conspiracy theorists

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian, Lutheran priest and involved in the resistance against Hitler, which landed him in prison (April 1943) and eventually on the gallows (April 1945, just weeks before Hitler's suicide). Shortly before his imprisonment, he had written a letter to friends...

It’s already happening. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/09/astroworld-disaster-fuels-wave-of-satanic-conspiracy-theories-on-tiktok TikTok has been busy removing a lot of these posts. Meanwhile, I heard that the not-at-all exploitative and scummy folks over at InfoWars...

Had an encounter with some Global Warming Deniers today. Something struck me about their tactics and logic, that I think apply to many other CTists. #1- Attack the opposition. The guys I was talking to referred to Liberals as "gullible" and "authoritarian" and "sheep". #2- Lay seeds of...

This one popped up in my Crime Read's feed today and it's an excellent, fact-based introspection, and history of the CT,and real-world espionage: https://crimereads.com/confessions-of-a-conspiracy-theorist/ And this: The rest of the essay is a mix of real MI6, CIA, and Russian skulduggery...

Conspiracy theorist David Icke banned from entering Australia ahead of speaking tour Posit: People like this should be denied platforms. Discuss.

Who believes in conspiracies? Research offers a theory https://phys.org/news/2018-09-believes-conspiracies-theory.html

After all, it’s not like you can vote for the CIA’s workforce... Maybe it’s somehow more comforting for many people to blame all myriad of evils (real and imagined) on career civil servants rather than the actual policymakers and decision-makers (read: the President and his top political...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/06/arizona-congressman-repeats-bogus-claim-that-charlottesville-violence-was-left-wing-plot/ I'm honestly surprised that he didn't claim it was Killary behind the steering wheel all along and she was just working to blame the "very fine...

The man who was responsible for a lot of "Fake news" during the 2016 campaign has been found dead of a suspected drug overdose: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41422827 Will this now become a "Deep State" conspiracy theory ?

Though I've had contact with hard core conspiracy believers, I try to avoid them. But I am curious about what type of personality lies within them. Any commonalities - other than being gullible? Thanks, Julia

Didn't know anything better than that... I was wondering if it's possible for a CTer that regained his marbles to loose them against after awhile? In other words, a former crank becoming a crank again.

This is a common trope of conspiracy theorists. It is especially apparent to me in the cases of the JFK assassination (which was carried out by one man) and the 9/11 attacks (which were carried out by 19 men + probably a couple dozen or so handlers in Al-Qaeda - including Osama bin Laden and...

http://www.unionleader.com/Conspiracy-theories-part-of-alleged-shooters-online-rant#sthash.NEMkOYXB.dpuf Yet another example of the dark side of woo.

I'm always bad with giving good title names, so. My question is, if 9/11 twoofers can be seen as real Conspiracy Theorists (Illuminati, NWO, FEMA Concentration Camps, Zionism, ect...)? Since most of them only believe that 9/11 was an inside job.

Interesting article here. A few short excerpts below: snip: snip: snip: Full article: http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/06/26/comment-why-conspiracy-theories-arent-harmless-fun

The latest post on Jason Colavitos Blog is somewhat of an eye opener: http://www.jasoncolavito.com/1/post/2014/03/secret-emails-provide-glimpse-behind-the-scenes-of-a-fringe-history-conspiracy-theory.html Despite the somewhat breathless introduction it turns out to be true, thanks to a...

I was thinking today about the evolutionary origins of language, including the idea that one of the primal stages of its development was the emergence of signaling. As an example, I thought of laughter, which is thought to have originated with the need for an individual to signal others in the...

Not that I've been posting here (or on the 9/11 CT forum) recently or won't possibly be again... however. zYi752uYm5M

The phrase "intolerance of ambiguity" popped into to my head today. I'm not sure why. I don't even think I was thinking about CT believers at the time. I thought it may have been one of the personality traits of people prone to accept CTs enumerated by some UK university psychologists in a...

Apologies if this has been posted before, but I didn't see it; just spotted this via MSNBC's website, an article from the New York Times regarding the hundreds of Tea Parties that have sprung up nationwide, and how they are apparently beginning to embrace conspiracy rhetoric as truth. Linky I...

Is there any research or data on the psychology of conspiracy theorists? or of conspiratorial thinking?

Shoot High, Aim Low: Jon Anderson searches for the real culprits of 9-11 Jon Anderson, frontman of Seventies megastar rock band Yes, has become the latest in a series of celebrities who question the official story of 9-11. In an exclusive interview with SC911T.com, the website of Stoned...

After TWA Flight 800 crashed back in 1996 there was a 'bloom' of internet based conspiracy theories, most of which to my memory centered around the claim that the US Navy accidentally shot the plane down and then covered it up. It would be interesting to see just what 'overlap' there is...

Does anyone have any links to articles or know if any studies have been done on this? I'm fascinated by conspiracy theories, but not because of the theories themselves. I generally find them to be ridiculous. I'm interested in the theorists themselves and what makes them believe what they do...

I'm fairly new to this site and haven't had much of a chance to review the vast amount of material linking to conspiracy theory debunking. I use this as an entre to say that if this discussion has already been had please point me in the right direction. Obviously a lot of twaddle is out there...

How long before the twoofers jump on the fact that the 9/11 damaged Deutsche bank building is still standing after its recent fire? Will they take into account that the building was being dismantled ? Will they take into account that firefighters had adequate water supplies to fight the fire ?

CTists: The Worst Analysts in All History, or Just This Century? How can all of the CTists we've been talking to have spent all this time looking at the evidence, and not come up with any conclusions, no matter how tenative? When I took a look at the photos of "round holes" TS1234 posted, it...