I didn't really intend my reply to sound like any sort of indictment. In my personal opinion, there's one underlying commonality in what some term "conspiracy kooks", of which I'm a proud member:-). To me, it's a religious belief.
If another person doesn't tend to Biblical references regarding some of what's going on in the world, there's little shared info that passes "Legal" tests for submission. That's my simplistic reason why I tend to believe certain things vs. someone else disbelieving them.
There's also the matter of basic personality types and varied life experience. So the arguments about significance of events will never be resolved.
(Or is it just the freemasons again?)