasive ethical violations: pressuring vulnerable village girls into the trial, bullying parents, forging consent forms, and refusing medical care to the injured girls. The case is now in the country’s Supreme Court.
In 2010, the Gates Foundation funded a trial of a GSK’s experimental malaria vaccine, killing 151 African infants and causing serious adverse effects including paralysis, seizure, and febrile convulsions to 1,048 of the 5,049 children. …Continued on slides 2 + 3.
Continued…
RFK Jr. is reminding you that Bill Gates has hijacked the WHO for mass vaccination programs that are anything but safe. This doesn’t even touch upon the fact that Gates has, over the years, made numerous public statements about the need to control the world population and that vaccines offer the best ends to that means.
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - j.p. - 05-13-2020
Some of this reads like an anti-vaxxer editorial.
Do you have a link ?
RE: A Bill Gates conspiracy primer - k.d. - 05-13-2020
What facts do you dispute?