Mr Banana
Tedious chump
I listen to LBC quite a bit and the call ins today on conspiracy theories made good entertainment but it is worrying that people think like this.
James O’Brien recently did a phone in regarding people who have fallen out with friends/family because of these conspiracies. I’m not speaking to a mate of mine anymore because he was constantly talking about, or sharing articles, of these conspiracy theories. It was something beforehand we could laugh about and disagree but recently he just seems to have become brainwashed, or even radicalised, by it all.
Wayfair trafficking children and Hilary Clinton involved in a child abduction ring in a pizza restaurant! They became all so far fetched , it was unbelievable. He’s an anti-masker too and the final straw for me was when he went on holiday this summer, came back home and didn’t quarantine. Instead he went to supermarkets and the gym without a mask, which even if you don’t “believe” in Covid, was irresponsible and selfish.
From listening to LBC though it seems many people have fallen out with friends or family members over it and there is no way of convincing these types of people otherwise. The standard reply is, “that’s that the BBC/SKY etc want you to believe”
People need answers, reasons and control. Any sense that these are difficult things to deduce at the moment is seen as a threat. For some, it's better to surmise the bizarre than accept the unknowable.