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Old 05-12-2006, 01:14 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by tjinaz
The lady in the video offered an opinion on conspiracy theoriests that is almost word for word the same as this quote from a Washington Post story:

"Conspiracy theories are one way to make sense of what happened and regain a sense of control," said Michael Barkun, political scientist at Syracuse University who has written books on the culture of conspiracies.

"Of course, they're usually wrong, but they're psychologically reassuring. Because what they say is that everything is connected, nothing happens by accident, and that there is some kind of order in the world, even if it's produced by evil forces. I think psychologically, it's in a way consoling to a lot of people."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...-2004Oct6.html

Most conspiracy theorists are just that, not droning on about a single theory but rather a multitude of them on various topics, reinforcing themselves with books and articles of other conspiracy theorists while, strangely, denouncing objectors as "biased" in some way, apparently not seeing the irony.

And yes, the Clintons are murderers.

http://www.jeremiahproject.com/proph...ntbodycnt.html

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