Why, when we challenge our governments, are we labelled conspiracy theorists?

Question

"You take the blue pill, the story ends and you wake up believing whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland...."

Those of us who educate ourselves as to the actions of our governments are continually labelled conspiracy 'nuts' or weirdos by other people.

Why do think this is? Are they the ones that are blinded as to the real world, or is it the reverse, are we the ones who are fooling ourselves?

Bill Hicks.....

Answer 1

Firstly,everyone in a democracy has the absolute right to challenge the accuracy of 'facts'. I find holocaust deniers particularly repulisve, when they call survivers of the hell of concerntration camps liars or the brave men that fought through the Nazi filth to liberate these skellital people, part of a cover up. But they have a right to question events even when the evidence against them is overwhelming and their reasoning is based on an implicit prejudice.

As to people who label people interested in politics as geeks or whatever, I think its far wierder not to have an interest in how your life in influenced by your government. Morover, there is a curious irony. The people who create these labels and point at others are apt to be the ones with the worst education, jobs, housing and are heavily dependent on the government they ignore. Its both a naive and self-defeating attitude.

Answer 2

Well Bill, it's like this.

When you (not YOU, but I mean a "person") have a theory, say about 9-11, and you are presented with overwhelming, skull-crushing evidence that is photographic, eye-witness and from the recorded testimony of demolition experts AND the very people who built the buildings, and when you are further confronted with the very unlikely odds of a conspiracy involving thousands of people, and when you are presented with the identities and movements of the suicide bombers, and when all that is lumped in front of you, patiently gathered by Yahoo members......

AND THIS PERSON STILL repeats the SAME OLD CRAP.....

we tend to think they are hopelessly deluded.

THEY, these "questioners", don't have "evidence" ----THEY have blurry photos, hear-say, speculation, rumor and wild fantasy.

I have photos of commercial jet engines strewn on the Pentagon lawn....I have the testimony of the world's leading demo experts, who say it POSITIVELY was not a controlled demolition. I HAVE the video of the NOVA show where the Twin Towers architects describe how the building collapsed and why. I have the 9-11 commission report.


They don't read or look at ANY of this, do they?

No, because they already have an answer and are looking for anything to prove it.

That's what a conspiracy theorist does.

Answer 3

Not all people who challenge our governments are labelled consipiracy theorists. It depends on the conclusions of those making the challange. If, for example, you believe Geo Bush knew about and/or assisted with the 911 terrorists, that would necessitate a conspiracy (an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot) and it would be a theory (a coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena) so that scenerio is without a doubt, a conspiracy theory. It doesn't make it wrong or incorrect, but it is what it is -- a theory about a consipiracy.

If on the other hand you are dealing with fact (on September 4, 1976, at the age of 30, George Bush was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) near his family's summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine) you cannot be considered a consipiracy theorists.

Answer 4

People who challenge the government are not labeled weirdo's BECAUSE they challenge the government. They are labeled weirdo's because of the way they present their "findings." Most of the things I have seen are complete generalizations and in no way based on fact. It is good that the people challenge the government, that is democracy at its best. It is not good when people throw out false claims and present things as fact.

For example, people that question 9/11, saying the government was involved in that. Do these people realize how many people would have to be involved in a plot of that size? All organizations of the government and private citizens would all have to turn a blind eye to the truth for these claims that the US government was behind it to be valid.

People are not wacko for challenging government, people are wacko for the conclusions that they jump to without evidence or fact.

Answer 5

Because they don't want to be proven wrong and challenged.
So anything to make themselves look right would be easier to label those against them, conspiracy theorists.
They can't fool the educated ones though.
Many in Government are really blinded to the real world and this applies to many not in Government also.

Answer 6

Because there are alot of people who do not know how to disagree peacefully, and have yet to practice the forum for the formal resolve for greivances. There are other persons who will use such forums to instigate violence to subvert the points raised by other groups.

See that? It keeps coming back to a foundation that is being "modernized and progressed into something new for the community".

The foundation is not to be altered with new laws; our Constitution is the Law of the Land as it was written--Amended maybe for updates considering modern technology and stuff like that, but the rights do not change.

There are simply too many people who are willing to trust people who's job description does not entail trust.
It is the system we trust; because it is designed to be a functioning body, if you will. Not a passive system during times of temporary fear.

The people who have spoken "unpopular concerns within the community", have been a prime and just example of freedom, that we claim to have.

What does the concept "just cause" infer, please?

Answer 7

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Answer 8

There's a grain of truth (sometimes a lot more) to every conspiracy theory. Therefore, the conspiracy theorists aren't entirely nuts, but there is too much proof against many of the so-called conspiracies for many people to take them seriously.

Answer 9

It would appear from the answers, and the complexity of your question, that there is an outright conspiracy to brand dissidents and conspiracy theorists as conspirators themselves. And that, in itself, is a conspiracy.

I don't know who is behind it all.

But they're doing a very good job, and selling lots of books and media time, and buying influence.

Thanks for reminding me to watch the classic "Return of the Body Snatchers" once again...

Answer 10

Yes we should challenge our government, but some of these people are true conspiracy nuts. They are looking for things in way far out places (beyond Pluto places) We should challenge our government on facts, not ideas.