# Do doomsayers inherently encourage suicide or other extreme action? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2024, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doomsayers-inherently-encourage-suicide-or-other-extreme-action/1003613 "2024-07-02T02:52:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doomsayers-inherently-encourage-suicide-or-other-extreme-action/1003613/24 "2024-07-04T01:35:48Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > They are selling you on the news(and their ad content). Even the examples on this message board? > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’d ask @Leaper who is this putative “someone”? Literally anyone, including posters here. > [@bump](#): > > I think the catch is that you’re assuming that the doomsayers know it all and are right. Not quite the focus of what I’m asking about. I did in another thread I started, but not this one. The important part is that _the doomsayers in question themselves fully believe what they’re saying._ (Though obviously not all do.) What I’m saying is, when I read someone, from a random Doper to a nationally exposed pundit, say something like “we’re screwed” or “American democracy is over if Trump is elected [and he is],” I hear an _inherent_ message they’re trying to send me and persuade me of: it’s hopeless, your life will be ruined, the fascists will come for you and your friends and put them in camps. It’s not about believing them in this case. I’m saying they are sending and trying to spread that message, whether deliberately or not. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I sure hope @Leaper’s username is not a reference to a penchant for standing on high places considering a leap into oblivion. No. While you didn’t believe me the first time, I suppose you have no reason to believe me now, but no. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doomsayers-inherently-encourage-suicide-or-other-extreme-action/1003613)._