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CrispyQ

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37. I got a 404 error on that link, but found the download here:

Reply to canetoad (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 30, 2019, 01:39 PM

Mar 2019

http://www.louisesamways.com.au/dangerous-persuaders-penguin-1994-updated-e-book-2007/

Great post.

There was a fairly recent article on how left wing conspiracy theories get bounced back into the MSM & then discounted by the MSM, but on the right that doesn't happen. The conspiracy theory just bounces around the right wing echo chamber. Probably cuz they're so fucking kooky even the MSM won't touch them.

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A small commentary upon belief systems... [View all] PCIntern Mar 2019 OP

My mom was like that iwillalwayswonderwhy Mar 2019 #1

Sounds like the flat earthers. Lonestarblue Mar 2019 #2

I'm not so sure about the current crop of flat-earthers canetoad Mar 2019 #7

Some of them might be, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #29

That's why I think THEY'RE the ALIENS!! 2naSalit Mar 2019 #3

these things don't seem all that much more kooky than "mainstream" religion, imo anarch Mar 2019 #4

I'm with him. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #13

Good post. llmart Mar 2019 #16

It is that randomness that people have a hard time with TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #18

Well, you put it much more succinctly than I did and your examples are good ones. llmart Mar 2019 #22

John Fugelsang made a doc called "Dream On" TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #23

I've seen it. llmart Mar 2019 #25

Yup It's all psychology. All of it. lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #34

Have you ever asked where these beliefs come from? canetoad Mar 2019 #5

I got a 404 error on that link, but found the download here: CrispyQ Mar 2019 #37

you left out the "d" in .pdf -- link works if you add that back in! diva77 Mar 2019 #38

Thank you! canetoad Mar 2019 #39

People who find reality boring need "fun" beliefs mart48 Mar 2019 #6

Yep malaise Mar 2019 #8

sounds like more sex on the wrong brain certainot Mar 2019 #9

I have a neighbor who has bizarre beliefs Maggiemayhem Mar 2019 #10

The problem comes in when they want to pass laws and restrict others based on their delusions Farmer-Rick Mar 2019 #11

PCIntern, I'll bet a common thread to all these conspiracy theories is.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2019 #12

Who is in charge of the agreed upon reality? Alwaysna Mar 2019 #14

in Charge Are DallasNE Mar 2019 #21

The Paranoid Style in American Politics.. MicaelS Mar 2019 #15

Any point trying to show that we had a satellite around Jupiter for years and it found no extra sun? Botany Mar 2019 #17

Didn't you know...? PCIntern Mar 2019 #19

So NASA is in on it too? Botany Mar 2019 #20

They faked the moon landings, didn't they? JHB Mar 2019 #24

All part of the Deep State... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #26

i wonder how I can break that news to my S.I.L.? Botany Mar 2019 #27

Amazing the lengths people will go to support their evil beliefs, right? Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #28

To what end? Igel Mar 2019 #32

Argumentative a bit? PCIntern Mar 2019 #40

A while back I asked My Son the Astronomer PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #30

Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2019 #31

They need to be published but surreptitiously and anonymously PCIntern Mar 2019 #33

The internet (especially Facebook) has enabled these nuts FakeNoose Mar 2019 #35

Science Fiction has always had its share. hunter Mar 2019 #43

Some highly competent people customerserviceguy Mar 2019 #36

That's almost as bad Beringia Mar 2019 #41

You mean there aren't? PCIntern Mar 2019 #42