By the editor of The Conspiracy Files, Volume 2: More Events the Media Would Like You to Forget
Conspiracy theories. What to some is a sign of critical thinking is, to others, a sign of dangerous insubordination.
I was taught by my father that a good argument can stand up to criticism and that finding someone who disagreed was a fine way to test your theory. I’ve never been too bothered when folks disagree with me. In fact, I’m eager to know why. I want to learn whether or not I’m missing something.
But these days, it seems that I’m in the minority.
The “danger” of conspiracy theories
The term has long been used in a derogatory fashion to belittle the ideas of a person who doesn’t necessarily accept that everything can be taken at face value. These days, it’s used to denote a train of thought that is downright dangerous, even an existential threat to civil society.
What’s everyone so afraid of?
Normies – folks who aren’t big questions of the status quo – used to just shake their heads and smile at the “quirky” conspiracy theorist in their life. They considered it a harmless past-time, an eccentricity.
However, now we have the media breathlessly warning people of the innate deadly danger of conspiracy theories and the people who espouse them. Outright FEAR is being stoked. Let’s take a closer look.
The FBI warning
Back in 2019, the FBI said that conspiracy theories posed a domestic terrorism threat:
“The FBI assesses anti-government, identity based, and fringe political conspiracy theories very likely motivate some domestic extremists, wholly or in part, to commit criminal and sometimes violent activity,” the document said. “The FBI further assesses in some cases these conspiracy theories very likely encourage the targeting of specific people, places, and organizations, thereby increasing the likelihood of violence against these targets.”
The document continued to say that the bureau reached its conclusion “with high confidence” and based on information it obtained from other federal agencies, open source information, court documents, FBI investigations, and human sources.
Yep, this is the same FBI whose own documents concluded that they had investigated the Trump campaign without justification. The one whose director was caught violating DOJ policies and breaking protocol in a lackluster investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails.
Pardon me if I’m not too worried about what the FBI thinks.
The academic warning
Then we have the people who consider themselves smarter than the rest of us: the academics. The website “The Conversation” boasts that their content “is written by university scholars and researchers with deep expertise in their subjects, sharing their knowledge in their own words.”
So it must be true, right?
Anyway, a postdoctoral research fellow in philosophy warns us of the “dangers” of conspiracy theories. He kindly dumbs it down for the peons by comparing it to “the floor is lava.”
When a child declares that “the floor is lava,” few if any believe the declaration. But that child, and others, begin to act as if the declaration were true. Those who do may clamber onto furniture, and repeat the declaration to others who enter the space. Some children play just for fun, some play to show off their climbing and jumping skills, and some play to appease the child who initiated the game.
Some kids quickly tire of the game and wish to stop playing, but like or respect the child who initiated the game, and don’t want to upset that person by stopping. As the game progresses, some take it too seriously. Furniture is damaged, and some get injured while attempting to leap from one raised surface to another. The lava is fake, but real things get broken.
More seriously, when Donald Trump claimed that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged,” some officials and ordinary citizens acted accordingly. Whether out of sincere belief, partisanship, loyalty to Trump or financial opportunism, many Americans behaved as if the 2020 election was unfairly decided.
Some people acting as if the election conspiracy theory were true assembled in Washington, D.C., some stormed the Capitol building and, behind the scenes, some developed a scheme to submit fake slates of electors supporting Trump’s reelection despite his loss at the ballot box. The people involved in these activities could count on the support of others who endorsed the rigged election claim, even if these endorsements were largely insincere.
The costs of acting as if the 2020 election were rigged are no doubt greater than those for acting as if the floor is lava. The costs of acting as if the 2020 election were rigged led to millions of dollars worth of damage to the Capitol building, led to hundreds of arrests for Capitol rioters, led to multiple deaths and imperiled American democracy.
My goodness, that’s a lot of rhetoric, isn’t it?
I guess he missed that documentary 2000 Mules, huh? Of course, a journalist on NPR said that 2000 Mules is a “wild tale” and a “conspiracy theory” with “absolutely no evidence.” Heck, it’s downright “extremism.”
But the film is the latest in a long line of movies that use the tropes and signifiers of documentaries to gain credibility. In recent years, documentary style films about the 2020 election, the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines have spread conspiracy theories and recycled debunked lies.
“Documentaries have been used for decades to try to make bad actors and folks who are trying to push conspiracies or push disinformation or push a specific political agenda look more professional, look glamorous, look like something that you can believe,” said Jiore Craig, head of elections and digital integrity at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which tracks online extremism.
My question is: what makes their conspiracy theory more valid than the original conspiracy theory?
The “assault on democracy” warning
The Economist interviewed Nancy Rosenblum and Russell Muirhead about the “dangers” of conspiracy theories. They are the co-authors of the book, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy. Nancy and Russell call it “conspiracy without the theory,” claiming it’s all nothing more than baseless accusations and somebody ought to do something about it. (Emphasis mine.)
The new media—social media, of course, but even basic things like internet message boards—challenge the traditional gatekeeping function of editors and producers. Today anyone can say anything to everyone in the world instantly and for free. And because validation of conspiracy claims takes the form of repetition and assent, even the most casual “likes” and “retweets” give authority to senseless, destructive charges (“a lot of people are saying”). We are seeing the political effects of this change and one of the first things we’re seeing is the spread of a politically malignant form of conspiracy without the theory.
Can the same technology that disseminates charges like “fake news” or the “deep state” also disempower it? Can political representatives and citizens who grasp the effects of conspiracism, the way it delegitimises democratic institutions, exile it again to the fringes of political life? No one has figured out how to do this yet, short of some form of public- or corporate-censorship of egregious conspiracy-entrepreneurs like Alex Jones or, what is now unthinkable, censoring irresponsible political officials who endorse conspiracist claims.
Nancy and Russell believe we need to defer to the scholars.
The counter-force comes from the authority of knowledge-producing institutions (that is, courts, expert-staffed agencies, research universities) on one side, and democratic common sense on the other. Wherever conspiracism is reshaping public life, two preventatives are vital: to defend the integrity of knowledge-producing institutions and bolster confidence in the ballast of common sense.
After all, it’s only “rational.”
Interestingly, painting women as irrational and hysterical was a tool that was used to oppress them for centuries. But I guess it’s A-OK to do that to political opponents.
The thing is, conspiracy theories are often more valid than the “news.”
When you read those arguments in a bubble, they sound perfectly reasonable. It’s only when you look at them through the lens of the things going on in the United States, and heck, the world, that you see how stifling it is.
For a decade, I’ve written about “conspiracy theories.” I’ve shared information and suggested that while it might seem innocent at first, it’s a slippery slope. Then people call me crazy, and then the next thing you know, we’ve slid down that slippery slope, and when we’re in a pile at the bottom, nobody steps up and says, “Whoops, I guess you were right.
Instead, they memory-hole (thanks, Orwell) their initial (incorrect) arguments and gaslight us, acting as though they never disagreed with us in the first place.
That’s why I put together a PDF book this week with many of the “conspiracy theories” I’ve written about over the past two years. The Conspiracy Files, Volume 2: More Events the Media Would Like You to Forget is a limited run – the book will only be available this week. It discusses propaganda, censorship, Covid-19, the election, world events, dangerous technology, evil plans, and much more. It’s 429 pages, and I think, if you are a conspiracy theorist like me, you’ll find it very interesting how many of these “crazy conspiracy theories” have turned out to be true.(Or will soon.) You can get your copy here, and it’s name-your-price, starting at just $2. I want everyone to be able to afford to get this information, download it, and remember what really happened before they rewrite even more of our history. The funny thing is that the first volume spanned 10 years and it was only 100 pages longer. (I made it available for the weekend, also – go here.)
I can only keep this book on the website for a few days, or I risk losing my ability to take payments. So you have until Sunday night to grab your copy.
Repeatedly, we’ve seen our theories and opinions publicly mocked, the purveyors of those opinions defunded and shunned, and the people who believe them belittled and degraded. Sure, some conspiracy theories are truly nuts – but the beauty of free speech means that we can decide for ourselves through research and reason what we believe to be the most accurate portrayal of the facts.
If you think about the scientific method, it all starts with a theory. Then the person tests it and holds it up for examination to see whether or not it’s true. Why are conversations looked at differently? I should be able to provide my evidence and converse with someone who provides evidence to the contrary. Nobody should be cast as a villain for that, but it seems rather villainous to silence people for daring to believe something other than what the media tells us is true, without question.
Of course, I guess us thinking for ourselves instead of believing what we’re spoon fed is what makes conspiracy theories so darned dangerous.
What about left-wing conspiracy theories?
The argument that conspiracy theories are dangerous often overlooks left-wing conspiracy theories. All of the things below have been proven objectively WRONG but nobody seems to think these are dangerous.
- The Covid pandemic started in a wet market because someone ate a bad bat
- Hunter Biden’s laptop didn’t exist
- Covid vaccines will keep you from getting Covid
- Donald Trump faked being shot in the ear
- All MAGA people are burgeoning domestic terrorists
- Kamala Harris was never Border Czar
- Our economy is great
- Fauci made up the Covid rules as he went along
There are a whole bunch more and most of them are about President Trump. Whether you love him or hate him, he didn’t say that neo-Nazis were very fine people and he did not tell folks to drink bleach to cure Covid.
Nobody in the mainstream media is running around calling these attacks on the former President a threat to democracy. Nobody in academia is calling the nonsense about Covid that destroyed our very economy dangerous. In fact, you have to really dig to find out anything about those subjects online and a lot of folks still believe them.
I’d say that there was a coverup of left-wing conspiracy theories but then I’d sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist.
What are your thoughts on conspiracy theories?
I’ll proudly wear the tin foil. I refuse to just “absorb” the opinions of the mainstream media. Conspiracy theories give me another perspective, another way of looking at the world. And it’s a way I’m free to take or leave. Just like I should also be free to take or leave what passes for “news” these days.
I’m not saying you need to be delusional, but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with questioning things, coming up with a theory, and having a conversation about it. Obviously, you shouldn’t use those questions to harm others. Folks who act in violence based on a conspiracy actually are crazy, regardless of whether that is a left-wing or right-wing conspiracy theory. There will always be crazy people out there. But most people don’t do that. They just discuss it and ask questions.
Long live the conspiracy theory and the freedom to discuss things.
Do you believe in conspiracy theories? Are you “dangerous?” Do you think those conspiracy theories are something that should be silenced? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
About Daisy
Daisy Luther is a coffee-swigging, adventure-seeking, globe-trotting blogger. She is the founder and publisher of three websites. 1) The Organic Prepper, which is about current events, preparedness, self-reliance, and the pursuit of liberty; 2) The Frugalite, a website with thrifty tips and solutions to help people get a handle on their personal finances without feeling deprived; and 3) PreppersDailyNews.com, an aggregate site where you can find links to all the most important news for those who wish to be prepared. Her work is widely republished across alternative media and she has appeared in many interviews.
Daisy is the best-selling author of 5 traditionally published books, 12 self-published books, and runs a small digital publishing company with PDF guides, printables, and courses at SelfRelianceand Survival.com You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Gab, MeWe, Parler, Instagram, and Twitter.
A friend asked me just the other day which conspiracy theories were true, and I told then “In time? ALL of them!
If you still believe everything the MSM tells you without question, there’s something wrong with you. Learn to think critically.
I watched a number of Q anon videos and decided they were inaccurate. My head did not explode, nor did I lose my mental powers and turn into a Trump worshipping zombie.
I voted for DJT twice while holding my nose. Knowing the accusations made against him by legacy media were nonsense only strengthened my decision.
I think some scholars and academics are a greater threat to Democracy than conspiracy theories.
Just recently one of these scholars working at the Department of Energy called for “queering nuclear weapons.”
sarcasm: History is basically one long string of conspiracies, but in the 20th century, something Magical happened: there are no more conspiracies! There are laws like RICO–but no reason for them! Isn’t that amazing? How do you think that happened?
~~~~[/sarc]In fact, we know what happened–the Warren Commission to cover-up the JFK assassination. This report had a ridiculous bullet that hit several people and other unlikely nonsense. When thinking people read it, they concluded that elements of the US government had worked together (conspired) to pull off this killing. The defense was to create the phrase “crazy conspiracy theory.” Some think those people actually created some idiotic theories to make the phrase stick.
CIA Director William Casey said, “We’ll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false.” Defending against these lies starts with alternative theories.
There is a different origin of some conspiracy theories either not yet discussed here or only discussed in minimal detail. Sometimes the powers in charge create a mythical history to cover up the real events they created. One modern statement about such deceits came from the former CIA director William Casey in a 1981 staff meeting (as quoted above) arrived long after hard core traditions of government deceits.
In fact … lying by, or about, US government acts goes back generations before we were born. LIncoln’s Gettysburg address was an early classic deceit in which he claimed that a union had been created in 1776. In fact the 1783 Treaty of Paris declared that the original 13 colonies were now free, independent and sovereign nations. Only a few years later when the US Constitution was proposed some of those nations insisted on having the right to secede if they should ever feel oppressed. So that was the verbal assurance they were given to insure their voluntary ratification of that new constitution. Later when the Louisiana Purchase was being debated … some of those “states” threatened to secede in fear of being politically marginalized. They didn’t follow through with secession but nobody at that time questioned their right to do so. Similar secession threats were made when the Texas annexation was being considered. Again nobody questioned their right to secede although again no state followed through with that threat. So when Lincoln was willing to see over a half million Americans die in war in order to milk the Southern states of high dollar tariff money, he buried that history of how the US constitution was originally ratified with a verbal right to secede. His conspiracy theory in that Gettysburg address remains even today to cover up his destruction of the original voluntary ratification of the US Constitution.
There are many other such conspiracy cover-ups since then that would take too long to detail here. A summary listing of some of them might include
President McKinley’s 1898 lie to Congress to cover up Spain’s desperate attempts to avoid a war with the US … having already agreed to some 90% of US demands. Never mind Spain’s vital help to our American Revolution to drive the British out of fortifications that ringed the Gulf of Mexico.
Woodrow Wilson’s attempt to maximize the number of Americans to die in 1915 when the passenger liner Lusitania would be torpedoed by Germany for carrying illegal munitions. Wilson managed to shut down all but 2 or 3 of the newspaper ads Germany had paid for in American newspapers warning them not to sail on that doomed ship. Wilson was desperate to find some way to justify joining the European civil war.
Woodrow Wilson’s attempt to cover up the fault for the millions of deaths being caused by the Rockefeller’s meningitis vaccine beginning in 1918.Because of wartime media censorship the first newspaper coverage appeared in Spain which was not part of the WWI combatant countries. That was Wilson’s opportunity to lie about that vaccine by labeling it as the mysterious ailment of unknown origin to be called the “Spanish Flu” … that conspiratorial lie which the US government has maintained even to this present day. Never mind it killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide including more German soldiers than combat.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (aka FDR) spent two whole years trying to figure how how to sucker Japan into making a “surprise” attack on the US in order get them into a war in southern Asia that they could not win … but would strengthen the value of petroleum properties in that part of the world owned by the Rockefellers. When the “surprise” attack came at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 … the conspiratorial lie that it was a surprise continues to this day.
When Lyndon Johnson demanded of the US Congress to join in the Vietnam war … using the alleged attack in the Gulf of Tonkin as justification, he failed to mention that request had been drafted several months before. Many years later when Ross Perot ran his 3rd party campaign for the US presidency, he chose as his VP candidate the former Admiral James Stockdale. When Stockdale was asked about the Gulf of Tonkin attack … he explained “I was there on that day … and nothing happened.” So Johnson was upholding a long-standing US tradition of conspiratorial lying in order to get into a foreign war.
A final conspiratorial lie to cover up the truth began when two US army crypto-trained operators who did not know each other and were stationed in France and Scotland. About 3 weeks before the JFK assassination they each picked up communications about planning that murder. Part of the discussion was about who the American public would most likely accept to blame the assassination on … and whether they would more likely blame a communist or a negro. Both army operators revealed their discovery to higher authority … and were then imprisoned into military hospitals. Not surprisingly the CIA slapped a classified label on all records related to that … which remained unavailable to the US public until Trump’s presidency during which he declassified enough to provide much detail for the US public. Again the conspiratorial lie lasted until many of the original perpetrators were long dead.
–Lewis
What is of interest to me is information that is not reported or information that is mentioned but never pursued. i.e.
1) the destruction of over 200 food storage facilities.
2) the 200$ billion missing from Wells Fargo N.A.
3) the bombing of the AT&T bldg in the South
4) the recent over 800,000 “mis reported” labor numbers
5) Yesterday’s Canadian Teamster railroad strike.
yep
Courtney killed Kurt.
When I’m called a “Conspiracy Theorist, I casually correct them and say it would be more accurate to refer to me as a “Spoiler Alert.”
The CIA is the benefactor of the term “Conspiracy theories” it was designed to stop the public from wanting to know the truth. FACT
Hi Daisy,
love this article, i think the best way to counter is to remind people that “conspiracy” is just a fancy word for a plan. And no one thinks people dont get together an make plans!
cheers, Mark
never forget the reason for the left’s treason, a peaceful protest for election integrity. https://rumble.com/v181401-january-6th-rally-2021.html
My only problem with the issue is when conspiracy theorist turn their beliefs into action.
Based off everything that’s transpired over the last decade, the vast majority of conspiracy theories are just spoiler alerts.
Do you think those conspiracy theories are something that should be silenced? Free speech should not be silenced. Theories should be scrutinized by using critical thinking skills and intellectual honesty.
Marc,
i very much agree.
2000 Mules book and movie was pulled from the market because why? Because it’s fabricated gibberish and they were getting sued out of existence.
Just like the old saying:
If they weren’t afraid of the truth,
they wouldn’t try so hard to censor us.
I no longer believe in conspiracy theories. Henceforth I think of them as SPOILER ALERTS!
Ms Luther 1976 , 200 Year celebration of the USA
16 Years old ,in commiefornia
summer time working in a gas station giving a history of WW 2
Thru the summer by WW2 Vets in San diego
Today this BOOK giving to me in 1976
Written in 1913
by
Theodore Roosevelt answers TODAYS
Evil
The Rough Rider hit what is this year
THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON
He wrote this Word and give a good explanation
CHINAFY
Ms Luther IT can be had on kindle books
FEAR GOD AND TAKE YOUR OWN PART
Roosevelt called so many things in
1913
Today Ms Luther EVIL is both the poo-litcal bandits
ONE PEOPLE comment as ONE that The bandits in our face
wore masks as they sent money to CHINA
For GERM WARFARE
My name is Michael n Day
since 1976 today it is for me Proof positive
Taking the LEAP OF FAITH
GOD has show me thru my
TIME ON THIS ROCK
To only
FEAR GOD
EVIL is really gone MAD as anyone can see and hear
the donkeys are not acting NUTS
THEY are fool in with
The Master of lies
Ms Luther I hope YOU
will also look up
PSALM 91
In 1976 this bit of Incredible Truth
91 Infantry in WW1 said PSALM 91
every morning and never lost a man in WW1
Our founders fought THE LION
and they TRAMPLED THE LION
Today well funded by the poo-litcal bandits
a ARMY is inside the wire
CHINAFY
PSALM 91
YOU can TRAMPLE THE DRAGON
MS Luther San diego still is home
Red dawn is real and soon to the
SOUND OF SILENCE out goes the
POWER
I have read many Good opinions on your site
Last but this small piece of our AMERICAN
History FLYS in my Front yard
a simple FLAG
APPEAL TO HEAVE
Battle Tested little faded
GOD is really On the SIDE OF ONE PEOPLE
Please take the time to look up my high lights
Evil is not in fool con-troll yet
I don’t understand your WRITING.
I DON’T KNOW if it’s a poem, Song or RIDDLE
I looked up “APPEAL TO HEAVE”
JUST as you asked
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If memory serves it was the agency who sent a memo to it’s field offices instructing their agents to use the term “conspiracy theory” when those pesky patriots refused to accept that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman of JFK.
Proud weirdo & conspiracy theorist here.
Only after 2020 have I been so skeptical (ahem, conspiratorial). Ty & Charlene Bollinger (top ‘theorists’ ;)) really opened my eyes on many health issues.
I never realized just how much BS & garbage most of what we’ve been told it all is. Enter social media & it’s magnified exponentially.
I do hope we get back to common sense soon.
The tin foil is thicker for some of us than others. I believe the nonsense virus was a hoax and never existed. I have also come to (dis)believe in all viruses as pseudoscience. Not one person I know that disagrees with me will have a discussion about it. Not. One.
I don’t think Trump is great, in fact I believe he is just the other side of the same sh*tty coin. I know many people who absolutely worship him. All of them (politicians) are corrupt and evil to the core. I don’t know that he faked getting shot but I do absolutely think it was staged. Maybe he ‘took one for the team’, maybe he didn’t.
It extends even to my upbringing as ‘Christian’. No one has been able to answer my question about why the ‘god’ of the old testament seems to be the complete opposite from the ‘god’ of the new testament. Did it ever occur to anyone that the old testament god was a murdering evil asshole? Or is it just me? I know it’s not, but try to get anyone into a conversation about it…
Sita:
I hold my views about God to myself.
But: I can repeat what my Mother told me.
She warned that “the Bible was passed down orally by men for centuries. Then when it was written, again by men only
So be careful”. End of quote
And for context she was a Believer.
This is not the forum to bring up theological discussions. I’m willing to get in a conversation with you about it, but out of respect for Daisy Luther and that this is her forum, I won’t here at this time. The theory that the God of the Old Testament appears to be the opposite of the God of the New Testament is a conspiracy theory pushed by people who don’t believe the Bible at all. Not all conspiracy theories are true.
I am a scientist by training, so the first step in evaluating a theory, any theory, is to examine the physical evidence. That includes evaluating eyewitness accounts. Often the physical evidence is insufficient to answer the Who and Why, and we have to admit to that limit. But the physical evidence is often sufficient to disprove particular conspiracy theories.
For me, the mother of all conspiracy theories is the Warren Report concerning the assassination of JFK. The physical evidence thoroughly disproves the theory of a lone assassin shooting from behind. But the physical evidence doesn’t answer the who and why. I refuse to be drawn into endless speculation without evidence.
As for the 2020 election, the conspiracy for fraud was so obvious that it appears to me that the conspirators wanted to get caught. Then they thumbed their noses at the American public.
Another one for the “Greatest Quotes Ever”: Pardon me if I’m not too worried about what the FBI thinks. Awesome, Daisy! 🙂
I am one who still believes that the last election was a fraudulent election.
And as far as an attack on “our democracy” goes… I wish everyone of our legislatures and all presidents actually knew that “The Republic of the United States of America has never been a democracy. We are a democratic republic; and the difference is huge!”
Blessings to you,
OD
Please change the last “democratic” to “constitutional”.
I got carried away…:)
OD
Here’s a basic lesson if anyone is interested:
In a Democracy, there is basic freedom. As an example: four or five of you may decide that you want to take my apple and divide it among yourselves, so you vote on it, and, voila! majority vote wins! You take my apple. Because in a Democracy, you are free to trample on my rights because there are more of you than there is of me. See, in your Democracy you have freedom; but you don’t have liberty.
But in our Republic, it is a very different story. In a Constitutional Republic, your freedoms end where my rights begin. That means we have freedom plus morality, and that gives us Liberty. Freedom plus Morality equals Liberty. It is our Rule of Law that we citizens are all guaranteed our God given right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. And because we are equal, my right to keep my apple outweighs the rights of all of you together who want to take it. Because your combined rights don’t outweigh my one. I get to keep it for myself if that’s what I want. In our Republic, there is equality. No one is elite. No one.
That is also why we have the second amendment, so I can protect myself and my apple from you four tyrants, if you should decide to be immoral.
That’s about as simple as I can explain what it means for our country to be a Constitutional Republic.
Bless you,
OD
Bravo!
Very well said!
Good example and explanation.
My last major Conspiracy Theory saved me from a vaccine death. So the only information I now look at has to already BE a conspiracy theory before I identify it as worth investigating to be true!
I have no problem with conspiracy theories existing. For the most part they are needful for catching propaganda. But historically and currently not every theory out there is a real thing. I’ve watched people wake up but then because they had less critical thinking training they started believing everything under the guise of “conspiracy theory” and destroyed their own credibility in waking others up. A lot of folks can be convinced of voting fraud, government shenanigans and resets. When you start saying that real science is a lie, all history is fake, and all your urban legends are real you’ve just shown that you’ll believe anything as long as the salesman makes a great story.
A consipiracy hypothesis originates or is proposed and then science or investigators test it and if the data or evidence support the hypothesis a theory is formulated. If proof is eventually provided then it is no longer theory but fact. However, the mainstream media and their masters are pretty good at covering up and denying facts, thereby confining conspiracy fact at the theory or hypothesis stage.
the problem with conspiracy theories and that those that say they aren’t true are never punished for the lies that they commit.
Hence, they keep lying without any accountability.
someone I worked with said we need to censor. I asked when has that ever not been abused by those that desired censorship. We are punished by their stupidity and lack of accountability.