Reply #4: People are quite afraid of taking on "conspiracy theories" here because...

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They equate/conflate plausible, or at least possible scenarios, like Govt. complicity in the 9/11 hijackings, or discrepancies in the Wellstone crash, etc. with truly outlandish nonsense like UFO abductions, chemtrails, new age bullshit, and govt. complicity in controlling the weather.


This is unfortunate and keeps a lot of delicate, controversial topics from being rationally discussed for fear of being branded a "tinfoiler." It'd be nice if those who wish to discuss conspiracy theories, or topics labelled as such, would refrain from bringing up the weirder/stupider shit, and it would also help if the skeptics wouldn't paint the entire subject with a brush that would be more appropriate for just a few items. But don't expect that to happen anytime soon.