Oh, I see you’re in on it too. 
FNORD
(Plus other words because fuck you Discourse you nanny wannabe piece of shit.)
Other words? I only see the other words…
I just heard this term for the first time, yesterday.
Totally agree. It should be in the daily Dope parlance.
Like I feel about the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, I’ll be glad if and when the word is obsolete, but … meantime … I support its increased use unreservedly.
Just as a point: we don’t know that these “crisis actors” actually received any threats, or were fired at. The whole thing could be fake. A fully designed operation, as it were.
I mean, I couldn’t even prove Sandy hook was a real place. I’ve never been there. But, I trust MSM. 
Have you ever met Alex Jones? Or Joe Rogan? Or Bernie Sanders? I’m just asking questions! It isn’t like Bernie’s software would have to get any legislation passed. Has Cenk Uygur ever been seen in real life? Deepfakes can probably string together enough hateful idiocy to satisfy his fans, and then all you need is some ugly pictures!
I can’t even prove YOU exist.
I want to believe!
I can’t even prove I exist. How deep does the rabbit hole (if rabbits and holes exist) go?
I don’t exist and neither does my wife.
If you believe something never happened even if there are numerous unrelated eyewitnesses who say it happened, and there are both still photos and videos showing it happening. If you still believe it deep in your heart … then you might be a conspiracy theorist.
If you have to get another year out of your old beat up car because you send money every month to a loudmouth on the radio who says he’ll work to uncover the truth… then you might be a conspiracy theorist.
If you refuse to let your children get a vaccine that prevents a life threatening disease… then you might be a conspiracy theorist.
Brought to you by AI! I trimmed the list of 20 down to what I think are the funniest baker’s dozen.
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If you find yourself looking for hidden messages in cereal box codes, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you believe that pigeons are actually government spies, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you have a map on your wall with strings connecting random events, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you’re convinced that Bigfoot is just a misunderstood forest-dwelling creature, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you have a bunker stocked with canned food and survival gear, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you’re constantly worried about being tracked by the government through your smartphone, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you think that the Earth is actually flat, despite all scientific evidence, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you’re convinced that the Illuminati control every aspect of your life, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you think that the government is hiding evidence of time travel, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you have a collection of tin foil hats for every member of your family, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you believe that the number 23 has a mystical significance, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you’re constantly scanning the skies for UFOs, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
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If you believe that the government is hiding evidence of Bigfoot’s existence, you might be a conspiracy theorist.
My personal belief is that CT is a symptom of a society in which almost everyone is powerless and no one really understands what is going on, because it is far too big and far too complicated. The sense that we are all at the mercy of a gigantic juggernaut in which we are but tiny disposable cogs is not wrong.
The more common way to cope with this inescapable fact of modern life is to just wall off the parts that you don’t need to know about, and try to suffer as little as possible while seeking out little pockets of happiness.
Some people want to understand, however. Because knowledge makes you feel in control, and control is what we are missing. Well, among a lot of other things. Here is where CT and reality part ways. Because CT isn’t about how things really work. It’s about how things really FEEL. They feel nefarious, they feel like there must be terrible secrets because otherwise why would things be so fucked up and scary?
CT in its many forms gives the believer a sense of shared mission, a sense of purpose, a sense that through determined communal effort, we can find out why everything is so frightening now, and not be frightened because we, and we alone, understand it.
Beautifully written.
It also happens to be wholly consistent with the numerous ‘scholarly’ YouTube vids I’ve watched explaining in painstaking detail the etiology of CTs.
Gee, and here I thought it all up myself …
The government didn’t do that for another 23 years.
Wait, what??? Hang on, talk to me here…
Dan
Not a Michael Jordan fan, huh?
Nope, don’t follow baseball.
Dan
That only sort of worked 