(March 29, 2017 at 1:58 am)CanOfMountainDew Wrote: Actually the conspiracy/truther communities already consider AJ to be a 'shyster peddling bullshit for profit.' AJ is widely considered by these communities to be what is called a "gate-keeper" or "controlled opposition." Basically his job is to lead people who are just beginning to get into the conspiracy/truther movement down the wrong path so that they never actually find actual truths. He affirms some actual truths that newbies would have suspicions about, thus gaining their trust, and then propogates bullshit alongside it, so as to lead them astray.
That's interesting. It only makes sense, though. One conspiracy nut thinking the other nut isn't a genuine kook was bound to happen, I guess.
Do you have any examples of someone the truthers consider reliable? It's not that guy that sees dicks all over the Denver Airport, is it?
ETA: So I googled "Alex Jones Gatekeeper," and surprise, surprise, it's mostly youtube videos. I'm can't watch any of those right now, but what little I could read about it is crazy. Something about him helping take over Mexico or some shit.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
