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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-25-06 10:51 AM
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29. I agree. I think that these people wander all over the political spectrum
Freeperville has its own history of woo-wooism.
"Global Warming is a lie - left-wing conspiracy"
Bill and Hillary Clinton have been accused of all sorts, orchestrating the Oklahoma bombing, killing and raping young women in Arkansas, surrendering the U.S. to the secret U.N. world government and so on.

Had a 9/11 style attack occurred under a Gore presidency we would have seen a 9/11 Truth (sic) movement directed by right-wing ideologues with a following of woo-woos that we're familiar with.

These people seem to go wherever they think there is an audience for them. As the neoconservatives are such hate figures, attributing further outrageous conspiracies to them is attractive to those who already hold them in low regard. Attributing such powers (Tsunami machines, 9/11 MIHOP) enables a Good v Evil viewpoint to be easy to hold and perhaps it is comforting to avoid complex analysis.
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