The use of the term "conspiracy theory" to paint someone as a lunatic without actually bothering to find fault with the specifics of their ideas is a pet peeve of mine. Given that we're so close to September 11th, that odious phrase, "conspiracy theory," and the laziness and dishonesty that go with it have really been stinking up the memetosphere
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I have a countermeme to what Keith Olbermann has recently & brilliantly entitled "9/11tm", the use of 9/11 as a totemic brand name for militarism and oppression. What I am doing is to respond on some level every time I encounter the date 9/11 with the story and the memory and the soul of the man Salvador Allende. He was martyred on 9/11 you may know, killed in a coup supported by the CIA. The eleventh was the date by the force of Allende's will: Since he knew of the plots against him, the twelfth was the date on which he was calling for a referendum to prove that the people still supported him, that they still supported the mandate they had given him in his democratic election. Rest in peace, Salvador Allende, and long live your memory!
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