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The REAL Reason Conspiracy Theories Are So Common These Days
PJ Media ^ | 02/16/2021 | Mark Tapscott

Posted on 02/16/2021 7:32:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

This goes back to what Trump talked about when he said that Fake News was the enemy of the people.


21 posted on 02/16/2021 8:04:46 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: SeekAndFind

The REAL Reason Conspiracy Theories Are So Common

90 % of all news outlets are owned by (6) corporations and each one has an agenda.


22 posted on 02/16/2021 8:07:32 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Lets get to the heart of the matter.

What is a conspiracy? Legal, practical

Do not confuse conspiracy and conspiracy theory. Theories should be allowed to be proven.


23 posted on 02/16/2021 8:12:53 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: poinq

“Wouldn’t it help disprove QAnon if pedophiles would stop popping up in DC.”

Pedophiles, like fags, are in every walk of life.


24 posted on 02/16/2021 8:22:32 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: SeekAndFind
Conspiracy theories flourish with ignorant people being convinced they are smart.

One of the worst case guys I know, has never met a conspiracy theory he didn't like. But, he has to wear loafers because he isn't smart enough to tie his own shoes.

25 posted on 02/16/2021 8:23:22 AM PST by pfflier
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To: Governor Dinwiddie
In the USA it would not surprise me that more people believe in zombies than believe in Jesus Christ.

I believe in zombies enough to prepare for a zombie attack. Coincidentally, that's the same preparations I would need in the event that our loving ruling class democrats turned into enemies of the state and tried to seize absolute power over our lives. But that's irrelevant because zombies are a much more realistic threat than socialists turning against the people that they swear they only want to protect.

26 posted on 02/16/2021 8:26:44 AM PST by Pollster1 (America is no longer in Claire Wolfe's "awkward stage")
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To: Vaduz
90 % of all news outlets are owned by (6) corporations and each one has an agenda.

And each of them gets it's news from one of three main news syndicates, AP, UPI and Reuters.

27 posted on 02/16/2021 8:30:45 AM PST by pfflier
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To: G Larry

Bingo. It’s exactly that simple. Then they scream “Hater! Racist! Debunked!” at every bit of speech they don’t like.

Then they say they are FOR free speech while kicking opposing points of view off the media that reach 98% of the population. “Of course you can have free speech — it’s over there on Gab and Parler. We just won’t allow you to talk on FB and Twitter.”

It’s funny the author chose the Q pedophile angle which is a small piece of the puzzle. The monstrously powerful permanent deep state, the five year long coup d’erat, the Democrat party turning full communist, the stolen election, the public threats to “deprogram and re-educate” all of Trump’s voters — why didn’t the author focus on these things as evidence of conspiracy theory?


28 posted on 02/16/2021 8:51:04 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Life is short, and work long, opportunity fleeting, experiments dangerous, and judgment hard)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, let’s see, just in the past 18 years (time it takes for someone to reach adulthood), the Bush administration lied about Iraq with disastrous consequences, the Obama admin lied about everything under the sun, a minor bit of Russian activity before the 2016 elections was distorted by a coalition of thugs associated with those previous two administrations into something much more serious than it was, deep staters waged a 4-year long coup attempt, all kinds of powerful men in Hollywood, business, politics, etc. were exposed as creeps, thousands of more instances of sexual abuse in trusted institutions like the churches and schools were brought to light, and the list could go on for much longer than that.

So, yes, people still need to use discernment. Q is nonsense, for example. But it’s pretty dang obvious why people are spending time down the rabbit hole.


29 posted on 02/16/2021 8:51:33 AM PST by Stravinsky
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To: SeekAndFind; Liz

People talk. Some make sense - others don’t.

It’s the same in the real world as the virtual world. Humans learn who to trust and who not to trust. We know how to do this...

CIA boys said it best: Leaks can’t be controlled - at any given time someone is telling the truth. The key to stopping damage is to put out enough false leads so no one knows for sure who’s telling the truth... or what the truth is...

The solution is NOT to restrict speech.

It’s to learn who within any group tends to be the one shown to be truthful over time. Sometimes a truth teller is in Q...sometimes in a Marxists organization...often here at FreeRepublic. If one site had the corner on truth it would be bombarded with lies and disinformation.

If I were to guess who puts out the most lies - it would be our ‘intelligence’ people - for good or ill - protecting their secrets... and maybe some of ours.


30 posted on 02/16/2021 8:55:54 AM PST by GOPJ (Biden voters: billionaires and idiots. Check your bank account to see which one you are.PookieToons)
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To: SeekAndFind

Fahlse headline. It doesn’t explain why there are so many conspiracy theories.

The actual reason is that we know we are being lied to, but we don’t know what the truth is. So people start guessing based on what they can observe.

It’s simple. You know when you’re being lied to even when you don’t know what the truth is. And like the universe, the human mind abhors a vacuum.


31 posted on 02/16/2021 9:01:50 AM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: SeekAndFind
Why would anyone believe something crazy like this?


32 posted on 02/16/2021 10:24:24 AM PST by ifinnegan (Any saying " Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: poinq

I never got into Q, but clearly they identified problems and perps clearly. They did not honestly report what would happen to those perps.

How many sealed indictments were there supposed to be? Maybe they are John Doe indictments, prepared for those people who are anti-corruption? The Q followers, MAGA voters, Oath Keepers, and Proud Boys who self identified by communications, of their intent to upend the Deep State?

All one has to do is realize that “The Deep State” is the official government of the US. Isn’t what we call TDS, actually The Deep State?


33 posted on 02/16/2021 10:48:14 AM PST by Glad2bnuts (“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer, )
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To: Glad2bnuts

Epstein !!!


34 posted on 02/16/2021 11:04:08 AM PST by poinq
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To: G Larry
"Because the LEFT can simply apply that CT label to any subject inconvenient to their agenda, and they don’t have to debate the facts."

Sure, all those conspiracy therorys have already been widely debunked... Nothing to see here, move along.....

35 posted on 02/16/2021 11:15:48 AM PST by unread (A REPUBLIC..! If you can keep it....)
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To: SeekAndFind

America needs a conspiracy to exterminate the socialist left Republic destroyers and create dust from them and their agendas.


36 posted on 02/16/2021 11:17:40 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) History: Pelosi was pitiful vindictive California crone)
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To: pfflier

Edited editions of the facts a sure bet.


37 posted on 02/16/2021 12:33:00 PM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This is the largest, longest running conspiracy in history

The coup, (the real “insurrection” in DC) and the “impeachment” is because Donald Trump upended THE largest, multi-trillion dollar industry in America. The selling of American Congressional Legislation. The primary industry in DC.

THE issue that binds Red and Blue together in the UniParty is the issue of electoral fraud.Its why certain precincts have voted Red or Blue for over 100 years. Its the means by which Congress and K St lobbyists can guarantee “product delivery” to interests that pay enough.

Various “intelligence agencies” are the enforcement arm. Prolly different ones (there are 17 of them afterall!) supporting different “service lines”

Its mutually assured destruction if either side starts to betray the long-standing inter-generational process.

Whenever the issue starts to bubble too close to the surface we all start getting entertained with “pizza parties” and “SRA” issues/trafficking stories etc.-and other Red-Blue “trigger issues” intended to distract us-but these are only incidental to the business at hand-the selling of the votes and legislation of the most powerful legislative body in the world.

These “trigger issues” are intended to remove our eyes from what is going on right before our very eyes! These “trigger issues” are the stick the Deep State uses to marshal the votes they need to deliver product.

The contemporary information-digital communications technology has the ability to put an end to all of this -which is why the “information war” on the American electorate. Why “us” versus “them” is finally crystallizing.

Its why they barricaded Capitol Hill, The White House and The Supreme Court


38 posted on 02/16/2021 12:38:42 PM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: ifinnegan

What in the world is that?!


39 posted on 02/16/2021 2:23:04 PM PST by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semites)
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To: SeekAndFind

is the kung flu a conspiracy theory?...


40 posted on 02/16/2021 2:31:12 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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