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503. 225.0860. In our world we are learning and I've been reminded with the DNC Convention

and I've been reminded in other areas that speaking about conspiracy theory is kind of a it's

an iffy situation it's an active insubordination really it's an act of insubordination really.

I mean it's like it's my little way of saying hey think about this.

It's not that I believe wholeheartedly in the conspiracies that are spun.

I just want you to think about the conspiracy

and the conspiracy theory and how they have been known to shine a light on the

door the darker corners of reality and now the new Democratic leadership is now out to banish the darkness.

Nothing wrong with that.

I don't want anybody to think that I'm going and saying,

oh, we have to live that I'm going and saying,

oh, we have to live miserable lives and blah, blah, blah, blah,

but you know, conspiracy theories and theories and thoughts and hunches

and all this, it's been used throughout this whole convention that I've been watching in

a derogatory fashion to belittle the ideas of a person who doesn't necessarily accept that everything can be taken at face value.

And these days it's used to denote a train of thought that is downright dangerous,

even an existential threat to civil society. And I stop and I ask myself, what are you afraid of?

What are you afraid of the debate? What are you afraid of someone who decides that they want to open up a conversation sharing information

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