For Some, Everything Seems to Be a Conspiracy

Hello,

I spend a fair amount of time on Facebook and I have noticed in the past year or two whenever a big event happens somebody ALWAYS thinks its a conspiracy! Osama bin Laden didn't really die, there was no evidence of the body so it had to be a conspiracy... Of course, there are those who think 9/11 was a conspiracy, the shooting at Sandy Hook was a conspiracy, the Ferguson riots were a conspiracy and so on and so forth. There is no way that every major event could be a conspiracy! My two cents.

 

So true, this mostly applies to the close minded people imprisoned by the mind living a fake sense of reality. Such states of mind are conformed with their living conditions and are afraid to seek something more, beyond the ordinary conceptions of an average consumer. Human nature is intertwined with fear of anything challenging lifestyle, we must overcome this primitive trait and change for the better. Taking into account what we hear and accurately judge credibility.

 

I think people today want a sense of high drama. They are so dissatisfied with their lives that they live vicariously through the conflict and drama of a good "conspiracy". I'm not saying that conspiracies don't exist, but to see one around every corner is unrealistic. For me, though, I love reading about them - it's fun to see how gullible people can be.

 

I love to read about them also, I find it hard to believe some people are that gullible and afraid of their own shadows. The "they" that is out to get them.

 

I would be hard put to say that everything bad that happens is the result of some conspiracy, but I do think that there are those in our government who conspire to further whatever their agenda is by "never letting a good crisis go to waste".

 

I think a lot of it deals with the fact that people enjoy conspiracies to some degree. They are exciting to think about and make you feel like you may be in the know about something that everyone else is not. With enough time and effort you can manage to get yourself to believe almost anything if you try hard enough.

 

I agree that some people want to believe in conspiracies because it makes them feel superior to those who don't believe it. Because they feel insecure and uninformed, they want to think that everyone is being manipulated and that there are government departments where people think up these evil ideas.

I could never be a conspiracy theorist because I would not want to live my life in such fear of authority. It's bad enough that we live in a world with terrorists and despots who want to convince everyone else that they are in control. I don't want to think that every major disaster is just part of a government plan.

 

Hear, Hear!! Actually, I believe all conspiracies are a conspiracy. The first conspiritors try to outwit the public and find other conspiritors outdoing the first conspiracy which wasn't really that much of a conspiracy until it turned into one because of the later conspiracy. Do you follow?
Now, if it had not been for a prime activity that absolutely needed and begged for a conspiracy then there would be none. Unless.......a third party entered in and needed one to send to the "Enquirer" which we all know is a factual paper based on confronting conspiracies, which weren't but now are when the government got ahold of it and wanted to tax conspiracies that worked well with the president. Understood? Let me try again.........later!

 

Please forgive the "light hearted Jibberish" I displayed in a former post, because I do believe there are indeed a few conspiracies out there and doing well beyond their greatest expectations. Some things just strike me funny and I do vent the humor quite often and possibly in the wrong place at the wrong time. But, maybe not in this case.

Seriously though Ken and all, we cannot forget the word, "theory," for I am guilty of believing some of the conspiracies but have not a scratch of proof.
Do I believe Al Sharpton is trying to derail the progress we have made in the racial structure of this country? Yes.
Do I believe O'Bama to be a mere puppet? yes, but who is in the background I do not know for sure.
Do I believe that every written or spoken word via internet and airway is being heard and read by big brother? yes.
Do I believe that 9/11 was an inside job? no.
There are probably hundreds of things we can call conspiracies and rightfully so, but they only receive the merit of being theories until proven otherwise. The methodology involved in a scientific study begins with theory and ends with examining the proof.

You see what I mean? I cannot prove nor disprove any of these, but I have my beliefs on the subject of conspiracies. Some topics in the news I can readily pick apart and call them what they are, but they still remain theories on my part. Sometimes I just keep quiet and wait for confirmation to appear regarding a potential conspiracy and then the doors come open. But, if I am proven wrong, there's no harm done because the disappearance of a smile still reveals nothing. For my own sanity, this is how I handle "conspiracies."

My wife is a conspiracy theory nut, but I love her and do listen to what she has to say.....most of the time. She is neither crazy nor has a screw missing, but she, like others are totally entitled to an opinion and should also be received with grace and a measure of thought, for who should dare step on something someone truely believes unless they are willing for others to do the same to them.

 

Gotcha! "REdefined" is key here. A huge word but missed by my poor ailing eyes and dimming brain.