Do you think conspiracy theories are a valid debate?

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The Lost Dutchman

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I just read that RFID bracelet question and I thought it was a bit far fetched, but the Swine flu itself seems to be a conspiracy of its own. In fact, I just saw a doctor on CNN telling us, (the American people), to not be affraid of this vaccine, but that he was not going to be vaccinating his own kids. So, back to the conspiracy question.....??
 
When there is some validity to them. Many conspiracy theories are just crazy and others have at least a kernel of truth. The problem is they are often too narrowly focused (the Jews, the Masons) or assume some kind of all-encompassing power by the conspirators. In real life people who conspire to influence events are often idiots with limited ability to fulfill their ultimate goals (see Iraq invasion). That being said, the idea of CIA mind control programs, which among other things specifically sought to breed assassins who would kill a foreign or domestic figure, was laughed off as tin-foil hat conspiracy theory for years. Now we know they existed and have the documents to prove it. The same with Operation Northwoods. Most people would scoff at the suggestion that the Pentagon would consider staging terror acts against Americans, including blowing up John Glenn on takeoff. However, the documents spelling it all out are there in the National Archives among other places. Keep an open mind. Don't accept everything you hear without question but also don't reject something because someone has labeled it as "conspiracy theory." That term can often simply be a tool to shut down debate. Believing that nothing is a conspiracy is just as dumb as believing everything is a conspiracy.
 
When there is some validity to them. Many conspiracy theories are just crazy and others have at least a kernel of truth. The problem is they are often too narrowly focused (the Jews, the Masons) or assume some kind of all-encompassing power by the conspirators. In real life people who conspire to influence events are often idiots with limited ability to fulfill their ultimate goals (see Iraq invasion). That being said, the idea of CIA mind control programs, which among other things specifically sought to breed assassins who would kill a foreign or domestic figure, was laughed off as tin-foil hat conspiracy theory for years. Now we know they existed and have the documents to prove it. The same with Operation Northwoods. Most people would scoff at the suggestion that the Pentagon would consider staging terror acts against Americans, including blowing up John Glenn on takeoff. However, the documents spelling it all out are there in the National Archives among other places. Keep an open mind. Don't accept everything you hear without question but also don't reject something because someone has labeled it as "conspiracy theory." That term can often simply be a tool to shut down debate. Believing that nothing is a conspiracy is just as dumb as believing everything is a conspiracy.
 
When there is some validity to them. Many conspiracy theories are just crazy and others have at least a kernel of truth. The problem is they are often too narrowly focused (the Jews, the Masons) or assume some kind of all-encompassing power by the conspirators. In real life people who conspire to influence events are often idiots with limited ability to fulfill their ultimate goals (see Iraq invasion). That being said, the idea of CIA mind control programs, which among other things specifically sought to breed assassins who would kill a foreign or domestic figure, was laughed off as tin-foil hat conspiracy theory for years. Now we know they existed and have the documents to prove it. The same with Operation Northwoods. Most people would scoff at the suggestion that the Pentagon would consider staging terror acts against Americans, including blowing up John Glenn on takeoff. However, the documents spelling it all out are there in the National Archives among other places. Keep an open mind. Don't accept everything you hear without question but also don't reject something because someone has labeled it as "conspiracy theory." That term can often simply be a tool to shut down debate. Believing that nothing is a conspiracy is just as dumb as believing everything is a conspiracy.
 
When there is some validity to them. Many conspiracy theories are just crazy and others have at least a kernel of truth. The problem is they are often too narrowly focused (the Jews, the Masons) or assume some kind of all-encompassing power by the conspirators. In real life people who conspire to influence events are often idiots with limited ability to fulfill their ultimate goals (see Iraq invasion). That being said, the idea of CIA mind control programs, which among other things specifically sought to breed assassins who would kill a foreign or domestic figure, was laughed off as tin-foil hat conspiracy theory for years. Now we know they existed and have the documents to prove it. The same with Operation Northwoods. Most people would scoff at the suggestion that the Pentagon would consider staging terror acts against Americans, including blowing up John Glenn on takeoff. However, the documents spelling it all out are there in the National Archives among other places. Keep an open mind. Don't accept everything you hear without question but also don't reject something because someone has labeled it as "conspiracy theory." That term can often simply be a tool to shut down debate. Believing that nothing is a conspiracy is just as dumb as believing everything is a conspiracy.
 
I take conspiracies as entertainment/fun conversation topics, which I actually read a lot of that stuff. I get really annoyed when I'm having a serious conversation about current events or politics with a person who knows I read all that junk they start bringing conspiracy stuff up to poke fun at me like that effects my opinion, which it usually doesn't.
 
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