It has never been cooler to be a conspiracy theorist

(And the only people not realizing it are the conspiracy theorists)
by David Rothscum

The situation as it stands is rather simple. Wikileaks released a bunch of documents that basically confirm every allegation that Truthers have made since the beginning of Trutherdom. Truthers reacted by accusing Wikileaks of being a CIA-Mossad-Cointelpro-Zionist-mockingbird-disinfo-agent-troll-provocateur-operation.

Unfortunately for them, evidence has so far been lacking. The only evidence Truthers have so far shown, are allegations of other people. I call it the Wikipedia principle. Someone posts a claim on Wikipedia. Someone else challenges the person to back up his claim. Meanwhile a news reporter reads the article, and accepts it as true and publishes it, without bothering to check for sources. Now the Wikipedia editor cites the news article as a source of his claim, and the circle has become complete. Truthers can do the same. We begin with a man called Wayne Madsen. He gives birth to a rumor.

He does this the Sorcha Faal method, but more successful. You come up with a ridiculous story. You first introduce the reader by citing a few remotely related events. You link to random article about these events. Then you claim these events are all interconnected. How do you know? Well, you have "anonymous sources" of course. Anonymous sources can of course claim anything. You might as well cite "the voices in my head" to prove your point. In reality, the "reports from the Kremlin" don't exist. Most likely the "anonymous sources" of Mr. Madsen don't exist either.

And yes, WebsterTarpley bashes Wikileaks as well. Why? All of you fail to realize one thing. You should be very happy about what's going on! After the masses of scandals and internet revolts that happened in the past weeks, it has never been cooler to be a conspiracy theorist! Wikileaks is legitimizing you. English doesn't have a good word for this, but I would argue that after Wikileaks, conspiracy theories have become "salon-fähig" as we call it, meaning that they can be discussed amongst polite company now. The people of world have become far more cynical because of these scandals and are now gradually approaching the epitome of cynicism, the conspiracy theorist.

Why is that? The answer is very simple, the Wikileaks documents have vindicated the conspiratorial weltanschauung. It doesn't even matter as much what Assange thinks, or what our brave martyr Bradley Manning thinks. You, the crazy conspiracy theorist who believed his own government did not have his best interests in mind and actively lied to you to try to keep you from finding out the truth, was right all along!

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