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To: bagster

“That method was developed by the CIA during the JFK assassination”

Typical Qist hyperbole.
Thinking everything is a CIA plot.
Straw-man arguments have been around since the dawn of man.


75 posted on 08/13/2020 8:12:29 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: enumerated
Typical Qist hyperbole.

I take that as a compliment.

Thinking everything is a CIA plot.

Don't be naive.

Straw-man arguments have been around since the dawn of man.

They didn't have straw men at the dawn of man.

Do yourself a favor and click this link. Read the whole thing and click the links within (if you're interested in learning).

The Term “Conspiracy Theory” — an Invention of the CIA

(excerpt)

Conspiracy theory’s acutely negative connotations may be traced to liberal historian Richard Hofstadter’s well-known fusillades against the “New Right.” Yet it was the Central Intelligence Agency that likely played the greatest role in effectively “weaponizing” the term.

In the groundswell of public skepticism toward the Warren Commission’s findings on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the CIA sent a detailed directive to all of its bureaus. Titled “Countering Criticism of the Warren Commission Report,” the dispatch played a definitive role in making the “conspiracy theory” term a weapon to be wielded against almost any individual or group calling the government’s increasingly clandestine programs and activities into question.

Also, there is a link to the CIA memo in question.

Educate yourself before you pop off.

You have no idea what you're talking about.


77 posted on 08/13/2020 9:14:00 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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