I always liked Jesse Ventura
I always thought he shot straight and spoke truth to power.
Perhaps I didn’t follow him enough, because I just saw this, and now I don’t know what to think.
On a related note, I don’t know if any of you go on Newsvine.com, but lately I’ve found myself getting into arguments with conspiracy theorists of one sort or another, and I’m starting to suspect that the real conspiracy is those people’s attempt to eliminate common sense and reason from the human vocabulary.
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Jesus fucking Christ. I can’t even argue with conspiracy theorists anymore. They’re more stubborn about misinformation than young-earth creationists. It’s like banging my head against the wall. The fact that the moon landing hoax thing still exists is infuriating. I got in a very long, drawn out argument with someone the other day and presented mounds and mounds of evidence and refuted every one of his points. The conversation ended with “well, I just don’t think there’s enough evidence to believe either one.”
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! WHAT MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU NEED!!? I swear, you could take these people back in time and throw them in the fucking apollo shuttle and they’d tell you that it’s all a matter of perception. They believe what they want to believe and no amount of common sense of reason is going to get in the way of that.
John said:Jesus fucking Christ. I can’t even argue with conspiracy theorists anymore. They’re more stubborn about misinformation than young-earth creationists. It’s like banging my head against the wall. The fact that the moon landing hoax thing still exists is infuriating. I got in a very long, drawn out argument with someone the other day and presented mounds and mounds of evidence and refuted every one of his points. The conversation ended with “well, I just don’t think there’s enough evidence to believe either one.”
ARE YOU SERIOUS?! WHAT MORE EVIDENCE DO YOU NEED!!? I swear, you could take these people back in time and throw them in the fucking apollo shuttle and they’d tell you that it’s all a matter of perception. They believe what they want to believe and no amount of common sense of reason is going to get in the way of that.
I don’t believe any of that.
!#%$#%$!!$!$%&$%^*&$^(JW%
That’s exactly it, the man thrills to speak truth to power and bandying about that dumb-ass 9/11 conspiracy theory is the ultimate rush in opinionated narcotics.
Whenever I see someone clinging to some random screwball conspiracy theory, I tend to think it’s a sign of a weak and anxious personality that desperately wants to advocate a certain type of political slant from a completely unassailable viewpoint. Each weirdo theory seems to come pre-packaged with a specific brand of fearful political paranoia (government is too strong, we are lied to, certain ethnic groups scare me). They are simply too cowardly to fight the actual political viewpoint in open ground, so they hide it behind one of these and dress it up in silly clothes.
Once you parse out the underlying issue that they’re so terrified about and start needling them about it, it’s like frying ants with a magnifying glass. Fun!
You should all get in on this, it’s very therapeutic, helping you hone your ability to be rational, while at the same time talking down to morons.