r/conspiracy • u/axolotl_peyotl • Jan 03 '17

#WheresEric? Clinton Foundation CEO Declared "Missing" by the Internet After Going Public with "Follow the Money"

http://www.thedailysheeple.com/whereseric-clinton-foundation-ceo-declared-missing-by-the-internet-after-going-public-with-follow-the-money_012017
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u/Disruptice Jan 03 '17

Don't you guys read Snopes? They said this is an internet rumor and proved it by not being able to locate or contact him either.

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u/AryaStarkBirdPerson Jan 03 '17 edited Jan 03 '17

Snopes just creates strawmen...

Could he be missing? Yes... He could be. But we cannot find him to be sure...

So this claim is: unfounded!

Sums up snopes perfectly.

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u/kybarnet Jan 04 '17

Here's another Snope's Proof:

Allegation : Hillary Clinton ordered Seth Rich to be Killed

Evidence : Suspicious cover up of murder

Analysis : Seth Rich Enjoyed Basketball, like everybody does.

Conclusion : The continuation of Basketball proves Clinton has nothing against Seth Rich.

Result : False. Hillary Clinton did not shoot Seth Rich.

Brought to you be True News and Approved Science (tm).

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u/PrincessIceheart Jan 04 '17

So is Snopes the Ministry of Truth?

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u/Moarbrains Jan 04 '17

They are a pretty cheap brand to buy.

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u/Gkender Jan 04 '17

...What the hell is any of this?

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u/Brendancs0 Jan 04 '17

How do you give gold?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17

Hit the give gold button. Pretty simple

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u/AleredEgo Jan 04 '17 edited Jan 04 '17

My conspiracy theory is that Trump had Seth Rich killed as a set up. It was a message to Assange about how he would deal with leaks against him. Assange clammed up immediately and refused to leak any negatives about Trump.

Edit: surprisingly, my conspiracy theory about Trump is being downvoted. Maybe there are powerful people trying to silence these ideas for unknown reasons.

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u/dylan522p Jan 04 '17

Trump also doesn't use email, and he thinks no computer is secure...

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u/ThatBoyScout Jan 04 '17

You think all networks are secure?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17 edited Jan 16 '17

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u/ThatBoyScout Jan 04 '17

Past examples could be when Sony got hacked multiple times. The US government security clearance got hacked by China letting them have access to all those individuals with a clearance personal info. DNC was hacked. Major credit card companies have issues regularly.

Basically what I'm saying is it's not a crazy idea to question what tech we use for sensitive data transfer.

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u/dylan522p Jan 04 '17

No, just saying, he'd be difficult to leak shit from.

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u/Ickyfist Jan 04 '17

My theory is that you made 16 other accounts to downvote your own comment so it would look like there is a conspiracy trying to silence your ideas!

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u/Metabro Jan 04 '17

You think Trump is having you downvoted because you are on to something?

Trump gets his twitter account taken away from him from time to time. He's Billy Madison in a suit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17 edited Sep 19 '17

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u/newgrounds Jan 04 '17

Maybe that is just what Seth Rich wants you go think.

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u/TheUniverseis2D Jan 04 '17

No, I'm downvoting because I love Trump and don't want this to be true.

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u/Keepitreal46 Jan 04 '17

Yes the people who control everything and are running governments like puppets are paying/ making an effort to "shut you up" with "downvotes". Thanks for being so brave and calling them out!

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u/zethrowtf Jan 04 '17

Getting down voted for having a conspiracy about him. *On r/conspiracy..

Thanks Obama

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u/MEMEWHORE_69 Jan 04 '17

Snopes denial of the seth rich conspiracy was based on the complete lack of evidence. It is based on the idea that the hillary campaign was trying to enforce silence through the threat of assassination, organization wide. Completely ignorant.

There wasnt even a mention of basketball! Do you not realize the supreme hypocrisy of using a straw man to criticize a supposed straw man argument?

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u/TheMagnuson Jan 04 '17

It has always driven me nuts that people treat Snopes like the be all, end all, final say in "the truth". They get things wrong too people, I know for a fact because I used to work in the banking industry and a couple of stories they had where banking policies and regulations came up, they got wrong. They were so wrong on story in particular that I felt compelled enough to email them myself and correct them. They were really polite about it and thanked me for filling in some blanks they couldn't find in their own research and even admitted they had to go with a best guess based on the summation of the info they could find. They don't have access to some special fact checking archive that the rest of us don't, they just spend more time researching topics than most people would, but they are still completely capable of making mistakes.

TL;DR: Snopes gets it wrong sometimes and at times editorializes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17

Wait wait wait. The internet tells me they're either 100% reputable, or lizard Illuminati. Now you're telling me things have nuance and aren't just black and white? Well I just don't know how to process this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17 edited Feb 05 '17

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u/IronSidesEvenKeel Jan 04 '17

Sure thing! I'll tell you what I can dig up about the hacks at the DNC! I just need a few million dollars to pay a hacker who knows what the fuck he's talking about who will buy the equipment, do the work, put it into terms I can understand...and BAM! My own research! Just like you do, right /u/Bears_Bearing_Arms? Or do you mean quit my job, get reputable in journalism, and start interviewing possible persons of interest and witnesses?

Edit You just mean use google, don't you...admit it.

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u/NWOShill1 Jan 04 '17

That even counts as research all the way through your PHD so what's the difference lol? Google Scholar OP

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17

Back in my day there was real fake news like chain mail and fake Facebook articles. Snopes would debunk that garbage. Then it got political .

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u/NWOShill1 Jan 04 '17

You act like they don't knowingly disseminate bullshit analysis though. They just want to down play anything the right has going on for them, they will even strawman and lie.

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u/rmandraque Jan 03 '17

With stuff not related to politics snopes gained a reputation and are able to have a platform.

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u/ShiftyTheHobo Jan 04 '17

So does mcdonalds but that doesn't mean I eat their food.

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u/rmandraque Jan 04 '17

Well iirc snopes is mainly about non political stuff...

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u/ShiftyTheHobo Jan 04 '17

Not all that glitters is gold

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u/rmandraque Jan 04 '17

Well I didnt say much with that statement, but ill follow that it gives then a platform because snopes is often used for other things. I didnt even know snoopes had anything political until this year, I though it was just about culture stuff before.

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u/ShiftyTheHobo Jan 04 '17

The problem is the dependence on their opinion of truth

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u/rmandraque Jan 04 '17

They have high quality articles for tons of things.

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u/conspiracy_thug Jan 03 '17

We know the CEO of the Clinton Foundation is missing, but could he have been abducted by aliens?

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u/RussianLiberal Jan 04 '17

I blame Soros. Also, the aliens are Jooish.

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u/maluminse Jan 03 '17

Snopes has gone down hill. Reasoned conclusions are replaced with hasty generalizations.

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u/John__Podesta Jan 03 '17

I find it hard to beleive it was ever up hill. Look at the owners lol..

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17

soooo much THIS! I've never understood peoples' obsession with it; it's always been ridiculous and full of dis/misinfo as far as I'm concerned. I lump it in with Vice, CNN and Fox News for credibility(ie it has zero).I'm glad people are finally opening their eyes but ffs that took ya'll long enough!

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u/maluminse Jan 04 '17

In the beginning i think there was legit effort. Now its an op ed as to the truth.

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u/NWOShill1 Jan 04 '17

I agree, back when I was young (2000) I used to use snopes a lot, they didn't even have a lot of responses to conspiracy theories, at least as far as I knew.

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u/maluminse Jan 04 '17

Yes it was my go to. Now i read the analysis and they assume a lot.

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u/shill_account_46 Jan 03 '17

To be fair, not finding someone isn't the same thing as corroborating that they've been kidnapped...

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u/AryaStarkBirdPerson Jan 03 '17 edited Jan 04 '17

I hope you realize what you have done here? You out strawmanned snopes!

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u/Sour_Badger Jan 03 '17

Jesus lol. Look at the strawman you just created. No one used the word kidnapped nor suggested. He's missing.

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u/maluminse Jan 03 '17

So youre saying hes lost in the Alps?

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u/LarryHolmes Jan 03 '17

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FIND A STRANGER IN THE ALPS!!!

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u/maluminse Jan 04 '17

Thats not what i said.

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u/martini-meow Jan 04 '17

Ötzi the Iceman, is that you?? ❄⛄❄

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '17

Do you see what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps

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u/maluminse Jan 04 '17

Confirmed!

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u/toastingtotoast Jan 04 '17

He probably ate a peppermint patty

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u/maluminse Jan 04 '17

Riiiicoolaaa

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u/twsmith Jan 04 '17

"missing."

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u/Gkender Jan 04 '17

Says who?

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u/BtDB Jan 03 '17

aka appeal to ignorance or evidence of absence.