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Christine Ford Deep State Theories and Retiring From Conspiracy
from Time To Retire · #116
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6 minTim mocks online theories connecting Christine Blasey Ford's family to CIA fronts and Fusion GPS, argues that George W. Bush and the Bush family represent the closest thing to a real deep state, and announces he's exhausted by conspiracy culture and wants to retire from it.
- 26:05Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon argues the CIA pushed the hippie movement to discredit legitimate anti-war activism.
- 27:07Another Nineteen tries to profile alternative suspects to the 19 hijackers but comes off too paranoid.
- 27:57Finding out someone's father worked for the CIA raises questions, but people jump to conclusions without investigating further.
- 28:30Tim argues you can't analyze conspiracy theories through a political lens—once you do, you've already lost.
- 29:05The Clintons are out to pasture and can't help anyone anymore, yet conspiracy theories keep treating them as puppet masters.
- 29:17Brett Kavanaugh would be a dream target for the deep state if they actually wanted leverage over someone.
- 29:35If a real deep state existed and needed to stop Trump, they would kill him rather than obstruct a Supreme Court nominee for a week.
- 30:29Tim announces he has to retire from conspiracy theories because the discourse has become too absurd.
- 30:51He no longer wants conspiracy tips from people on Instagram and Twitter, saying he'll die not knowing what actually happened.
- 31:19Advice for conspiracy theorists: pick one conspiracy like a vocation and get into it instead of chasing everything.
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