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Myles D asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 1 decade ago

When did the liberals and Conservatives change sides?

I thought it was always the liberals getting called "Conspiracy theorists" and ridiculed for not believing experts and the facts like the 9-11 truthers. Now it seems it is the Right wing Conservatives that are the Conspiracy Theorists. The guy they are supporting with this frivolous lawsuit against Obama, Berg is the same guy who brought suit against Bush and Co for being the real ones behind 9-11..so when did this happen and do all of you conservatives all believe 9-11 was Bush's fault also?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    I think conspiracy theories are the drug of choice for people who can't face reality. If you are having a hard time believing the objective facts, then you are willing and ready to accept a semi-plausible explanation in place of the factual one. For instance, if you can't believe that the 64 million people who voted for Obama were intelligent and informed, you can decide that they "drank the Kool-Aid," were "hypnotized" or that they somehow stole the election.

    The problem lies in the conspiracy theorist's inability to think rationally and reason deductively, not in his or her political philosophy.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The Right Wing has fringe elements, just like the Left Wing does.

    The conspiracy theorists on both sides often rant about the same imaginary conspiracies.

    Just because a few fringe folks are on the right does not logically make all people on the right into fringe folks.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    People need to believe in something. I don't know exactly why. It goes deeper then just the conspiracy theorist. For some of them its almost a religious thing. I have a theory myself. I believe that most conspiracy theorists aren't very religious, and they use their theories as a substitute. That's why they hold on to them so tightly.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Actually Alan Keyes has also filed suit. Honestly, I don't care if he is not 'technically' a natural-born American. He is a legit American citizen to me, and was voted president, and I am a conservative. I wish him health and luck. He will need both.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Never. Conservatives work to preserve the law and liberals consistently ignore it.

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    When Obama refused to produce a certified copy of his original birth certificate, as opposed to a "certificate of live birth," which one did not have to be born in Hawaii to obtain.

  • 1 decade ago

    They haven't. The illusion of two sides is just that an illusion. there is really only one party, the political party, and that party makes certain it stays in power by circulating the myth of a two party system

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