If you want to know how baseless conspiracy theories get started, this is a good example...

[Nevilledog]

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Jeremy Duda
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Jun 25, 2021
If you want to know how baseless conspiracy theories get started, this is a good example. Someone with a big platform spews out some wild allegation with no substantiation, and other people start repeating it as fact because it appeals to them.





Jeremy Duda
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The next step is people start demanding that journalists take it seriously and insist that the media has to treat the allegation as credible until someone disproves it, despite the fact that there was never any evidence to back it up in the first place.
1:07 PM · Jun 25, 2021

[captain queeg]

1. Many people are saying... That sounds familiar.

[ShazamIam]

2. "Many are saying," but he can't name even one. Classic propaganda misinformation, sourcing.

They are saying, people are saying, organizations and businesses are saying, etc.

[grumpyduck]

3. Not surprised.

Depending on who asked and who was asked, I suspect that the "several" architects may have been playing CYA. Admitting that it may have been an act of nature would create the impression that whoever designed the building did not plan for it. IOW, architects pointing the finger at other architects.

[Biophilic]

4. These people are despicable. They will say and do anything for 15 minutes of fame.

How embarrassing. But I know they aren't embarrassed. So I'll feel a twinge for them since we belong to the same species. On second thought, I hope we don't. That would be too embarrassing for me. I'll just pretend I haven't a clue 'what' they are. I was going to compare them to another species in nature that I find as despicable as them, but I can't. I even like snakes better.

[brush]

5. The building is 40 years old so there shouldn't be negligence suits against the architects. Maybe...

the city and county fear being held accountable for okaying building on fill/reclaimed land. That could be what that's all about.

[Midnight Writer]

6. Republican architects are cranks.

[Nevilledog]

7. I'd bet ya a sizeable amount of money he talked to exactly ZERO architects

[Midnight Writer]

10. Republican media figures are cranks.

In fact, I've come to the conclusion that all Republicans are cranks.

[maxsolomon]

8. As an Architect, I would hope none of my colleagues would speak to Charlie Kirk.

But I suppose there are all kinds of us, even Republican Architects. I don't know any, but it is theoretically possible.

[SheilaAnn]

9. Name those architects Charlie..n/t