Maybe I’m too cynical, or maybe I’ve seen too many bogus conspiracy theories, to be taken in by someone who comes forward making vague, veiled, claims with little to no factual evidence.
I am immediately “turned off” by people who use the “I know secrets but you can’t handle knowing them” style of reporting. I prefer facts, rationally presented as one adult would convey them to another adult.
It’s got nothing to do with timidity - I’ll be gladly do whatever is necessary to bring down corrupt politicians, but the burden of proof for me involves more than anonymous sources releasing cryptic information on the internet.
We all are. It comes from being lied to by our government and the press for our entire lives. We are conditioned to reject even the truth when we see it.
I prefer facts, rationally presented as one adult would convey them to another adult.
In the America that should be, that would be the ideal. We do not live in that America, though. Now we have a corrupt government infested with domestic enemies. What would happen to a government official who tried to leak out information of this sort in the way that you would prefer. At the very least, he would no longer have the access he honce had. And much worse consequences than that are possible, as we all have seen. Think Seth Rich and the Clinton death list.
No, Wayne. I don't blame you for your cynicism. I just ask you to keep an open mind and consider the possibility that not all "conspiracy theories" are a hoax. It takes a lot for me to throw off my own cynicism, given that I have been conditioned the same as you all my life.
this one feels legit to me. So I'm taking a chance.
If it turns out to be BS, I have lost nothing. But there is so much to gain by supporting it and spreading the word if it turns out to be true.
Many have narrow rigidities and an addition for levels of proof that are practically unrealistic in the complex situations concerned.
However, one might occasionally slightly admire the lone contrarian clinging with a death grip to their criteria and standards in a typhoon.
Enjoy your addiction to false negative errors.