http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/201...cy-theory/

1. Pick bad thing X that happened (it doesn’t matter what or when).

2. Postulate a conspiracy was behind it* (it doesn’t matter who or why). This is all you need to get going, but there are a few techniques you can use to fill in the blanks about what really happened during X.

3. Cherry pick factoids, take details out of context, mine quotes from public figures, elevate obscure minor incidents to center stage, juxtapose unrelated events, obsess over coincidence, point to suspicious lack of evidence that (if it existed) would support your theory, and always, always have pictures with big red arrows pointing to nothing in particular.

4. The general rule is: stitch together everything that vaguely supports your theory or calls into question the mainstream explanation, and ignore or deny everything that does not fit.

5. In later stages, once your campaign to uncover the truth is well-developed, create a really poorly-produced internet “documentary,” set it to scary music, and have your college roommate narrate it.

6. Denounce skeptics and scientists who debunk your claims as tools of the conspiracy, and make it clear that anyone who doubts your theory is a Moreaun human-sheep hybrid creature afflicted with narcolepsy. Tell them they need to, “Wake UP, SHEEPLE!”

7. Compile a list of a tiny number of “experts” that support some of your claims, and use it to lend a veneer of scientific credibility to your theory. Wherever possible, use misattributed, unsourced, and quotes taken out of context from experts who do not support your theory to imply they do.

8. Create lists of “unanswered questions” that, regardless of how well-answered, will always remain “unanswered.”

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http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/201...cy-theory/

1. Pick bad thing X that happened (it doesn’t matter what or when).

2. Postulate a conspiracy was behind it* (it doesn’t matter who or why). This is all you need to get going, but there are a few techniques you can use to fill in the blanks about what really happened during X.

3. Cherry pick factoids, take details out of context, mine quotes from public figures, elevate obscure minor incidents to center stage, juxtapose unrelated events, obsess over coincidence, point to suspicious lack of evidence that (if it existed) would support your theory, and always, always have pictures with big red arrows pointing to nothing in particular.

4. The general rule is: stitch together everything that vaguely supports your theory or calls into question the mainstream explanation, and ignore or deny everything that does not fit.

5. In later stages, once your campaign to uncover the truth is well-developed, create a really poorly-produced internet “documentary,” set it to scary music, and have your college roommate narrate it.

6. Denounce skeptics and scientists who debunk your claims as tools of the conspiracy, and make it clear that anyone who doubts your theory is a Moreaun human-sheep hybrid creature afflicted with narcolepsy. Tell them they need to, “Wake UP, SHEEPLE!”

7. Compile a list of a tiny number of “experts” that support some of your claims, and use it to lend a veneer of scientific credibility to your theory. Wherever possible, use misattributed, unsourced, and quotes taken out of context from experts who do not support your theory to imply they do.

8. Create lists of “unanswered questions” that, regardless of how well-answered, will always remain “unanswered.”

Let me 'postulate' number 9, won't you...? Just for fun...

9. Create a website(s) where the moderators control the flow and the placement of all such bogus 'news,' in which 'members' and 'posters' believe that they are 'contributing' in some meaningful way to the 'opposition' to these 'problems of society,' and that by having done so, they are now 'awake' and inherently intelligent for having done so.

If posters become 'problematic' to the moderators or the agenda, they are banned, so that they can no longer 'color' the forum with undesirable information of the 'real' variety... or at least, the wrong 'right' facts. Banned posters from the first forum are funneled into another venue, where the same process occurs... rinse and repeat, until minds are washed clean, or they are so dirty that they don't notice, or care anymore, what is going on...

Because there are only a limited number of persons available who are available to make 'real' contributions, the forum owner(s) operate a large number of 'sock posters,' that post (I would guess... it's just a theory) about 75 percent of the 'responses' to any thread and, as a matter of 'fact,' represent most of the actual 'posters' that visit the forum. It is no 'real' problem, then, to control the flow of the 'conversation,' and to control the 'real' posters, who often have no idea that they are now agreeing with the same poster that they just bashed, possibly in the same thread. 'Personal' relationships are cultivated through 'private' messaging, in which 'private' thoughts may be gotten that members might otherwise not post 'openly,' and posters' emotions and opinions can be more specifically groomed or 'nipped in the bud.' So to speak...

And the point of all of this would be...? Goodness knows... the jury is still out on that one, and after all, it is just a CRAZY theory... right?

Right. ;)

Step 10: Reinforce your conspiracy theory by informing the audience you have an uncle who gave you inside info.

Step 11: Create a Youtube video, everything on Youtube is fact.

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Step 10: Reinforce your conspiracy theory by informing the audience you have an uncle who gave you inside info.

LoP Guest  Wrote:

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Why...?

You're just a guest... right? Who cares what you think...

:)