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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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To: bagster
Wow! A conspiracy theory about the CIA inventing the term 'conspiracy theory'. See: Conspiracy Theory. Note the citations for its use in 1870 and 1909 showing that it has always had a negative connotation; primarily because 'conspiracy theories' as opposed to actual conspiracies are non-falsifiable and self referential.

Nothing describes the QAnon conspiracy better...(what could be more evil incarnate than Satan worshiping pedophiles)

The malevolent intent assumed by most conspiracy theories goes far beyond everyday plots borne out of self-interest, corruption, cruelty, and criminality. The postulated conspirators are not merely people with selfish agendas or differing values. Rather, conspiracy theories postulate a black-and-white world in which good is struggling against evil. The general public is cast as the victim of organised persecution, and the motives of the alleged conspirators often verge on pure maniacal evil. At the very least, the conspirators are said to have an almost inhuman disregard for the basic liberty and well-being of the general population. More grandiose conspiracy theories portray the conspirators as being Evil Incarnate: of having caused all the ills from which we suffer, committing abominable acts of unthinkable cruelty on a routine basis, and striving ultimately to subvert or destroy everything we hold dear.

And of course anyone who opposes such mental illness or childlike thought process is obviously part of the conspiracy... a CIA NPC like you suggest.

223 posted on 03/04/2021 2:04:36 PM PST by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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