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Title: Be a Proud Conspiracy Theorist, You're in the Majority
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URL Source: http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01 ... spiracy-theorist-youre-in.html
Published: Jan 21, 2013
Author: Eric Blair
Post Date: 2013-01-21 22:30:43 by christine
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Views: 414
Comments: 26
It seems that the establishment media has intensified their attack on "conspiracy theorists". It's long been their feeble attempt to discredit anyone who dares question the "official" narrative of events. But why the sudden deluge of attacks? First, what does conspiracy theory even mean? con·spir·a·cy - An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act. the·o·ry - A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena. con·spir·a·cy the·o·ry - The belief that the government or a covert organization is responsible for an event that is unusual or unexplained. In short, a conspiracy theorist seeks the full facts about covert subversive acts, and unusual or unexplained events. Put another way, when the story of an event doesn't add up, theories arise to explain what really happened. Given the abominable track record of the establishment media, it's become more common to question everything we hear rather than blindly swallowing their script. As the initial reporting of the Sandy Hook school massacre was so scattered, and policymakers immediately seized the crisis to promote a long desired agenda of strict gun control, it's no wonder that some have questioned the authenticity of the "official" version of events. What is the official version, anyway? It's changed a thousand times. They want us to believe a lone-wolf psycho used an assault rifle to kill 26 innocent children and teachers. Never mind that it has come out that a "rifle" never entered the school and what they found in the trunk of Lanza's car was actually a shotgun. Never mind how he got through the new $300,000 surveillance/security system while wearing a mask and armed to the teeth. Never mind the reports of multiple shooters and camouflage-clad strangers arrested in the woods. Don't worry about the Emergency Response Team (ERT) that was simulating this exact same school shooter scenario on the same day in a nearby town. And, don't ask why there's a strange lack of injured survivors, credible witnesses, or anyone who even knew Adam Lanza. And, finally, how would gun control have prevented this event? I must be an evil, heartless conspiracy theorist who pisses on the graves of those killed that day because I'd like answers to these questions. At least that's what the establishment media wants you to believe about me and others who desire better explanations than what we've been given. Media figures, particularly CIA intern Anderson Cooper of CNN, is using his bully pulpit to demonize anyone who questions the Sandy Hook event and lump them all into the most radical theory that says no one was murdered that day. The fact that he dedicated nearly an entire show to disputing a conspiracy theory, in and of itself is telling. Meanwhile, AC was caught pulling a 360 on viewers by showing “active-shooter drill footage” from another school as if it was the breaking news feed of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. But, as Cooper struggles to attract 200K viewers per night to his pulpit, an amateur video questioning the anomalies of Sandy Hook received an astonishing 10 million views in one week. Therein lies the primary reason the establishment can no longer ignore conspiracy theorists, because they're now the majority. According to a recent Fairleigh Dickinson University poll a majority of Americans (63%) believe at least one political conspiracy theory. Dan Cassino, a professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University who helped conduct the poll said "People tend to believe that where there’s smoke, there’s fire – so the more smoke they see, the more likely they are to believe that something is going on." Regarding 9/11, Cassino says; "It’s easy to discount conspiracy theories about 9/11, but this isn’t some fringe belief. Trutherism is alive and well in America, and is only going to get stronger as memories of the actual event fade." Another likely motivation for the recent attacks on conspiracy theorists is because a staggering majority no longer trusts the corporate media or the government. Recent polling showed record level (60%) of distrust for the media, and Congress is less popular than cockroaches with a dismal 9% favorable rating. It's clear that the dying corporate media wants their viewers to despise anyone who questions the official narrative of any "event that is unusual or unexplained" in a desperate attempt to keep viewers locked to their "trusted" news channel. I, for one, am proud to question everything I hear in the so-called news. And the bigger they hype a story, the more I question it. As professor Cassino said, "where there's smoke, there's fire." Usually someone, or a group of someones, clearly benefits from a certain subversive act. As such, they seem to have much more of a motivation than some lone wolf who kills himself after committing unexplainable atrocities or some cave dweller claiming to hate our freedom. Is this always the case? Of course not. But the more hype the establishment puts behind a questionable event, the more reason there is to find out cui bono -- who benefits? Below is a great video dissertation by James Corbett about conspiracies and the media response to them:
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#1. To: christine (#0)
Florida professor won’t back down from Newtown massacre conspiracy theory when confronted by news cameras | The Florida college professor who is promoting conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook shooting refuses to stand down from his outrageous statements. 'I think that the entire country mourned about Sandy Hook and yet, once again, the investigation that journalistic institutions should have actually carried out never took place as far as I'm concerned,' James Tracy told a local television reporter on Wednesday. The 47-year-old professor bases his outrageous allegations largely on the flurry of conflicting media reports that were made as news of the shooting was released throughout the tragic day. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Still at work: James Tracy, 47, has been teaching at Florida Atlantic University for 10 years and refuses to lessen his stance against the official version of events regarding the Sandy Hook shooting 'While it sounds like an outrageous claim, one is left to inquire whether the Sandy Hook shooting ever took place -- at least in the way law enforcement authorities and the nation's news media have described,' he wrote in his blog post. Now he adds that the confusion and so-called acceptance of the main stream version of events is telling of a larger problem. 'Well, I think that we need to as a society look at things more carefully. Perhaps we as a society have been conditioned to be duped,' he told Boca Raton's CBS 12. This interview comes just one day after a Newtown official called for the professor to be fired his incendiary statements. Patricia Llodra, the town selectwoman who has been helping Newtown deal with the logistics of the aftermath from the shooting, slammed Florida Atlantic University professor James Tracy after he made outrageous claims about the December 14 massacre. Placing blame: Tracy says that the national media has not done enough to unearth the 'truth' Outrages: Patricia Llodra (center), the town selectman for Newtown, says that Professor Tracy should be fired for his outlandish and insensitive claims 'Shame on you, FAU, to even have someone like this on your payroll,' she said of the tenured communications professor. 'It is outrageous and an insult to all caring people to think that this man would chose this event as a stage for his outlandish conspiracy theories,' she told FoxNews.com. Outrageous: James Tracy claims that the timeline of the Sandy Hook tragedy shows that there was a coordinated effort to hide the 'real' story 'Professor Tracy is an embarrassment to me as an educator and should be to you as well,' Ms Llodra said. 'I can assure you, sadly, that the events here in Newtown unfolded exactly as are being reported, with the horrible outcome of the violent death of 26 innocent people, including 20 children.' Mr Tracy, however, appears to think that what he was saying was in keeping with his role as an educator and asking both his students and the general public at large to review the events critically. 'I describe myself as a scholar and public intellectual interested in going more deeply into controversial public events. Although some may see (my theories) as beyond the pale, I am doing what we should be doing as academics,' he told the Sun Sentinel. As with many conspiracy theorists who find darker linings in even the most horrific tragedies, this is far from his first foray into the world of the unproven. Mr Tracy has written a number of book chapters about media coverage of wars, economic overhauls and union negotiations. On his blog, however, he has hit a number of the classic conspiracy theories: the September 11 attacks, the purview of the Department of Homeland Security, the PATRIOT Act, the death of Osama bin Laden and Fukishima have all been topics of interest. Shut down: Sandy Hook Elementary School is now closed, seen here on January 3, but a professor in Florida argues that the shooting that took place in the school may not have happened as is conventionally believed Tragic: One of the points of professor James Tracy's argument is the fact that there have been no photos of the bodies of the 20 child victims or the six teachers Even though he is paid to teach a class called Culture of Conspiracy which will undoubtedly produce outrageous ideas, Florida Atlantic University appears to feel that the questioning of the murder of first graders was a bridge too far. 'James Tracy does not speak for the university. The website on which his post appeared is not affiliated with FAU in any way. As for any previous disciplinary actions at FAU, we do not comment on personnel matters,' school spokesman Lisa Metcalf said to the Sun Sentinel. Though his ultimate end goal is unclear, he says that the end goal of the 'supposed' shooting was political in nature. Political ends: He argues that the shooting was enabled in order to speed up legislation against guns Predictably, his statements have sparked outrage from people across the country and not just in the still-grieving Connecticut town where much of the last three weeks has been spent picking up the pieces. 'Is there something in the water in Florida that makes for idiocy,' commented Ray Gillies on the story by the local ABC affiliate WPBF. 'How dare you suggest this was a hoax and entertain that this didn't happen,' said a Sun Sentinel reader with the username JimNasium1. 'I'm afraid that you do not seem to be worthy of the teaching credentials that you hold and were any of my kids students of yours, I'd withdraw them from your roster within the hour.You are NOT good at what you do and you suck as a human being.' The moment he heard: Mr Tracy believes that there were government forces at work in the shooting at Sandy Hook, and theoretically then this may not be the moment President Obama was told Instead, he is speaking plenty for himself and other believers by posting repeatedly on his blog, memoryholeblog.com, and appearing on talk radio shows to promote the theory. 'As documents relating to the Sandy Hook shooting continue to be assessed and interpreted by independent researchers, there is a growing awareness that the media coverage of the massacre of 26 children and adults was intended primarily for public consumption to further larger political ends,' he wrote. He argues that Senator Dianne Feinstein was already in the midst of trying to rework the assault weapons ban that she co-sponsored back in the 1990s, and that the shooting gave her leverage to move it through the legislative process quicker. It is unclear if Mr Tracy has any vested interest in the gun control debate or if he himself owns any guns. Calls to Mr Tracy were not immediately returned.
How is it possible that "the events (t)here in Newtown unfolded exactly as are being reported" when the events are being reported 25 different ways?
#4. To: James Deffenbach (#3)
Published on Jan 10, 2013 The following timeline of the December 14 mass killing of 20 children and 8 adults in Newtown Connecticut attempts to demonstrate how the event was presented to the public by corporate news media. The chronological assemblage of coverage is not comprehensive of all reports published on the incident but rather seeks to verify how the storyline was to a substantial degree constructed by federal and state law enforcement authorities and major media around the theory that 20-year-old Adam Lanza was the sole agent in the massacre. http://memoryholeblog.com/
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VIDEO News reporter confronts Tracy on his conspiracy theory
#3. To: Itistoolate (#1)
'I can assure you, sadly, that the events here in Newtown unfolded exactly as are being reported, with the horrible outcome of the violent death of 26 innocent people, including 20 children.'
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