# I pit "the shooting was staged" conspiracy theorists **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [April 26, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570 "2026-04-26T15:58:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/142 "2026-05-02T13:43:31Z")
If ever I’m a standup comedian, I want the guy who responded to Leavitt’s “shot will be fired” with guffaws in my audience. The very definition of a humor-free statement. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/143 "2026-05-03T03:05:51Z")
yes thankyou…did not realize what thread I was in. to late to edit maybe mods can move? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/144 "2026-05-03T03:52:45Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > to late to edit maybe mods can move? You’d have to flag it for them to see, since mods don’t monitor every post of every thread. At this point, it might be simplest if you just repost it in the other thread, if you still care to. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/145 "2026-05-03T16:06:02Z")
Thank you, I flagged to mod. And I agree with conspiracy threorist pittings of all sorts!! (not hearing much about the backside of the moon being a studio prop…) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/146 "2026-05-03T16:11:38Z")
Patience Grasshopper. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/147 "2026-05-03T17:36:14Z")
> [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](#): > > (not hearing much about the backside of the moon being a studio prop…) As the joke goes, the government hired Stanley Kubrick to fake the Moon Landings. Being a perfectionist however, Kubrick insisted on shooting on-site. ---
**Author:** ![Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/section_maker_jupe/32/1424_2.png) [@Section\_Maker\_Jupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Section_Maker_Jupe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/148 "2026-05-03T23:59:19Z")
I knew it!!! and the flags were blowing too!! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570/149 "2026-05-09T16:59:41Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Being a perfectionist however, Kubrick insisted on shooting on-site. 😆 👽 👾 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-shooting-was-staged-conspiracy-theorists/1029570.md?page=7)