Every once in a while, there comes along an idea that many of us wish we’d thought of first. Here’s the latest one, “Birds Aren’t Real.” This conspiracy theory is getting a lot of attention on social media and YouTube those hotbeds of Great Truths.
If you can believe conspiracy theories about January 6th,
the stolen election and the endless lies, large and small we hear from Mar a
Largo these days, why not this?
If birds aren’t real, what are they? Why of course!
They’re replicas. They’re government owned drones put in the air to spy on
you. They recharge on power lines. You touch one of those and you
might get zapped. But those crows and bluebirds and robins and cuckoos who just
hang out on them… nothing happens. If one falls off and you examine it, brush
the wings apart and you’ll see a digital readout that says “Fast Charged by
Motorola.”
Where did this come from? According to reports in the
NYTimes, they are the brainchild of 23-year-old Peter McIndoe who lives in his
well decorated, clearly marked van with the conspiracy’s name in professionally
done lettering too large for anyone to ignore.
But Peter is not alone. He has followers all over the place.
The photo at the top of this post is from New York. But billboards are up
in several other major cities and population centers.
The question now is does anyone take this seriously?
And the answer is simple. If you can believe that the 2020 presidential
election was stolen… if you can believe that Coronavirus is fake… if you can
believe in the Deep State, Qanon, and that the Capitol Coup attempt was the
work of the far left -- which can’t agree on anything let alone violent
overthrow of the US government -- then you can believe that birds aren’t real.
This conspiracy is a work of genius. It is a teaching
moment that will fail to reach the people who need it most. It is strong
evidence that people will believe anything.
There’s disproof, of course, that birds aren’t real. There
are several way good ways to find out for yourself.
Ask yourself what you ate for Thanksgiving dinner. Try to
catch one on the ground. Watch a working woodpecker. Find a book by Audubon and
read it.
Or -- more convincingly -- stand under a flying pigeon.
I’m Wes Richards. My opinions are my own but you’re welcome
to them. ®
Any Questions? wesrichards@gmail.com
© WR 2021
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