the site LiveScience had a very good take on the psychological processes involved here. Worth the read.
http://www.livescience.com/26314-sandy-hook-massacre-conspiracy-theories.html On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a surprisingly large group of people in this country who are > questioning whether Sandy Hook tragedy was really just a government > conspiracy...a fake event concocted to help usher in gun control, or in the > name of some other government agenda. It's not that much different from the > 9/11 truthers. > > On first blush, it's easy to be incredulous at such an idea. How can anyone > be that heartless, that stupid, etc. > > Granted, i'm sure there are some people who really are that stupid and mean > hearted, or who are so beholden to the idea of guns or whatever their pet > project is, that they will do whatever is necessary to shield their > ideology from the reality of events. > > But I think it's something else at work here...something I've touched on > before: It's a defense mechanism. 9/11 and Sandy Hook share the same > attribute of senselessness, and that scares people. That anywhere at any > time, some 20 year old could walk into THEIR kids school....for NO > reason...and kill them....is a scary idea. It brings some sense of relief > to think that there was a reason behind it...even if that reason doesn't > really make much sense. Oh, it wasn't a random act...the GOVERNMENT did it. > There aren't really 20 year olds out there capable of doing something do > horrible. > > It really is interesting to watch how large societies react to senseless > tragedies like this. The defense mechanisms can be almost as awful to > behold as the event....and they underscore, once again, how fragile we > really are. > > We are SO flawed...and we aren't even able to cope with the enormity of our > own shortcomings. And yet, we consider ourselves a higher species???? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360293 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
