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To: bagster
Says the guy named Rightwing Conspiratr1.

My FR id was inspired by another crazy conspiracy theorist, Hillary Clinton. I despise all conspiracy theorists whether they be on the left or right.

157 posted on 03/04/2021 12:05:51 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1
I despise all conspiracy theorists whether they be on the left or right.

Then you're a good little CIA npc.

Or maybe you aren't aware (or dware) that the term 'conspiracy theory' was a CIA concoction placed into the lexicon in order to stifle the investigation into the JFK assassination and any future 'talk' that went against the derp state 'government' narrative.

You are the perfect lab rat.

You should be proud.

The term “conspiracy theory” as a psycholinguistic tool for memetic hegemony

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Those rejecting the official accounts of significant suspicious and impactful events are often labeled conspiracy theorists and the alternative explanations they propose are often referred to as conspiracy theories.

These labels are often used to dismiss the beliefs of those individuals who question potentially hegemonic control of what people believe. The conspiracy theory concept functions as an impediment to legitimate discursive examination of conspiracy suspicions.

The effect of the label appears to constrain even the most respected thinkers. This impediment is particularly problematic in academia, where thorough, objective analysis of information is critical to uncovering truth, and where members of the academy are typically considered among the most important of epistemic authorities.

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

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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.

CIA Document 1035-960 Concerning Criticism of the Warren Report

There, now you got something to read besides comic books. And I won't even charge you for the education.

Cause I'm a helper.


202 posted on 03/04/2021 1:04:11 PM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas.")
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