Birdbrain

Very good find. That video has the potential to red pill some folks. It shows we should not put to much trust nor power in the hands of groups not directly answerable to the American people.

I was also glad it put the controlled opposition idiot, Alex Jones, in the proper context.

111_onlythetruth

LISTEN TO MR CORBETT. he no longer lives in this country. great researcher

JonReed

The word conspiracy doesn't mean "false story" it means "hidden agenda".

Why does EEEEVERYONE use this word incorrectly? The usage of the word was NEVER the correct definition and even when I explain it to people in real life they can't seem to understand how they could be wrong. No dictionary even concurs with popular usage.

Your title should read 5 conspiracy theories that were confirmed.

Fuck

blackguard19

I mean, it's the same thing. I get your taking issue with the constant misuse of the term but the difference between "turned out to be true" and "confirmed" is so trivial it's unremarkable.

JonReed

It's not trivial, and you didn't understand what I wrote to you.

blackguard19

A theory can indeed be true or false. Therefore it’s fine to say a conspiracy theory is true or false.

JonReed

Ok.

I stand by everything I said.

madmalloy

Yep, big difference between between "turned out to be true" and "confirmed".

JonReed

Yes, there is.

Because the word confirmed aligns with the idea of a theory pushing towards a goal of being true. It's not exactly equally possibly true or false because for a theory to stand it needs to have some leaning towards truth.

"Turning out to be true" implies the incorrect usage of the term "conspiracy" where people believe "hey remember that bogus story we heard? Well, it turned out to actually be true".

Words are like horse shows and hand grenades and word usage matters greatly whether people understand it or not.

madmalloy

Gosh, so I should run all headlines past you first so it can be approved as grammatically/politically correct by you? Are you really this big of a nitpicking asshole or do you just act like one here to score points with the Thought Police?

JonReed

Well I made a post about this and it made it to the front page right away

https://voat.co/v/whatever/3228172

As of right now at least 177 others agree with me. Also, I was only ranting about the usage of the word.

madmalloy

I just use a VPN and ad and cookie blockers.