Conspiracy Theories

[kmo]

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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[toucansanctuary]

As you noted in your podcast on 9/11, it's important to understand who gains from 9/11. The same people who use the "conspiracy theory" term to isolate and discredit people are the same one who benefit from the event. Much of the frustration that we feel towards government officials is their seeming inability or unwillingness to use logic, or even make an attempt to understand the bigger picture. When you realize that their position and their livelihood are contingent upon them not understanding the big picture and by not using logic, you start to see them for what they really are

[mungojelly]

What I find odd about the 9/11 conspiracy movement is that there's this air about it as if 9/11 (were it proved) would be the first heinous thing the U.S. Government ever did! God, let's make the circumstantial case. Apparently for many people it still needs to be made. People are rejecting conspiracy theories on 9/11 based on a general presumption of innocence that they grant to the U.S. Federal Government! That shows that we have a major education gap!! Tuskegee came up in the corporate media cycle during the primaries (brought in quite forcefully, if senselessly, by Reverend Wright) and that too was treated with the "conspiracy" kid gloves (anyone who says that is craaaaazy), even though it's simply accepted history. But you just can't believe in the things that happened, or care, or you're part of the psychic tumor they're trying to remove

a link for them what care

[kmo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Allende