Yeah, why would anyone want to spend their free time talking to other people who share a common interest? No one ever does that willingly, right?
Actually -- no joke -- I'm being paid to write
this post. There's a crew from Russian Television shooting today in our offices and one of our computing centers, and I was asked to do something "with a lot of typing" to make me look busy. So everyone smile and say "Soyuz!"
I guess, by that logic, that means he's being paid to spread misinformation about Apollo.
Oh no, the logic never works the same in both directions. Anyone who defends the mainstream view is obviously being paid to do so, because who else would be motivated to do it? Who would willingly ally with that? In contrast anyone who argues against the mainstream automatically has pure motives and altruistic intent. They are only trying to tell the truth.
[ whoops, there was a lighting problem -- take 2 ]
And if anyone happens to want money or solicit donations for any of the counter-mainstream activities, that's perfectly okay because it's money going to a good cause. And they have to try to match the obviously well-funded efforts of their critics.
But yeah, the double standard is pretty apparent. "If you post, you must be getting paid" has to work both directions if it works at all. It's hilarious to see conspiracists falling all over themselves to poison the well, monetarily speaking. My review of Bennett and Percy's book on Amazon.com has a couple of responses accusing me of being a paid shill and saying things like, "Of course he'll deny it, but it's true." I suspect it's the typical YooToobers, but the point remains deliciously hypocritical -- they're posting on the page of a pro-hoax book being
offered for sale for profit. These critics are either monumentally stupid or have no shame.
Okay, shooting done. And craft services has donuts.
