How do you react to conspiracy nuts?

[tinyp3nis]

USA is the super greatest best country ever, disagreeing is believing in a conspiracy.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by tinyp3nis
USA is the super greatest best country ever, disagreeing is believing in a conspiracy.

No, not thinking that we landed on the moon qualifies for conspiracy nuthood(same with 9/11, JFK, assassination, Pearl Harbor and the J00s)

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by tinyp3nis
USA is the super greatest best country ever, disagreeing is believing in a conspiracy.

That may have been the most ambiguous statement I've ever seen written here. Take a bow. That's something of note.

[tinyp3nis]

Can't a guy join a circle jerk without being doubted? Sorry if I didn't bring a new empty bucket.
I think I smell a conspiracy here, I only just now realised you guys have been on the payroll of nwo, narrowing down the debate and fooling people who read this site that every average joe swallows stuff from the press as is and never doubts anything because conspiracy means literally "not true" (look up in dictionary), don't try to catch me I'm long gone when the helico

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by SlowwHand


That may have been the 2ndmost ambiguous statement I've ever seen written here. Take a bow. That's something of note.

[Deity Dude]

How do you deal with people who believe everything the government/mainstream media tells them without question, won't look at any evidence to the contrary and dismiss all people with a different point of view as nuts, unpatriotic or "conspiracy theorists."

As for the ones you listed:

a) Bush did 9/11
b) Osama Bin Laden is a US agent
c) the moon landings were faked
d) the CIA killed Kennedy
e) Gorbachev secretly worked for the CIA
f) oil companies are secretly blocking solar power to keep us on oil.

a) I don't think Bush did it but I think there is alot more to the story than we are being told. Hence no true investigation.

b) don't believe it, but he was funded by the CIA when fighting the Russians in Afghanistan.

c) I find this one absurd.

d) don't know who killed Kennedy, but I don't believe the story we have been told is 100% true.

e) never heard this one and don't believe it. But if someone had evidence they wanted to show I would look at it.

f) They certainly aren't aiding in solar power but I doubt buggy manufacturers aided General Motors. So technically it's probably a conspiracy and technically it's probably true, but not at all devious or different than what any other business does (i.e. Senior Mgt, Board of Directors et al conspire to stay in business)

Finally, the term conspiracy theory is really a poor one or at least an extremely general one. A conspiracy is when 2 or more people plan something. If you post here that the food in my refrigerator is a result of my wife and I going shopping, you are a conspiracy theorist. A much better term would be government skeptic.

[Elok]

Tell him that HE is educated stupid and DESERVES TO DIE. Damned JEWS and ACADEMIC WORD GOD MORONS teach EVIL anti-cubicism that KILLS NATURE to suppress NATURE'S HARMONIC, SIMULTANEOUS, FOUR-DAY...

TIME CUBE!!!
TIME CUBE!!!!
TIME CUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Patroklos]

Obviously he is just masking his involvment in the conspiracy.

[Winston]

I bet he votes Democrat.

[BeBMan]

Originally posted by Deity Dude
Finally, the term conspiracy theory is really a poor one or at least an extremely general one. A conspiracy is when 2 or more people plan something. If you post here that the food in my refrigerator is a result of my wife and I going shopping, you are a conspiracy theorist. A much better term would be government skeptic.

Asking critical questions about politics/the guvmint/whatever is pretty much normal (and even needed in an open society). However the classical conspiracy stuff is more than a healthy bit of skepticism. Most of the time you see a rejection of any "official" version followed by the presentation of an alternative "truth". Of course, heaven forbids that one applies the entire criticism/skepticism thing to that as well. That is when conspiracy stuff moves from normal criticism to irrational "I want to believe" nonsense.

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by tinyp3nis
...conspiracy means literally "not true" (look up in dictionary)...

Since this post was mostly nonsensical, I'm not sure if the excerpt I've quoted was meant to be presented as fact. Regardless, I'd just like to point out that it's simply incorrect.

[tinyp3nis]

Originally posted by Lorizael


Since this post was mostly nonsensical, I'm not sure if the excerpt I've quoted was meant to be presented as fact. Regardless, I'd just like to point out that it's simply incorrect.

Maybe in the old version, I bet you didn't even check what they say now

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by tinyp3nis
Maybe in the old version, I bet you didn't even check what they say now

Actually peanuts are the fat ones, but there is also Henry to consider.

[rmsharpe]

Originally posted by Deity Dude
a) I don't think Bush did it but I think there is alot more to the story than we are being told. Hence no true investigation.

There's no investigation on a conspiracy because no such investigation is necessary; U.S. intelligence agencies dropped the ball and some nutball Saudis crashed planes into our buildings. I know it's hard to believe, but that's exactly what happened.

b) don't believe it, but he was funded by the CIA when fighting the Russians in Afghanistan.

False. The CIA did not fund, directly or indirectly, the MAK. The CIA provided assistance to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency which did have contact with the MAK.

d) don't know who killed Kennedy, but I don't believe the story we have been told is 100% true.

Physics disproves the second gunman theory; the trajectory and positioning of Oswald and the bullets has been tested and proven to be true.

f) They certainly aren't aiding in solar power but I doubt buggy manufacturers aided General Motors. So technically it's probably a conspiracy and technically it's probably true, but not at all devious or different than what any other business does (i.e. Senior Mgt, Board of Directors et al conspire to stay in business)

There are enough companies without significant stakes in oil companies to attempt to promote such products if they're economically sound. Since solar power doesn't produce nearly as much energy as oil/coal/natural gas nor is as economically efficient, solar power remains a novelty.

Finally, the term conspiracy theory is really a poor one or at least an extremely general one. A conspiracy is when 2 or more people plan something. If you post here that the food in my refrigerator is a result of my wife and I going shopping, you are a conspiracy theorist. A much better term would be government skeptic.

Not necessarily; your belief in "conspiracy F" didn't have anything to do with the government, unless the Trilateral Commission or something is involved.

[Zkribbler]

It's a 3-step process.

Step One: Point out to him there's no evidence supporting his theory.
Step Two: He will retort that the lack of evidence proves the cover-up of the conspiracy.
Step Three: Hit him in the head with a hammer.