Conspiracy Theory or Conspiracy In Fact?

American Greatness ^ | 6 Nov2021 | Roger Kimball

[Rummyfan]

Something to keep in mind about January 6 is when the Soothsayer came to warn Caesar about the Ides of March, he wasn’t warning about a conspiracy theory. He was warning about a conspiracy in fact.

Last week, Fox Nation aired “Patriot Purge,” Tucker Carlson’s three-part series on the January 6 protest in Washington, D.C. No sooner had the program been announced than the regime media went nuts. The former conservative Anne Applebaum, writing for The Atlantic, said it was a “sinister” piece of anti-American propaganda. NPR described it as an “off the rails” “conspiracy theory.” CNN said that it promulgated a “false narrative” that was “politically, historically and logically confused.”

Translation: Carlson disputes the accepted narrative according to which the protest at the Capitol was an “insurrection” aimed at undermining “our democracy.” Ergo Carlson must be wrong. Cue the heated rhetoric and wheel out that all-purpose epithet “conspiracy theorist.”

As a side note, I have always wondered why people of a certain ilk believe that uttering the phrase “conspiracy theory” or charging someone with being a “conspiracy theorist” disposes of any argument. George Orwell noted that the term “fascist” had been rendered nearly meaningless by its promiscuous application to all manner of things or people one didn’t like. “Conspiracy theory” is on even shakier ground, because in addition to make-believe conspiracies, the world is full of plenty of real conspiracies about which one needn’t theorize but simply observe and describe.

When the Soothsayer came to warn Caesar about the Ides of March, he wasn’t warning about a conspiracy theory. He was warning about a conspiracy in fact, something that Caesar came to appreciate personally when the fateful day rolled around. Caesar to the Soothsayer: “The ides of March are come.” Soothsayer: “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.”

[Rummyfan]

Of special interest to the FBI was a shadowy right-wing militia group called the “Oath Keepers,” which was started in 2009 to “defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.” Some 20 members of that group have been arrested. Some who are not members, like Thomas Caldwell, have been promoted to membership by the FBI and charged with a laundry list of felonies. The FBI’s treatment of Caldwell, expertly dissected by Julie Kelly, is a textbook case of abuse of police power and a stunning confirmation of Tucker Carlson’s argument in “Patriot Purge.” The FBI has had to walk back its indictment of Caldwell, but not before he spent nearly two months in solitary confinement, where he was denied medical care for serious orthopedic issues and subject to all manner of harassment and abuse. He was eventually released but is still under what amounts to house arrest and is facing several criminal charges.

One of the interesting things about the case of Thomas Caldwell and the Oath Keepers is that while Caldwell—who says he was never a member of the group and never entered the Capitol on January 6—was arrested and declared a member, Stewart Rhodes, the man who actually founded the group and is its leader, was never arrested or even questioned by the FBI.

[FreeReign]

There are no "conspiracies in fact" that the anti American left doesn't like. For them and for that, there are only conspiracy theories.

It's been that was at least since I was a kid. The first time I recall hearing it was some time after November, 1963.

[The Duke]

I think pretty much all the “conspiracies” have now proven to be true (except for maybe that whole “they’re reptiles” thing). It seems Alex Jones needs to be awarded a Pulitzer for “accuracy in media”.

[M-cubed]

If this country is able to survive as it was designed, it will be Donald J Trump who shined the light on the corruption of our Constitution .......The fact he had to be purged at any cost shows how deep and wide the Swamp has become ...

If “WE the People” survives ...Trump will be the George Washington of our time....

[rx]

Indeed, there has long been much evidence of conspiracy filtering out from November 22, 1963 and subsequently. There was much public discussion of details that seemed to prove conspiracy that were exasperatingly beyond the reach of “our” intelligence agencies to minimize their growingly-understood culpability in that event.

On the basis of a now well-known CIA memo in 1967, one of the tactics they began having its assets promulgate the epithet “conspiracy theory” in an organized way. Users of the phrase would seem intelligent, presumably having already captured the larger picture of an event, even while the target of the epithet would almost invariably fall into the paradigm’s position of a jumping-to-conclusions, whacked-out ignoramus.

Since 1990 or so, the paradigm has been ingrained by almost everyone over 10 and has become very effective at changing the course of discussions among both young and old.

Through its, the US populace has been made to drool like Pavlov’s dog just as if their knees were made to jerk from the tap of a doctor’s rubber hammer, even as it dumbed down the reasoning skills of millions of people.

US intel agencies, particularly the CIA have been programming us for many decades. (See also: Operation Mockingbird.)

[Flavious_Maximus]

If the Deep State cannot prevent Maximus Trump from winning the presidency a third time, he will invoke the Dooms Day machine to take them ALL out (and they KNOW IT!).

For those in the Deep State, FBI, OSHA, CDC, FDA and media industrial complex it is going to be a matter of life and death. They are going to have a glorious, one-way ticket with the hangman.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Secret Agent Man]

Its not paranoia if its real.

It’s real.

[Jacquerie]

It’s why I chuckle when Freepers advocate armed resistance.

If two Freepers form a such a group, the third member will likely be an FIB informer who ends up leading the group to prison.

Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping.

[Bookshelf]

Roger Kimball, the author, is one of the few true political journalists left in America. He is rarely debated because he has a mind that confounds the individuals who make up the chattering class.

[sauropod]

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[gitmo]

Of special interest to the FBI was a shadowy right-wing militia group called the “Oath Keepers,” which was started in 2009 to “defend the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.”

Oh no!!! Anyone who defends the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic is a danger to the nation.

[LeeClementineKenny]

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Unindicted Co-Conspirators in 1/6 Cases Raise Disturbing Questions of Federal Foreknowledge - https://www.revolver.news/2021/06/federal-foreknowledge-jan-6-unindicted-co-conspirators-raise-disturbing-questions/
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