Crackpot Chronicles: Van Jones, Glenn Beck, Ron Paul, Rorschach, the Truthers, And Me – Part II

David Horowitz's NewsReal Blog ^ | October 5, 2009 | David Swindle

[HorowitzianConservative]

We cannot confront the fallacies of conspiracy thinking in our political culture if we do not understand it. In recent weeks Van Jones, the President's Green Jobs Czar, lost his job because of his embrace of conspiracy thinking. More recently popular talker Glenn Beck has been smeared by his opponents as a conspiracy nut. We can only decipher these issues and win these intellectual fights if we know just what kind of thinking needs to be isolated from political life.

Click here for Part I

When we last left off our 9/11 Truther Crackpot was suggesting that surely his conspiracy theory was at least worth looking into. I had to explain why it was not:

"Surely one must look at all the evidence, if one would conclude any degree of probabilty. Arguments aside, there seems to be certain reasonable evidence that is available for inspection."

Not really. Must I look at all the evidence presented by those who who deny the Holocaust... or promote the moon landing conspiracy... or that Obama wasn't born in the US... or that Hitler survived WWII and now has a base on the moon... or that the Clintons murdered their political opponents... or that Islam is true and we need to wage Jihad against the US... or that Noam Chomsky's propaganda model is accurate... or Santa Claus flies around the world delivering presents... or that David Icke's Lizard People control the planet... or that corporations are out to enslave and imprison us... do I need to go on? Because if your conspiracy is worthy of my time then so are all the other ones.

[sickoflibs]

Shouldnt this be posted under ‘blogs and personals’??

[Conspiracy Guy]

Did Wendys add earthworms to their hamburger patties? Or was that fake too?

[HorowitzianConservative]

Are you the FR moderator? Because he told me to post NewsReal’s posts in news.

[RoadTest]

CONSPIRACY |kənˈspirəsē| noun ( pl. -cies) a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful : a conspiracy to destroy the government. See note at plot . • the action of plotting or conspiring : they were cleared of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. In the light of the insanity emanating from Washington, DC, why is a tinfoil hat required? Nobody in their right mind would do what Obama is doing without powerful backing (that doesn't show) A person doing what he is doing would be insane to do it on his own.

[GoldStandard]

Horowitz can frankly take a long walk off a short pier.