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ooli  ·  3625 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Creeping Danger of Conspiracy Theorists

Interrestingly enouth he insult a lot, but does not talk about danger at all.

What's the danger to doubt global warming? You cant do anything anyway. The danger believing 9/11 was an inside job? Danger in believing Tv broadcast mindcontrol rays ? etc..

That's great about Conspiracy theories: it's completely Harmless. (except for the anti vaccination fad)

I like conspiracies. I read them as original and inventive fiction. I like the show "ancient aliens" ans all this kind of non sense. It's great... and harmless.

Interrestingly enouth Rob Ager made some video about conspiracies. He point out that there a lot of conspiracy never dubed that name. When people believed Irak had mass destruction weapon. When people believed witchs really existed and burned them. When MacCarthy believed Charlie Chaplin was a communist spy.

All those stuff are false, without proof, real conspiracies theories. Nobody ever called them for what they are. The difference: People who believed it could ACT about it. And it was nasty.