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Tom's avatar

Do you understand things like "Google analytics" or previous means of determining the frequency of the use of certain terms and phrases?

If so find me a dozen uses of the term "conspiracy theory" in ANY year, combined, prior to 1964.

I'll wait.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Tom, you're not interested in the truth to the same level as you are interested in believing the theories you wish to believe. There is NO END to the excuses, twists, deflections, connections, irrelevant information, etc. that a conspiracy theorist would go through to defend their beliefs. Your comments are PROOF of that.

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Tom's avatar
May 23Edited

You are like Caitlin's Harry Sisson. You don't care about the meat of any argument. You want to be "right" and be "liked" - So if you don't want to lose me completely, please attempt to actually answer my original inquiry about the term "conspiracy theory" and when it first gained prominence and wide usage - in your own words. Not links.

Again, keeping in mind that I am here to SHOOT DOWN the notion that the killings of the Israeli consulate/embassy employees was some kind of "false flag" or conspiracy!

You need to get over this notion of "winning" or "correcting 'wrong' people on the Internet" and truly engage in dialog.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Ok - now you are crossing over onto ad hominem attacks. I don't care what you think - as you are unable to engage in the conversation in good faith and in an intellectually honest way.

Believe whatever you want - I really don't care. I'm also not interested in engaging in a conversation with you - go all out and believe in whatever you want - conspiracy theories or not.

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