[Sirius Lee]

Conspiracy or not, my favorite observed spook tactic is when someone gets close to an actual conspiracy, but then false-friend spooks show up and add over the top crap into the mix to discredit the entire thing, which the dickhead spooks can then deride mercilessly so as to dissuade further scrutiny.

Example: "Doctors are reporting an increase in myocarditis in patients who have had the vaccine. And perfectly healthy kids are dropping dead after receiving it."

False-friend spook: "Yeah, and there's razor blades in the needles!"

Dickhead spook: "Nobody is dying of razor blades. The shots are safe. You people are conspiracy kooks!"

[fr_freak]

Conspiracy or not, my favorite observed spook tactic is when someone gets close to an actual conspiracy, but then false-friend spooks show up and add over the top crap into the mix to discredit the entire thing, which the dickhead spooks can then deride mercilessly so as to dissuade further scrutiny.

Absolutely. I have seen this pattern all over - not just on FR.