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"I'm just asking questions!"
Sealioning as a justification for corrupt policy.
Flood the zone with shit
Trump's diaper is full again?
Hey remember when not everyone agreed that cigarettes cause lung cancer? Who was it that funded research in bad faith to suggest that people should totally not worry and keep buying cigarettes... oh right, the people selling cigarettes.
Believe if it was only now that the revelation that cigarettes cause cancer was in progress, there would be a large, confident contingent of folks swearing they're actually great for you led by the likes of RFK Jr.
The tobacco companies funded a small army of shills who said exactly that, publishing fraudulent papers and feeding the media's phony simplistic need for "balance."
I can recommend the movie Thank You For Smoking.
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2025
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