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Why do you think CT's catch on?

Back to the thread topic...kinda....sorta.
I've recently become exposed afflicted amazed aware of an anonymous poster called QAnon.
This poster is allegedly a Trump admin. insider.
He posts some enigmatic gibberish which is then interpreted by his followers.
Conspiracy stalwart Alex Jones has assigned uber-birther Jerome Corsi to interpret Q's obtuse posts.
The real entertainment value occurs when you read the comment section on Corsi's youtube analyses.
Example: In one of his posts, Q used the letters MB. This was interpreted by some as meaning "muslim brotherhood".
Another poster thinks MB stands for "michael bolton" the alleged next SoS....I think he meant John Bolton.
But it is the Trump administration, so michael bolton might be accurate.

Anyway, if you're bored, check out the comments on Q's posts.
They're pretty funny.
 
Why are so many people willing to buy in?

A lot of times a belief in a conspiracy rooted in someone's hatred for the government or politcians. For example a lot of people hated Bush.So they claimed he stole the elections,.They claimed he went AWOL while on National guard duty.They claimed he lied for Iraq war even though Saddam on more than a dozen occasions used WMDs, led people to believe he still had WMDs and the belief he still had them was circulating around way before Bush was president. They claimed the Iraq war was for Halliburton, Jews or some other absurd reason. When Obama was president conspiracy the people who hated him made all sorts of cospiracy theories.They claimed he wasn't born in the US.They claimed his birth certificate was fake.They claimed even if because his mother was an American that somehow he renounced his citizenship and claimed school records he was hiding revealed this.They claimed he was a closet Muslim. Now Trump is president his opponents are buying into bull **** conspiracies about him too. They are claiming he colluded with Russia to win the election and that he raped or sexually assaulted women and girls. And I am sure that once those conspiracies don't stick then they will come up with more.
 
Oozlefinch said:
Ahhh, another common claim of the CT mind.

"We are the only ones that think, everybody else is an idiot-drone-stooge."
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Only when they act that way. Only when they deny the existence of facts.
 
camlok said:
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Remember, calamity, the US developed nanothermite shaped charge that can power thru 11.2 feet of high strength armor steel at speeds of up to 10 kilometers per second.
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Proof positive your understanding of "Impossible" is not accurate or believable.
 
calamity said:
The other night in my hotel room, I had some trouble getting to sleep. So, I clicked on a YouTube about the Kennedy assassination. This was a video I had fallen asleep to before. So, I knew I'd be out in minutes. It did not disappoint.

Thinking about that video does lead me to some thoughts about this CT stuff. The video went all in on CT. It was the mother of all CT's; I believe I posted about it here once. Basically, the program uses little factoids and ties them all together into a giant CT, pulling in everything from the Nazis to today's drug cartels, and snaring everyone into the plot from the BBC to W's CIA dad, HW.

I guess I see how something like that could be convincing to those willing to buy in. And, that leads me to my question. Why are so many people willing to buy in?
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What video was it? if it’s the one I’m thinking of it’s a must watch. It’s like a whole alternate fiction movie, completely ludicrous, but enthralling nonetheless
 
Crovax said:
What video was it? if it’s the one I’m thinking of it’s a must watch. It’s like a whole alternate fiction movie, completely ludicrous, but enthralling nonetheless
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It's narrated by some guy with an English accent. Several hours long. And, yes, quite entertaining. Most notable, besides the motherload of all conspiracy theories drawing in everyone from Daddy Bush to Woody Harrelson's father, was the nutty assertion that there were six shooters, with the money shot coming from a sewer.

Oh, yeah, and even nuttier is the claim that officer Tippet was killed by G Gordan Liddy because---get this---Tippet looked exactly like JFK.

Now, I ask. How on earth does that fly?

J.D.+Tippit.jpg

:lol:
 
calamity said:
It's narrated by some guy with an English accent. Several hours long. And, yes, quite entertaining. Most notable, besides the motherload of all conspiracy theories drawing in everyone from Daddy Bush to Woody Harrelson's father, was the nutty assertion that there were six shooters, with the money shot coming from a sewer.

Oh, yeah, and even nuttier is the claim that officer Tippet was killed by G Gordan Liddy because---get this---Tippet looked exactly like JFK.

Now, I ask. How on earth does that fly?

J.D.+Tippit.jpg

:lol:
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Yes we are thinking of the same one

 
Tim the plumber said:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(ACR-1)

I bet you thnk that the USS Main was not blown up by US agents to start a war with Sapin as well.
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Actually, no I do not. The war with Spain was coming, with or without the destruction of the USS Maine. And if destroying a ship was enough to start a war, then why when you are starting a war with a true Global Empire, would you blow up one of your newest and most capable ships? They could have blown up an old frigate or corsair and accomplished the same goal. Not a brand new ship of the line.

That makes as much sense as say we wanted to start a war with China, so we decided to blow up the USS Gerald Ford in Hong Kong Harbor. Makes no freaking sense.

However, the bunkers were full of bituminous coal and that the powder magazine was literally built right next to the coal bunkers.

However, it goes to show why I tend to dismiss most CT claims. On the surface they are generally equally as silly and insane. And hopelessly complex in exchange for the desired results. It is generally a lot like using a Rube Goldberg device to butter toast.
 
Oozlefinch said:
Actually, no I do not. The war with Spain was coming, with or without the destruction of the USS Maine. And if destroying a ship was enough to start a war, then why when you are starting a war with a true Global Empire, would you blow up one of your newest and most capable ships? They could have blown up an old frigate or corsair and accomplished the same goal. Not a brand new ship of the line.

That makes as much sense as say we wanted to start a war with China, so we decided to blow up the USS Gerald Ford in Hong Kong Harbor. Makes no freaking sense.

However, the bunkers were full of bituminous coal and that the powder magazine was literally built right next to the coal bunkers.

However, it goes to show why I tend to dismiss most CT claims. On the surface they are generally equally as silly and insane. And hopelessly complex in exchange for the desired results. It is generally a lot like using a Rube Goldberg device to butter toast.
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Despite these advances, Maine was out of date by the time she entered service, due to her protracted construction period and changes in the role of ships of her type, naval tactics and technology. It took nine years to complete, and nearly three years for the armor plating alone.[2] The general use of steel in warship construction precluded the use of ramming without danger to the attacking vessel. The potential for blast damage from firing end on or cross-deck discouraged en échelon gun placement. The changing role of the armored cruiser from a small, heavily armored substitute for the battleship to a fast, lightly armored commerce raider also hastened her obsolescence.
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Just the sort of emotional "Pride of the Fleet" ship required to ensure that war happened when it did.

The Spanish Empire was in the painful process of modernisation. Rebellions included. They were buying some new fast long range modern ships from Britian. The US managed to get them to rush the delivery and force them to be equiped with much smaller guns.

The tactics used by the Spanish admiralty imply that their admirals had been bribed to fall into the US hands and do exactly what they should not have. Or they were sepctacularly incompetant. Navies other than the British never seem to understand what sea warfare is all about.
 
Tim the plumber said:

The tactics used by the Spanish admiralty imply that their admirals had been bribed to fall into the US hands and do exactly what they should not have.
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And this here shows why I never take Conspiracy Theorists seriously.

It always seems that in trying to prove one conspiracy, they then bring up another. Which often is even more silly and unbelievable, yet somehow in their mind justifies the existence of the first conspiracy. It is a never ending web of conspiracies to such people.

Good day.
 
Oozlefinch said:
And this here shows why I never take Conspiracy Theorists seriously.

It always seems that in trying to prove one conspiracy, they then bring up another. Which often is even more silly and unbelievable, yet somehow in their mind justifies the existence of the first conspiracy. It is a never ending web of conspiracies to such people.

Good day.
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Fast undergunned commerce raiders should not have been hanging around in Cuba waiting for the American slow heavy battle ships to trap them in port. They should have been commerce raiding the US East coast.

The Pacific fleet of loads of tiny vessels should not have massed in Manila and wait for Admiral Perry and his fleet of slow heavy US battle ships to come and sink them. They should have been commerce raiding the US West coast.

Again it may of been incompetance, or the lack of understanding of naval warfare but my guess is a big fat bribe.
 
People will believe others who they trust (enough) to adapt a similar view. Most people are informed about the world from media: newspapers, newscasts, web sites and various blogs, online special interest groups and ... conversations with family, friends and colleagues.

Many people do not trust the MSM for being honest brokers of the truth.. and with good reason in some cases as we were LIED in the run up to the Iraq war... files of the JFK assassination investigation were with held and redacted. We are subject to a constant stream of PR, spin, advertising and "manufacturing of consensus". Politicians often "lie" and don't tell the entire truth about issues.

Groups leverage the distrust of many to stand up what sounds like plausible alternative explanations... even with what appear to be experts. They present what appears to be a coherent explanation.. and often point out holes or minor inconsistencies in the accepted narrative.

And they believe there is a MOTIVE for the MSM /authorities to deceive... there is criminality to cover up or people are making a fortune from the "accepted" narrative.

Powerful corps and people are ALWAYS making out one way or the other.

We do not have the transparency we are led to believe exists.

We have to read between the lines.

Actions have consequences... and not all forces are controllable or manipulated by the "liars" of gov and media.
 
Some people are not able to read between the lines.
 
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