BarkellWH -> RE: AE911Truth (Jan. 31 2013 10:58:27)
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Conspiracy theorists are nothing new. There is a certain type of person for whom no rational explanation, no amount of evidence, and no reasoned argument based on the evidence will suffice. There are people today who genuinely believe that the earth is flat, and there is actually a Flat Earth Society to accommodate them. Evidence through the ages from the ancient Greeks to modern science, proving that the earth is spherical, does not sway them because it would disturb there congenitally-imprinted narrative that the earth is flat. There were then, and still are, people who do not believe man walked on the moon in 1969. Against all evidence, they believe, among other alternatives, that the successful moon mission was all cooked up by the US Government, and what everyone saw on TV was actually filmed at a desert landscape with a meteor crater in Northern Arizona. No amount of evidence will convince them otherwise because it would disturb their narrative of the event as they want to believe it. Although I facetiously referred to it in an earlier posting, there are people today who actually do believe that there is a secretive conspiratorial society at large in the world known as the Illuminati. According to those who believe in this conspiracy theory, the Illuminati are preparing to rule the world, and in some respects already influence us. There are Right-Wing militia nuts in the US who believe that the US Government is the enemy, and by the way, so is the United Nations. They believe the UN is preparing to take over the US, with the connivance of the US Government, and they are always sighting "Black Helicopters" as evidence. So the AE911Truth "Truther" conspiracy theorists are nothing new. They and their followers are just another in a long line of groups and individuals who reject rational thought and evidenced-based reasoning, and instead opt for what they consider more "sexy" explanations for events and phenomena. One could pile on as much evidence as possible and it still would not deter them from pursuing their dreams of conspiratorial activity. In fact, and here is the final irony, the more you provide reasoned argument and evidence-based conclusions that undermine their precious conspiracy theories, the more convinced they become that you yourself are part of the conspiracy. For if you were not part of the conspiracy, why would you argue against it if not to conceal and protect it from exposure? Cheers, Bill
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