Are conspiracy theorists mentally ill?

Question

And should we have a government program to help them?

Answer 1

Nah, they're just gullible and misled.
There should be government programs to help them, though.
We can call it "CTA": Conspiracy Theorists Anonymous. It should have 51 steps...you know, to symbolize Area 51?

Answer 2

No. Not a long as they know it theory, and just express their thoughts. In fact, some conspiracy theorists can give insight, and more than food for thought. Just check out some of the conspiracy theories on 911 on the net. Some of it is pretty shockingly coincidental. It makes you wonder. The only time conspiracy theorists should be considered mentally ill, is when their theories(ungrounded) cause disruption to their lives or someone Else's. I believe there are mental health programs already in existence for people like this.

Answer 3

There's conspiracy theorists on everything, JFK's assassination, MLK Jr's assassination, 9/11, Lincoln's assassination, probably stuff as far back as Attilla the Hun.

No matter how compelling the evidence is to prove something, there will always be at least one person who claims to know the "truth," and they have to tell the world.

The only conspiracy theory that I can think of that seems to have strong evidence backing it is the JFK assassination. I highly doubt Oswald was the only shooter.

On the plus side, most of these conspiracy theorists do not gather that much of a following, and die out.

Answer 4

I think that they are very mislead by certain groups or other people. Even though some of the thigns that they say seems like it could only come from someone that is mentally ill, I don't think that the majority of them are.

I think that there should be a government program to help with the situation, but if they are already thinking up conspiracy theories, they are going to take the programs as an act of brainwashing.

Answer 5

Well I'm not a conspiracy theorist or anything but **** the government. Seriously, **** the CIA, the NSA, and all the other secret players in the government that spy on us and take advantage of us. How can anyone disagree with me?

Answer 6

"Conspiracy theorists" is a term/stereotype that is given to describe and discredit those who have discovered and/or researched the truth and facts of a one-sided story.

Mentally ill is a term for clinical, or medical evaluations of those who are deemed intellectually inept, or mentally unstable for societies norm.

I would rather have my tax dollars spent on the latter.

Answer 7

Some could be mentally ill. Some people that are in the general public are mentally ill.

Just because we disagree with their beliefs, it doesn't make them clinically insane.

One of the guiding tenants in this great country is freedom of speech. Let them think what they want to think.

Thus, we should not have a government program to help them, we have many better uses for that money.

Answer 8

A good majority of them are paranoid skitsos. There are others though that are very much as sane as the rest of us that have very good reason to believe that the general public is completely oblivious to what is really going on around them. Like yourself.

There are SOME things that are never what they seem to be on the surface. Some of us are superficial enough to settle for whats on the surface. Some of us are not. Like people who chose a mate on looks alone. Not only would that be stupid, it would be naive.

Answer 9

I would imagine their lives are just extremely boring. I think there's a direct correlation between the cancellation of the X-files and the rise in Democratic voters since 2002.

Answer 10

Some conspiracy theorists take it a bit too far but anyone who thinks conspiracies are not possible needs to have their head examined, too. In our present world of power, greed and high finance, almost anything is possible and do-able...