Originally posted by
Chris
I thought it would be useful to have a separate thread on taking a critical look at conspiracies, not just theories, but real, actual ones and to try and determine, collectively, which of them may have merit and which ones are just crazy talk.
To start us off, It's worth studying the below chart, which is quite useful I think. I don't fully agree with this classification, but it's pretty entertaining and informative anyways.
One thing I would note, that some of the CTs that were placed in the top "batshit crazy" category are actually demonstrably true, although the chart does not elaborate on what they mean under certain terms.
For instance, secret Satanic Rituals are a real thing, I know people who do them personally, although of course it is a matter of whether you imagine that the "elites" are involved in this thing on a mass scale and whether human sacrifice is involved. Certainly, Jimmy Savile's case should make you think twice.
Another one is "Hollywood is turning your kids gay" and the "Trans Agenda", whilst obviously there is some amount of moral panic and exaggeration involved, there is no question that there is a concerted, super not secret effort to normalise (and legalise) LGBTQ lifestyles worldwide, of which Hollywood is very much an integral part. It isn't a conspiracy theory when it is an openly admitted aim of the political left and many corporations.
There are other examples, but this should suffice for now.