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Resorting to Conspiracy Theory When the Truth is Being Manipulated

Reader comment on item: Fellow Conservatives, Please Reject Conspiracy Theories

Submitted by M Tovey (United States), Apr 22, 2022 at 15:30

Dr. Pipes' appeal to more a rational course of discerning what can be trusted and what should be jettisoned for variable courses of conjecture is good advice: too bad it cannot be appropriated in equity towards politcal issues in America; indeed, globally.
For this observer, there will be no answer to the phenomenon that is President Trump; conspiratorial or not; he remains the enigma that the Republican Party will never understand (how did he win 2016 when all indicators should have brought Clinton into power to continue the Obama Legacy, now in the background currently and recovering from the Trump interruption), the main issue with the 2020 loss is that the election was certified without verifiable published evidence of poll results.
Dr. Pipes' contention of not resorting to conspiracy theory is good advice when all sides of the politcal spectrum abide by rules of good conduct and seeks obedience to the rule of law. As can be seen for the last three presidential cycles, such adherence to practical and balanced governance has been short-sighted and in many instances, completelyl contraindicative to the protection of the freedoms that were promised to 'we the people', conspiracy theories springing up to explain why. With the complete abdication of both politcal parties in stopping anarchic out of control excesses of criminal behaviors for the last two years (longer, but in extreme excess recently), America is found to be a victim of those conspiracy theories for a reason: it hides the truth.
Unless and until America is restored to the way of life that was envisioned by the founders, returning to the true moral basis that was America's onetime hallmark in the world community (now gone), all that will be made culpable for America's loss of her former greatness will be that recounted in conspiracy theories.

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Reader comments (22) on this item

Title Commenter Date Thread
Weaponize. [71 words]Albert E.May 30, 2022 22:07282175
1correct diagnosis [111 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
David IIMay 23, 2022 23:43281716
1Now its obvious, jabs ARE DANGEROUS. [49 words]PiotrMay 7, 2022 05:36280771
1Travesty of democracy [699 words]Joseph SMay 1, 2022 15:17280444
Proof That Democratic Ideals Needed People of Integrity to Enforce Protection of American Ideals [173 words]M ToveyMay 2, 2022 23:20280444
Final Evidence that Conspiracy to Deny True American Ideals Could Not be Quarantined Conservatively [100 words]M ToveyMay 9, 2022 18:10280444
1Conspiricies or crimes in progress? [50 words]Dan SchnittkerApr 27, 2022 14:33280218
2How an element of truth helps make useful lies [284 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
DaveApr 22, 2022 22:21280014
Ok, I ordered your book from Amazon kindle [25 words]DaveApr 24, 2022 19:12280014
I reviewed your conspiracy book on Amazon kindle [11 words]DaveApr 28, 2022 21:09280014
2Please look a bit deeper [142 words]Doctor WeaselApr 22, 2022 16:27280002
1Hadn't the courts famously thrown out all the election fraud claims of Trump/Trumpists, without exception? [17 words]DavidApr 22, 2022 17:53280002
Better watch Charlie Kirk's channel , hard proof of 2020 theft [1 words]BrApr 22, 2022 18:01280002
Whoever has "hard proof" could submit it to the court of law. Trump did, and was thrown out. End of story. [25 words]DavidApr 23, 2022 14:52280002
2Definitions & background [179 words]Doctor WeaselApr 26, 2022 14:33280002
1Complicities Abound in Conspiratorial Obsessions Searching for Truth [24 words]M ToveyApr 26, 2022 19:29280002
1Resorting to Conspiracy Theory When the Truth is Being Manipulated [301 words]M ToveyApr 22, 2022 15:30279998
1In short, make America great [1 words]DavidApr 22, 2022 18:08279998
1Recovering that Which Made America Great Requires a Commitment Too Few Are Willing to Make [218 words]M ToveyApr 26, 2022 00:20279998
Naah, these idiotic conspiracy theories are mostly believed in by Republicans [69 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
DavidApr 22, 2022 14:16279995
Patrols. [41 words]Albert E.May 30, 2022 22:11279995
Wishful thinking [19 words]Dvar DeaApr 22, 2022 11:13279991

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