Comments on: Are Americans Conspiracy Theorists?

By: snidely

snidely — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:57:09 +0000

i believe humans are conspiritorial by nature, in that a person who has knowledge of information or events that can benefit them by not sharing that information with others, will use said information for their own gain. the only constraint on this is the level of the individuals tolerance of another persons suffering.

By: Lark

Lark — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:05:02 +0000

Lies and cover-ups were certainly a big part of the CYA Bush crowd’s role in this catastrophe – there can be no doubt.

And this ain’t going away either… just because you or anybody else says so… without having really delved into it… in all its sickening detail.

Bush and Cheney are both despicable liars, besides. Sorry I can’t share in your misguided thinking – the truth behind this sorry episode will come out eventually – you can bet on it.

Though I can’t say I give it much thought anymore – after two years of being obsessed by 9/11 – you can bet there are at least 10K Americans or better who will never stop until the plotters are strung up in the village square.

Believe me when I tell you… the more you look into the details of 9/11… the madder you’ll get – guaranteed.

And BTW, I really do distrust our government – after all, it’s no longer for we, the people, is it?

By: Conspiracy Theorists on the Rise? « The Van Der Galiën Gazette

Conspiracy Theorists on the Rise? « The Van Der Galiën Gazette — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:03:53 +0000

[...] Furthermore, as Ron Chusid points out, it’s also a matter of how the question was asked. “Asking if something is possible is far different than asking if people think it is likely to be true. It is possible that there are aliens visiting and the government is covering it up, but I don’t think that it is likely,” Ron explains. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:06:38 +0000

The most disturbing part of the poll to me was the part that dealt specifically with the “Loose Change” theories about WTC 7 and the Pentagon. Hopefully, the fact that 12-16 percent agreed with these theories was more a result of being able to get 10% of Americans to agree with just about anything if the question is framed in a given way.

In any event, I’ve always been most outraged by those who claim that a missile hit the Pentagon, probably because what they are saying is that people like me and several people I know simply don’t exist, or at least didn’t see and hear what we saw and heard. These people in my mind are just one step above Holocaust deniers in their ability to ignore well-documented fact just so they can hold on to their irrational-to-begin-with beliefs. Of course, the WTC7 theory is equally ridiculous, if only on common-sense grounds. But I always take the Pentagon theory particularly personally.