RedDeathFlower13 wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
RedDeathFlower13 wrote:
He's an opportunistic liar, but Bohemian Grove is very real.
It's real, but like a lot of other groups (Masons, Jews, Jesuits, etc) there's a lot of claims peddled about them that are absolutely bonkers.
At times it's stunning how easily people shut down their critical thinking whenever a certain group they dislike comes up.
Who says I dislike them? I find this stuff so intruiging. Why would a bunch of conservative old fuddy duddies claiming Liberals are Satan-worshipping pedophile lizard people meet up in secret to perform such a bonkers ritualistic ceremony every year?

To be fair, I wasn't accusing you of disliking them, but you've probably seen it; when people make claims about any of those groups (or the Illuminati is another common one), common sense goes out the window.
We're supposed to believe they pull all the strings, predict all of the unforeseen consequences, are on the verge of enslaving humanity, etc.
Typically the goals ascribed to the groups make no sense unless one sees the group in question as a diabolical cartoon villain formed of men twirling their moustaches and plotting evil for the sake of evil.
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