860 Mick West on UFO conspiracy theories
Stand Up! with Pete Dominick
Pete Dominick
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre …
All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in some cases, outright lies. But many people passionately believe one or more of these conspiracy theories. They consume countless books and videos, join like-minded online communities, try to convert those around them, and even, on occasion, alienate their own friends and family. Why is this, and how can you help people, especially those closest to you, break free from the downward spiral of conspiracy thinking?
9 mins In Escaping the Rabbit Hole, author Mick West shares over a decade’s worth of knowledge and experience investigating and debunking false conspiracy theories through his forum, MetaBunk.org, and sets forth a practical guide to helping friends and loved ones recognize these theories for what they really are.
Perhaps counterintuitively, the most successful approaches to helping individuals escape a rabbit hole aren’t comprised of simply explaining why they are wrong; rather, West’s tried-and-tested approach emphasizes clear communication based on mutual respect, honesty, openness, and patience.
West puts his debunking techniques and best practices to the test with four of the most popular false conspiracy theories today (Chemtrails, 9/11 Controlled Demolition, False Flags, and Flat Earth)―providing road maps to help you to understand your friend and help them escape the rabbit hole. These are accompanied by real-life case studies of individuals who, with help, were able to break free from conspiracism.
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| 0:00.0 | From a deep-abricated solar-powered garden shed in Rockland County, New York, USA, this |
| 0:09.4 | is Stand Up with Pete Dominick. |
| 0:12.5 | On today's episode, how to be the life of your next dance party by putting your face |
| 0:18.0 | in front of that smoke machine. |
| 0:25.7 | Now the podcast host who's got an outdoor smoke machine, he'd like to share Pete Dominick. |
| 0:35.3 | Oh yeah, you nailed it today, Pete Goh, because the entire North East and all the way down |
| 0:40.3 | like Virginia Beach has covered in a dangerous haze, a dangerous orange haze, and you know |
| 0:46.3 | what orange haze means, indictments are sure to come. |
| 0:50.3 | See what I did there? |
| 0:51.3 | I'll hit that in the news if you don't know, and I'm talking about. |
| 0:54.7 | But first, gotta tell you, I have an amazing guest today. |
| 0:57.4 | It's the great Mick West joining me for, I think just a second time, every writer, investigator, |
| 1:03.2 | coder, conspiracy theory, myth debunker, communicates science amazingly, and debunks false conspiracy |
| 1:10.0 | theories all the time on Twitter at Mick West, escaping the rabbit hole is his book and |
| 1:15.5 | it is good, and he is good. |
| 1:17.2 | I spoke with him about the latest UFO story, getting a whole bunch of attention from quote |
| 1:23.2 | whistleblower David Grush, who is a former military Air Force veteran, and it is a good |
| 1:29.8 | conversation. |
| 1:30.8 | A lot of you I think are going to be interested in this. |
| 1:32.8 | Maybe some of you aren't, I certainly was, but hey, if you'd rather something else, |
| 1:36.9 | I've also dropped my conversation with Bill Boyle for an additional podcast where we |
| 1:43.5 | talk about speaking of conspiracies, who blew up the damn in Ukraine? |
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