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                                             November 22, 2013

There's clearly a mindset that favors                  UR_CONSPIRACY
conspiracy theories-- you'll often
find that someone who rejects the            There is also a mind-set that
Warren Commission's explanation of the       rejects all of them, adopting a
JFK assassination is also someone who        rather pious, Serious pose,
believes the World Trade Center              insisting that every one of them
collased via internal demolition             is obviously ridiculous, without
charges or that the Apollo 11 moon           any need to explain why.
landing was faked, and so on.


                     Obviously, the conspiracy
                     theorists are in denial that
                     major events can be influenced
                     by chance, by the random
                     actions of crazies.

                     Obviously, those Very Serious
                     People are in denial about
                     government lies, and scared
                     of being marginalized if seen
                     taking an "extreme" position
                     seriously.





   But then, you'll also often find
   that someone enamored of one
   conspiracy theory will resent
   being lumped in with the others--         Myself, I object to comparing
   e.g. a JFK-fan objects to being           the thought that the 2004
   associated with that                      presendential election might've
   Benghazi/Birther crowd.                   been rigged to the "9/11 Truth"
                                             people.
   And there are always many
   variations of conspiracy within                  The implcit argument is
   the broad outlines of each of                    that every speculation of
   the major ones, and they're due                  conspiracy is the same,
   varying degrees of respect (or                   and if one is crazy then
   lack thereof)...                                 all must be.


      E.g. there are some who believe
      that JFK was shot by the driver
      of the car.







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