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Subject: Re: Wow - Conspiracy Nuts Think Govt/Meteorologists ENGINEERED
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On 2024-10-11, Grimble Crumble <grimblecrumble870@gmail.com> wrote:
> 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
>> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13947871/meteorologists-death-threats-debunk-hurricane-milton-conspiracy-theories.html
>> 
>> TV meteorologists say they have become hate figures to
>> conspiracy theorists who have been responding with death
>> threats to their lifesaving advice.
>> 
>> And the combination of two vicious hurricanes and an
>> overheated election race has created a perfect storm
>> of abuse from people who believe the damage is deliberate.
>> 
>> Some claim the fury has been supercharged by prominent
>> figures online including far-right Congresswoman Marjorie
>> Taylor-Greene who insisted 'they can control the weather'
>> as Hurricane Milton began its approach on Sunday.
>> 
>> WLNS Morning Meteorologist Katie Nickolaou is among those
>> who have been deluged with threatening messages after
>> trying to debunk the theories.
>> 
>> 'Murdering meteorologists won't stop hurricanes,' she
>> tweeted. 'I can't believe I just had to type that.'
>> 
>> . . .
>> 
>>   Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm ... these are people with ZERO grasp
>>   of the scale and energies associated with such storms.
>> 
>>   Can't make 'em, can't steer 'em, can't disappear 'em.
>> 
>>   Nuke 'em ? That'd just make them a bit larger, and
>>   radioactive.
>> 
>>   BUT, it's an election year, so .......
>> 
>
> What else can I do after someone refutes/debunks my baseless theories? They
> can't keep controlling the weather, if I kill 'em (sarcasm). The human
> race's ability to find patterns was/is very useful for our survival, but it
> also makes stupid conspiracy theories too easy to make. Birds aren't real.
>

I've met people who seem to think every event is man made.  According to
this world-view, if we didn't have shadowy figures manipulating the
world, there wouldn't be any earthquakes, hurricanes or tornados.