2006-12-23 02:48:57 · 12 answers · asked by bettysdad 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It is a theory that there is a conspiracy taking place.
2006-12-23 03:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by Mario Savio 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A conspiracy theory is a term used to ridicule the idea that something that happened was planned. The opposite of a conspiracy theory would be a coincidence theory.
We can believe that terrorist attack us because they hate us. That is the coincidence theory. They attack us for no particular reason. They just hate us. Or you can see a pattern of foreign policy involvement in the affairs of other nations. I am not for one minute defending the acts of terrorist. We need to hunt them down and exterminate them after they attack us. What I am pointing to is, why did they attack us?
The conspiracy theory is also know as the Hegelian Dialectic. To cause a reaction, you must first cause an action. Politicians have been doing this for years. When someone points a finger, they are accused of believing in conspiracy theories.
In the past decade or two, crackpot conspiracy theories have been circulated about "black helicopters", the gold fringe on the flag, vapor trails produced by aircraft, and many more, too numerous to mention. I believe that these ridiculous arguments are introduced to give the impression that conspiracies don't really exist.
We know that organized crime exists. We have seen several politicians indicted for corruption. These are examples of conspiracies. Why would anyone doubt that terrorism, assassinations and other military actions are not the result of conspiracies?
2006-12-23 03:43:12 · answer #2 · answered by iraqisax 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a "conditioned response" from a mass viewing public after years of intense unconscious manipulation of the mind and its thought processes from a foundation that has been laid down and developed over the Television Media mind control effort.
If it's not an act of God! It's a Conspiracy. Here's the way it's thought of and treated...."Example: "Look, by the time they start to figure it out we'll already have pulled it off. Even if half of them know what really happened no one will ever get busted. What's the worst thing that can happen? They'll call it a Conspiracy! Which is so closely inter twined to theory who has ever gone down for it.
The problem is most Conspirators are also the ones in control over portions of Government, financing and trade etc. So how, or who can go after the ones with blood on their hands when up at the top of the heap is the conspiracy likely served those interests: and the Public is without a voice or a TV station and sadly without any recourse.
2006-12-23 03:05:42 · answer #3 · answered by Deciple 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The idea that a plot exists to cover the truth up .
We all know that the truth is told about everything so anyone that does not accept the facts as reported by the media and government has a conspiracy at the heart of the cover up.
We all know cover ups do not exist .
People always tell the truth and the facts are always correct in how they are reported . Magic Bullet covered the Kennedy assassination and 3 shots fired in record time at a moving target unable to be reproduced by anyone to date .
Well I guess a skeptic is todays conspiracy theorist .
2006-12-23 02:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by -----JAFO---- 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A conspiracy theory attempts to explain the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social, or historical events) as a secret, and often deceptive, plot by a covert alliance of powerful or influential people or organizations. Many conspiracy theories claim that major events in history have been dominated by conspirators who manipulate political happenings from behind the scenes.
The first recorded use of the phrase "conspiracy theory" dates back to an economics article in the 1920s, but it was only in the 1960s that it entered popular usage. It entered the supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary as late as 1997. [1]
The term "conspiracy theory" is used by mainstream scholars and in popular culture to identify a type of folklore similar to an urban legend, especially an explanatory narrative which is constructed with methodological flaws.[2] The term is also used pejoratively to dismiss claims that are alleged by critics to be misconceived, paranoid, unfounded, outlandish, irrational, or otherwise unworthy of serious consideration. For example "Conspiracy nut" and "conspiracy theorist" are used as pejorative terms. Some whose theories or speculations are labeled a "conspiracy theory" reject the term as prejudicial.
2006-12-23 02:54:15 · answer #5 · answered by Zain 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Conspiracy theory is when a theory is proposed that implies a group of people are behind an unfortunate event. One which is well known is the theory that President Kennedy's assassination was the result of a group of people plotting his death rather than being killed by a single gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. There are usually facts supporting the theory, but not enough available to prove it one way or another. The term is generally used as a put down equated with nut-case.
Today we have several Conspiracy theories concerning what happened on 9/11/01. The "official" one is that only a group from al Qaida planned and carried out the attacks that day. One implies al Qaida was used as a scapegoat in the attacks. Another suggests they were allowed to happen to further long range plans of the Far Right. Then there is the range of beliefs that key people in the US plotted & carried out the destruction.
There is evidence but little proof for any of these scenarios. The official investigations have holes big enough to drive trucks through considering the refusal of key people to cooperate (including Bush & Cheney, who refused to be interviewed separately or under oath), established crime scene protocol abandoned, evidence destroyed, perjury, etc. All efforts to re-open the investigation have been stonewalled by the Administration & draconian efforts to stifle discussion including illegal spying on web & phone communications.
So which theory are we to believe? All have used lies, twisted logic, personal attacks on the opposition, half truths. Sorting it all out requires tremendous effort & open minds. It comes down to plain old detective work The 911 Truth movement has been engaged in this work in a somewhat disorganized way. Our members range from domestic & foreign govt leaders (including former members of the Bush admin.), to explosives & espionage agents, to academics & scientists, to witnesses (including rescue & clean up people), to families of the victims, to average Joes & Janes, to real life nut cases. Below is a partial list of political & military leaders who are part of us. Please check it out, & note that of the list of 11 former 9/11 Commission members, 8 are on this list. Read what they have to say. Believe what you wish to. Then decide what you want to do next. Thank you.
http://patriotsquestion911.com/
2006-12-23 03:56:45 · answer #6 · answered by bob h 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In regards to 9/11 its a hell of a lot of unanswered questions, that the bush administration wants to dismiss as wild theory's, when in fact they may well lead us to the truth if we could get a serious investigation.
2006-12-23 02:52:18 · answer #7 · answered by dstr 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
conspiracy theory, is the belief that people who crave power will stop at nothing, including breaking the law or other means to do what is necessary to gain that power.
it is denounced and mocked as alien stories, by those who are naive and believe everything a politician tells them.
2006-12-23 02:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by qncyguy21 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
It's a form of political paranoia. Basically, it's assuming that there is a government conspiracy out there somewhere designed just with you in mind. It is designed to ruin your life.
2006-12-23 02:51:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
Something based on the lack of hard evidence.
Inductive reasoning.
2006-12-23 02:51:07 · answer #10 · answered by dm_dragons 5 · 2⤊ 5⤋