Geoff, I daresay that most of your posts fit into one or more of these categories. Number 4 and 5 especially. It also looks like 100% of people fall into one of more of your categories at one time or another. So in general your post is useless at explaining anything.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Flight" <[email protected]> To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:26 PM Subject: RE: [OT] Federal Obligations Exceed World GDP > Conspiracy Theory 101. > > There is a reason Bob, why I have begun to equate some of your verbose > ramblings as conspiracy theory. Not the least of which is because you > believe the financial crisis IS a conspiracy and some shadowy person, > group > or country has brought it on. But let's look at some of the > characteristics > on Conspiracy Theorists (CT). > > 1) Extreme language. CTs tend to describe their theories using > pejorative and extreme language. It is rarely an 'issue' or an 'event'. It > is almost always a world-changing, massive coverup of enormous proportions > that a great number of people are involved in. It is never an accident > etc > 2) Secret Knowledge. CTs love to sprout the fact that they know > something the rest of us don't. They have access to some hidden wisdom > that > us lesser mortals don't. These sources are usually discredited websites, > anonymous 'official' sources etc. When added to the paranoid who believe > they are hearing from God it becomes cultish. Almost always their facts > are > without a shred of credibility. But some are legit... which leads us to... > 3) CT interpretation of facts 101. CTs love to interpret facts and > theories according to their latest idea or theory. When a fact can have > several possible interpretations CTs will invariably use the one that > supports their theory despite the fact that this interpretation is the > least > likely and defies statistical probablility. They claim to be seeking after > truth but in reality are seeking confirmation of their own theory and > nothing more. > 4) CTs always predict doom and disaster. Never joy and happiness. There > is never a conspiracy to feed the poor or cure cancer etc. > 5) CTs will abuse those who query them. Often the abuse is > astonishingly rough. > 6) CTs never have just one theory. They always support a whole host of > them. If you are a 911 CT then you probably don't believe in the moon > landings either. > 7) CTs are usually poorly educated. But this doesn't stop them from > making grandiose statements on the viability of the Lunar Lander or on > complex engineering or scientific issues. IN fact the less educated they > are, the more they sprout. > 8) The 'black helicopters'. CTs always believe some or all of the > following. The New World Order, Illuminati, Zionist conspiracy, families > ruling over governments and of course the famed silent 'black > helicopters'. > Aliens are also a regular feature. > 9) CTs love guns and the right for all to have them and the necessity > for self -defence. (I don't understand this one but it is a common trait) > 10) The difference between CTs and Religious Paranoids (a diagnosed > illness) is not much. Add an antichrist here and a few narrow-minded and > theologically inaccurate interpretations there and voila... a RP > (Religious > paranoid) is born. And if we are unlucky, so is a cult. > 11) CTs are often survivalists. > 12) They are verbose. Bob, this is not a particular rant at you ok? BUT > CTs have a habit of writing vast quantities of material, mostly repetitive > and all of it pretty much in line with the above points. It is as if they > seek to convince by the sheer volume of words rather than the information > contained therein. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/018f01c99377$b25e3700$6401a...@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
