Difference between rumors and conspiracies
When you group false rumors that serve political purposes with longstanding, plausible reports that bear careful investigation, you stretch the word conspiracy too far.
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Thoughts on the Paranoid Style in American Politics
For the most part, the FBI does not come to people’s doors at 3:00 a.m. to make troublemakers disappear. I’ll say this: our government has begun to act as if that is something it will do in the future. It already holds people indefinitely without trial, which is a form of disappearance.
To solve political crimes, let’s talk about theories, and drop the adjectives
One recommendation you can’t escape: let’s drop the term conspiracy theory from our political vocabulary. Let’s drop the adjectives, too, like reprehensible, crazy, and dangerous.
Why you need to ask “Why?”
Here’s an interesting thought about argumentation. To place your faith in something – that is, in order to believe it …
The Jeffersonian 