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In reply to the discussion: Sandy Hook tragedy was a hoax? [View all]lolly
(3,248 posts)79. I would suggest there are 2 different roots behind the CTs
There are the general distrust of government CTs
and there are the CTs generated to prop up an inherently illogical ideology.
If something happens that challenges or even disproves an ideology that someone NEEDS to believe, then that person resorts to a conspiracy theory that the event never really happened in order to protect himself from that challenge.
Sort of like fervid anti-choicers insisting that "legitimate" rape can't cause pregnancy. The ugly truth of this possibility challenges their beliefs about good v. bad women, so they deny the possibility.
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I kind of "skimmed" this video. Did he even have audio of what the parents were talking about?
Iris
Jan 2013
#8
when u lose a child and I have lost a son, you cry you smile at the memories you even laugh you don'
NavyDavy
Jan 2013
#28
I know that conspiracy theories aren't allowed, but I watched this trash and got so pissed...
HawkeyeLibkid
Jan 2013
#10
Yes, and it was the same thing I thought when I saw this video in the first place.
Iris
Jan 2013
#75
Not under qualified at all....many have been here far longer or more post counts are less
pkdu
Jan 2013
#63
I've heard from a reliable source that we're all actually living in a giant simulation
Xipe Totec
Jan 2013
#27
when the Presidential and Vice Presidential nominees of one of two major parties are shocked almost
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2013
#87
My family is in Sandy Hook and lost a friend in the shooting - it's real.
CHOCOLATMIMOSA
Jan 2013
#90