Conspiracy Theories

[Super Bee]

With the 9/11 anniversary yesterday it had me thinking of conspiracy theories. It seams lately more and more of these theories are becoming reality. Just a handful of the popular ones I am finding online.

- 9/11- Is everyone still believing the talking points?
- Oklahoma City.
- JFK, Bobby, Marilyn.
- Moon landing? Personally, I still believe we did.
- Joe Biden- Is it really him? The earlobe thing is a bit weird.
- UFO's.
- Justin Trudeau Castro's son?

 

[tcecil88]

What about the one about Obama being gay and Michelle is actually a tranny dude?

 

[hooky]

Conspiracy theories are like the moon landings. They're all fake.

Except the collusion between hot dog makers and the bun bakers forcing you to buy unwanted product. That's real, like Bigfoot.

 

[printcraft]

What about the one about Obama being gay and Michelle is actually a tranny dude?

Post foul:
The title of the thread is conspiracy "theories" not "widely accepted facts".

 

[OneBadV8]

 

[Super Bee]

What about the one about Obama being gay and Michelle is actually a tranny dude?

I was actually thinking about posting this one, had to leave something for someone else.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

I'm always surprised by the number of honest-to-goodness flat-earther's out there.

At the last job I had before my current one, I had a guy call in and start out with some rather mundane sounding questions, but before I knew it he had steered the conversation into talking about how the moon landings were all fake and the earth is actually flat. I should've just hung up on him, but it was a slow afternoon, and I was being entertained far too much. I think he went on for a good half hour before I politely told him I needed to go, but to please send us an email with more information about his ideas. He never did.

 

[Airtevron1]

I'm always surprised by the number of honest-to-goodness flat-earther's out there.

At the last job I had before my current one, I had a guy call in and start out with some rather mundane sounding questions, but before I knew it he had steered the conversation into talking about how the moon landings were all fake and the earth is actually flat. I should've just hung up on him, but it was a slow afternoon, and I was being entertained far too much. I think he went on for a good half hour before I politely told him I needed to go, but to please send us an email with more information about his ideas. He never did.

Of course the Earth is flat. What escapes me is why people dont see the obvious round Earth conspiracy orginations.

The globe manufacturing industry, duh.

 

[Airtevron1]

What about the one about Obama being gay and Michelle is actually a tranny dude?

Obama’s resurfaced love letters reveal he made love to men ‘in the imagination’

Former president’s love letters to his ex-girlfriend reveal his ‘androgynous mind’

www.independent.co.uk

Just sayin'...

 

[OneBadV8]

I'm always surprised by the number of honest-to-goodness flat-earther's out there.

At the last job I had before my current one, I had a guy call in and start out with some rather mundane sounding questions, but before I knew it he had steered the conversation into talking about how the moon landings were all fake and the earth is actually flat. I should've just hung up on him, but it was a slow afternoon, and I was being entertained far too much. I think he went on for a good half hour before I politely told him I needed to go, but to please send us an email with more information about his ideas. He never did.

Or the ones saying that Australia isn't real?

 

[AndreusMaximus]

Or the ones saying that Australia isn't real?

I've never actually met somebody in real life who believed that for real, though. It always seemed to me that the people online talking about it are just messing around. I get the same feeling from the "birds aren't real" folks.

 

[printcraft]

 

[OneBadV8]

I've never actually met somebody in real life who believed that for real, though. It always seemed to me that the people online talking about it are just messing around. I get the same feeling from the "birds aren't real" folks.

I think they're the same folks

 

[printcraft]

 

[printcraft]

 

[OneBadV8]

well played Birds... well played

 

[blain]

"Conspiracy theory" is a pejorative term used to dismiss a line of thinking.
Much like the popular use of the words "racist" or "Nazi".
They're used to shut down discussion, rather than spur it on.

 

[OneBadV8]

 

[Brad69]

Just saying?

Carlson spoke to Larry Sinclair, who alleged that in 1999, “I had given Barack $250 to pay for coke, I start putting a line on a CD tray to snort and next thing I know he’s got a little pipe and he’s smoking it.” The Barack Obama & Larry Sinclair: Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder? author added, “So I just started rubbing my hand along his thighs to see where it was going, and it went the direction I had intended it to go.” The 40-minute interview is available on X

 

[AndreusMaximus]

"Conspiracy theory" is a pejorative term used to dismiss a line of thinking.
Much like the popular use of the words "racist" or "Nazi".
They're used to shut down discussion, rather than spur it on.

That's true a lot of the time. I still find myself using the phrase, though, because I don't know of any other phrase to refer to an idea that typically sounds outlandish and bizarre at first glance, involves deception and hiding of information by powerful organizations on a massive scale, and is typically promoted/investigated by individuals without any type of official organization.

Personally, I think conspiracy theories, even the ones that I find laughable, are necessary for a healthy society. As you implied, it's never a good thing for certain lines of thinking to be dismissed off-hand without giving a fair consideration for the evidence.