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In reply to the discussion: In an online context, "conspiracy lust" is a lot like blood lust. [View all]BainsBane
(53,016 posts)43. Excuse me?
How does that follow from what I said?
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In an online context, "conspiracy lust" is a lot like blood lust. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
OP
When you want to push a good conspiracy theory, you will cite just about anything...
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#4
Really? So you don't think or read about ANY event until you are CERTAIN all the facts are in?
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#16
Pseudo-intellectuals seem to believe in every conspiracy theory put in front of them.
PhilSays
Mar 2014
#3
And Iran-Contra never happened, nor "Watergate," nor Tonkin Gulf, nor Caesar's stabbing.
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#18
I use the term because I think it is a pathological condition for many. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#11
Where are battles won? Not the playing fields of Eton; rather, the suites of Wall Street.
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#58
I'm not getting into a discussion about which nations are better than others.
bemildred
Mar 2014
#55
Here's your problem: If ANY "conspiracy theory" uncovered truth that the govt doesn't want you to
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#24
If you don't tell people the truth, they will speculate and invent conspiracies.
bemildred
Mar 2014
#32
But where the espoused theory flies flat in the face of actual perception....
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#22
WTC-7 wasn't hit by a plane, and no-one saw any do so. The S.H. claim is accepted nuttiness*. As for
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#26
Somehow, I feel as if they are in a far, far better position to comment than you are. nt
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#23
Eyewitnesses can be wrong, can be fooled, can see what they want to perceive, and can lie. NOT
WinkyDink
Mar 2014
#33
You're providing interesting facts, but not supporting an overall theory.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#40