Arjun Walia – Russell Brand recently conducted an interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and released the first part of it. In the interview, Snowden mentions something that’s been true for a number of decades, and that’s the fact that some things, and in my opinion many things, that are termed a conspiracy theory are in fact true. We have to be careful and really utilize our critical thinking skills. You can watch the full interview below.
The very phrase “conspiracy theorist” was used in 1967 in a classified CIA dispatch providing instructions on how to manipulate and manage public opinion. This appears to be the manner in which the phrase made its way into the public. They coined the phrase and established it to single out dissenters of officially established opinions.
Ann Kreilkamp – Before I refer you to an even larger — imagined? channeled? intuitively known? — in any case, assiduously analyzed, dot-connected, and summarized — sweeping panorama of what appears as a gigantic virus/election “sting” (or conspiracy theory?) or “TRAP,” the unfoldment of which is still unrolling across our mental landscape, with the 2020 election “defeat” of President Trump as “BAIT,” you might want to absorb this essay. Very well done. I was going to excerpt from it here, but every single paragraph says it all in its own way. Simply stunning. Thank you, Tim Foyle.
Paul Rosenberg – Hate speech” of course is a fairly silly term, since intent doesn’t necessarily follow the literal meaning of words. Let me give you an example: