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A Topic for LN's: What is a CT?
Joe Elliott:
Specifically, CTer, here, means someone who believes that there was a successful conspiracy to murder President Kennedy.
In general, CTer means someone who believes in any large conspiracy that successfully kept a secret for a long time, however unlikely this would be. Examples are:
** A worldwide Jewish conspiracy to do evil things to non-Jewish races.
** illuminati
** Freemason?s
** Apollo Moon Landing Hoax
** UFO coverup
A sign of such a conspiracy theory is if the proponents do not provide a list of all the people involved because the list would be too large and make it too obvious that they believe in a large conspiracy.
Joe Elliott:
--- Quote from: Colin Crow on March 09, 2018, 03:59:22 AM ---
Thanks for your reply Tim. So that someone who believed Oswald was the shooter but his actions were not undertaken without the knowledge and assistance of others would not be a CT?
It's not that I find the term bothersome but relatively simplistic and lacking in sophistication. Personally I would prefer the label sceptic or "WC sceptic". In contrast Lone Nut is a term that immediately defines that sides position. You all suffer from monorchism 8).
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Terms like ?WC sceptic? or ?Holocaust sceptic? or ?Evolutionary Theory sceptic? are misleading because they imply support from the true skeptics, like Michael Shermer. In reality, most skeptics argue against large successful conspiracy theories.
Bill Chapman:
--- Quote from: Colin Crow on March 09, 2018, 08:57:05 AM ---
Sorry Bill, spell suggester decided to change to monarchism and I didn?t notice. Apparently Hitler was a LN too.
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So now we LNers are facsists with a missing testicle. Good one.
;)
Bill Chapman:
Conspiracy Theory
Cite: Merriam-Webster
A theory that explains an event or situation as the result of a secret plan by (usually) powerful people or groups.
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Seems to me that CTer is a perfect fit
Bill Chapman:
--- Quote from: Joe Elliott on March 09, 2018, 01:39:42 PM ---Specifically, CTer, here, means someone who believes that there was a successful conspiracy to murder President Kennedy.
In general, CTer means someone who believes in any large conspiracy that successfully kept a secret for a long time, however unlikely this would be. Examples are:
** A worldwide Jewish conspiracy to do evil things to non-Jewish races.
** illuminati
** Freemason?s
** Apollo Moon Landing Hoax
** UFO coverup
A sign of such a conspiracy theory is if the proponents do not provide a list of all the people involved because the list would be too large and make it too obvious that they believe in a large conspiracy.
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The bottleneck here is CTer Burden of Proof issues v LNer Standard of Proof issues
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