I admit to being alarmed by the insistence of conspiracy theorists that the shooting tragedy in Newton, Conn. was staged. I'm not going to go so far as to say conspiracies do not take place, but there is a difference between investigative journalism and talking out of your ass. Thus, I give you the ten signs that a conspiracy theorist is full of shit...
10-Everything they write online is full of grammatical
errors and ends with the phrase, “WAKE UP!”
9-If you fail to believe what they believe, you are one of
the ‘sheep,’ an insult that in Bizzaro World will convince you that they’re
right.
8-They call themselves a ‘truther’ based on unsubstantiated facts.
7-They invite you to do your own research and see for
yourself because when you’re serious about convincing people, it’s best not to
provide where you got your information.
6-They fail to apply their great skepticism to any of their
own beliefs.
5-Any situation in which bad information has been given or
that raises multiple questions is automatically a conspiracy to them.
4-They don’t think of any more than one answer to those
questions.
3-They don’t give any remotely nuanced solution to the world’s
problems.
2-They think the general public would actually be alarmed if
they knew the truth about what was going on around them, which happens to be
that inter-dimensional reptilian aliens who can shape-shift are running the
world.
1-They think that they have the power to expose the plans of
the nefarious and nearly unstoppable forces that rule the world.
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They also counter every argument with "well that evidence is just fabricated by the government!"
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