Tuesday, November 16, 2010

It doesn't look good when the government has a website for debunking conspiracy theories.

Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation - America.gov

The fact that the government has a website devoted to debunking conspiracy theories only proves the conspiracy, right?  No doubt there are many conspiracy theories that don't have a leg to stand on, but there are a few that persist precisely because there is reason to be suspicious of what's going on.  It should be noted that even if there is no conspiracy, the act of debunking it makes it look like there's something to hide.

There is also plenty of reason for not being very trusting when one considers what the government has done in the past.  Project MKULTRA and the Tuskegee experiment are just a couple of examples.  It really does make one wonder what "they" could be up to right now that we won't find out about for decades, or ever.

Merely labeling something as a "conspiracy theory" has the effect of discrediting it these days.  There is probably a reason for that lack of being taken seriously though.  I've noticed that a lot of conspiracy theorists don't apply enough critical thinking to what they're saying and many rely on vague connections to support their arguments.  All of this only helps "them" stay out of the light, assuming that "they" even exist in the first place.  The truthers now perpetuate any conspiracy that may exist through the act of drawing attention to it.  Ironic, huh?

Wikipedia on the Tuskegee experiment.
Wikipedia on Project MKULTRA.

1 comment:

  1. All it means is that the Government is as tired of hearing about 9/11 as I am.

    It is a blanket statement. I'd be more worried if it were enough for a website that spanned several dozen pages, rather then a single blanket page with about a dozen links that relate to the topics at hand, some of which are not controlled by America.

    In addition the page seems ancient. I believe it hasn't been updated in at least a year.

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