Do conspiracy theorists believe every major conspiracy?

Question

Like, 9/11 is an inside job, the Holocaust is a cover-up, Area 51 has aliens and Elvis was abducted/still alive?

I'm just wondering because if someone believe EVERY conspiracy.. or even most of them.. they should probably seek help.. a little conspiracy can just make life interesting.. so long as it stays in proportion... but some people really seem to go overboard with this stuff.

Answer 1

Why do you ask? Who told you that? What's their connection to the administration? I knew there was a right-wing conspiracy to discredit my paranoia!

Answer 2

That's neat how you can simply make a broad sweeping claim about the beliefs of a massive group of people. (Show me one person who actually believes this.) You probably got confused about something you skimmed instead of reading, or something you heard when you weren't fully paying attention. Those who study geopolitics and history know that Pakistani ISI has been involved with other intelligence agencies in all sorts of shady doings, which makes it a ripe subject for speculation. However, I have never heard anyone say that Obama was working *for* ISI. And if I had, I wouldn't take it seriously. Not without some irrefutable evidence, anyways. Besides, since the notion is so patently ridiculous, why even ask the question? I don't start arguments with schizophrenic bums on the street about THEIR delusions. If these "conspiracy theorists" you speak of are so wacky and wrong, why are you trying to argue with them? Why are you so threatened by these dastardly "C.T.s"? By definition, a conspiracy theorist could hold any or all of a broad range of very different theories. One conspiracy theorist rarely agrees with the next. But, reading your question, it's as if you believe Conspiracy Theorists are all in some kind of big secret club together. (Does that make you a conspiracy theorist?). Do you know what it's called, when you put words in the mouths of your opposition, and then "debunk" the beliefs you CLAIM that they hold? It's called a straw man argument, and your question is a textbook example.

Answer 3

Not all the conspiracies, no. I do think 9/11 had a lot of "inside job" implications, I think there is a lot more to the current JFK theory. I do think it is a good thing to question our government, in fact, our duty in a republic democracy.

I know that the holocaust happened, Elvis is dead, and I have no clue what happens at Area 51, and don't spend much time thinking about it.

EDIT: "Overboard" is a relative term, those who believe everything our leaders say, and don't question anything...and refuse to entertain the unthinkable are also "overboard". I think EVERY patriotic American should look into the events and "theories" surrounding 9/11, so a similiar event won't occur in the near future. We don't want the higher-ups to think that they can get away with anything, and we just swallow it. Like I said before, dissent and questioning are healthy for a government.

Answer 4

I think so.

I have tried to be open minded about this, I've been to a number of sites on the 9/11 conspiracy, Area 51, etc. but I'm a sicentist by training, and I haven't seen anything to make me believe any of this (The Holocaust thing is a no-brainer)

But I did see Elvis on a cruise ship I was on a few years ago, and even got to sing with him in the passenger talent show. He wasn't as good as I remember him. Not nearly.

Answer 5

As a liberal conspiracy devotee. I only believe minor conspiracies. The major ones are all contrived (conspired) to discredited the minor ones.

My favorite is the Irish Conspiracy. Which BTW Pelosi has over 10,000 illegal Irish citizens, living in her district SF.

Before you laugh this off remember the Irish Hibernian army not only drove the Romans out of the British Isles. They conquered the Catholic Church by installing the Monastic system and seating a network of Irish priests the world over.

People of Irish decent only represent 14% of American society. Yet they hold 75% of all political positions.

Go down the list of CIA directors all Irish

Go down the list of post WWII presidents. All but Eisenhower. Irish And he had a Irish mom.

Go big Green Go

Answer 6

Well, first you would have to define conspiracy theorist. Some people apply that label to anyone who doesn't always believe the official story. But a person that believes that everything is a conspiracy or cover up definitely has problems.

Answer 7

Actually I have never believed a single conspiracy theory UNTIL 9/11 and I believed that our government had something to do with it LONG before the conspiracy theorist went at it. In fact, the minute it happened, I knew Bush was behind it. Why doesn't everyone? Is it THAT hard to believe that our own government knew about it and let it happen anyway just so they could make a buck??? I believe it. After all, money is the root of all evil, right?

Answer 8

I think that once you open yourself up to the possibility of a conspiracy in one instance, it's easy to continue down the path, seeing shadowy creatures lurking in every corner, the boogey man in every closet and monsters under every bed.

I think that most people are curious by nature and when something, like the attacks of Sept. 11, occurs that doesn't "make sense" in their fundamental view of the world, then they have to try to make it fit so that their world can once again become an orderly and predictable place.

Personally, I think that the 9/11 conspiracy theorists were, like the rest of us, shaken to their very core by the attacks. They, like the rest of us, didn't want to believe that a group of people possessed the hatred, the intelligence and the ability to carry out attacks like that, killing thousands of innocent civilians in our supposedly safe country.

So, to maintain some sense of control in the situation, they go looking for alternative explanations. They blame it on the government, saying it must have been an inside job. That's easier to deal with...why? Because we have an elected government and they have some small measure of control over who is elected to run the country. In their world, it's easiet to blame it on Bush and the Republicans, elect a Democrat to office and Bingo! the country is now safe once again.

It's sad really.

Answer 9

I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not assassinate Kennedy. And if it is ever found out that there was government ( and I wouldn't put it past this administration )involvement in 9/11 it will be the saddest in history.

Answer 10

I think they pick and choose their favorites. I hate to think that anyone buys into EVERY idiotic conspiracy theory that rolls down the pike.