[world_peace42]

I remember last year when believing COVID may have come out of a lab made one a crank. It was only on certain news channels or specific papers. Of course, let's also assume there are no widespread liberal beliefs (the world is going to end in 12 years) that should label someone as a crank.

[rrose]

"the world is going to end in 12 years" is not a widespread belief, liberal or otherwise

[AnimalMuppet]

I believe that this claim refers to some of the more extreme climate alarmists. Claims that at least sound like this have in fact been made.

[rrose]

yeah, i know that's what it refers to, but it is a straw man. Nobody actually thinks the world is going to literally end in that short of a time frame, and the existence of claims vaguely like this still don't mean its a widely held belief.

[AnimalMuppet]

Well, if it's not widely held, then it shouldn't be as widely said. Saying it when everybody knows it's not true just makes you look like a nut case who's lost touch with reality. People who make such claims do their cause more harm than good.

[bosswipe]

Conspiracy theorists were right about so many things last year like hydroxychloroquine and 5g. So we should totally trust them now that Biden and scientists have decided to look more closely into the lab-leak possibility.

/s