What Conspiracy Do You Believe In? And Why?

[Orion]

As the title says, which conspiracy do you believe whole hearted and why?

[Moronium]

I don't believe Lee Harvey Oswald "acted alone" in JFK's assassination.  I believe that just because I kinda want to and because the Warren Commission "findings" don't add up.

 

I don't pretend to know what master conspirators were ultimately behind it all, but I would lean toward LBJ as the culprit, ya know?
 

Edited February 4, 2019 by Moronium

[Deepwater6]

I agree with Moronium - too many lingering questions about the JFK assassination. I don't have any concrete counter evidence, but took the OP's posting as asking more of a general poll question

 

I Have heard arguments from conspiracy junkies about the moon landings. The Oklahoma city bombing, the real catalyst for the second Iraq/US invasion. the Rosewall incident, and of course the US gov. being behind the 911 tragedy.

 

However plausible any of the theories may be, the problem persists - changing people's opinion after they have heard the spin of information from their chosen media source that distributtes it. As well as the reasoning they think is behind it (right or wrong.)

 

Quote from an passed talk radio host;

 

"History is just a bunch of lies we agree on."

[Virtual]

Well, not sure if this is considered conspiracy, but I don’t believe in climate change. I guess by definition it can’t be a conspiracy because it’s a negative belief rather than a positive claim.

[Moronium]

Well, not sure if this is considered conspiracy, but I don’t believe in climate change. I guess by definition it can’t be a conspiracy because it’s a negative belief rather than a positive claim.

 

That may depend on *why* you don't believe it:

 

A global warming conspiracy theory invokes claims that the scientific consensus on global warming is based on conspiracies to produce manipulated data or suppress dissent.  Global warming conspiracy theorists typically allege that, through worldwide acts of professional and criminal misconduct, the science behind global warming has been invented or distorted for ideological or financial reasons, or both.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_conspiracy_theory

 

Sen. Inhofe believes that global warming is a hoax....Inhofe lays out a complete critique of each scientific point in the global warming debate, by analyzing its politics as well as its science. To summarize, Inhofe claims that global warming science is driven by the desire of its advocates to use an international global warming regime (such as that envisioned by the Kyoto Protocol) to restrict worldwide CO2 emissions, which would override U.S. sovereignty on this issue. The "hoax," according to Inhofe, is that the purpose of global warming advocacy is the international control regime; the concern over global warming is just the means to establish the international regime.

 

In particular, Inhofe claims that the IPCC -- the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the definitive consensus report on global warming -- is politically motivated -- he notes that the IPCC "was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007; it obviously did not win a Nobel science prize" (p. 135). Inhofe's gripe with the IPCC is that the EPA and other policymakers use the political part of the IPCC document -- called the "Summary for Policymakers" -- rather than its scientific parts. Inhofe disagrees with both the politics AND the science -- and he outlines in this book what have become the standard talking points against global warming, from both a scientific and political perspective:

 

I'd better expose my bias at this point: I hold a Master's degree in Environmental Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, as well as a General Science degree from Brandeis University. I do believe in global warming -- it was the focus of my education --  Inhofe gets the politics right: as a global warming advocate, I DO believe that an international control regime should override U.S. sovereignty on this issue.

 

 

http://www.ontheissues.org/Greatest_Hoax.htm

 

It's all a commie plot, I tells ya!

 

Inhofe wrote a book about global warming called "The Greatest Hoax."  Funny that this author, a self-described "global warming advocate," should reinforce his point.  Generally speaking, "advocacy" is not considered to be science--politics or ideology maybe.

Edited February 4, 2019 by Moronium