PCWilliams
Senior Member.
I'm reading an interesting article i thought i'd share with everybody. The basic premise is, the conspiracy world is changing:
"… conspiracy theorists do not want, today in 2012, what they used to want ten, five or even three years ago. The endgame for them—the "finish line," if you will—is no longer to convince significant numbers of people in the mainstream that Conspiracy Theory X or Y is factually true. Nowadays, conspiracy theories are being used as a vehicle to advance other ideas, usually a set of ideological or even religious principles. The factual veracity of conspiracy material is no longer as important as it once was. Consequently, debunkers of conspiracy theories—who are focused on what is factual, rational and supportable in objective terms—are going to find themselves increasingly outclassed in this new environment."
http://muertos.blog.com/2012/02/18/the-conspiracy-world-is-changing-are-you-ready-for-it/
"… conspiracy theorists do not want, today in 2012, what they used to want ten, five or even three years ago. The endgame for them—the "finish line," if you will—is no longer to convince significant numbers of people in the mainstream that Conspiracy Theory X or Y is factually true. Nowadays, conspiracy theories are being used as a vehicle to advance other ideas, usually a set of ideological or even religious principles. The factual veracity of conspiracy material is no longer as important as it once was. Consequently, debunkers of conspiracy theories—who are focused on what is factual, rational and supportable in objective terms—are going to find themselves increasingly outclassed in this new environment."
http://muertos.blog.com/2012/02/18/the-conspiracy-world-is-changing-are-you-ready-for-it/