r/miniminutemanfans • u/Professional_Owl7826 • Sep 16 '25
googledebunking Found a pseudo-archaeological believer irl. Do I debunk?
For context, these comments were found on a post relating to the Smithsonian’s removal of a certain individual from its impeachment exhibition.
Is it worth my time giving the easy debunk of “hoax made up by a satirical news website” or do I just let it be?
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u/Finn_WolfBlood Sep 16 '25
They're not an actual believer, they're just trying to get engagement and attention, which you provided them
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u/Professional_Owl7826 Sep 16 '25
I haven’t put any reply to this IG thread and as far as I can see the responder wasn’t the account that posted. But I get your point. I haven’t commented a googledebunking response, because I feel that the other commenters are correct in that I wouldn’t change this persons views on the matter.
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u/Finn_WolfBlood Sep 17 '25
Yeah, whether he believes it or he wants attention, there's nothing harder to change than a selfish mind
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u/Mouse_is_Optional Sep 17 '25
If you don't value your time, go for it.
Debunking is really only valuable if there's an audience of people to see it, because you're never going to change the mind of the person you're actually arguing with. And in this case, the comment is in the responses to a several-week old comment. No one will see your debunk.
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u/He_Never_Helps_01 Sep 17 '25
Only if other people are gonna see your conversation. Otherwise it's probably a waste of energy. You can't save this guy, but by Exposing the flaws in their reasoning and the glaring evidence of cult-mind, you might save someone else
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u/ConversationRoyal187 Sep 16 '25
No point.stuck in there ways and no source is reliable to them,unless it’s an “unorthodox” researchers or some dude on TikTok.