tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5917902034759949275..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Swamped by Conspiracy TheoriesStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-43618773758548558662016-09-14T10:51:34.866-07:002016-09-14T10:51:34.866-07:00"Conspiracy theories are like mosquitoes that..."Conspiracy theories are like mosquitoes that thrive in swamps of low-trust societies, weak institutions, secretive elites and technology that allows theories unanchored from truth to spread rapidly. Swatting them one at a time is mostly futile: The real answer is draining the swamps." The NYT, which published this, is one of those swamps.<br /><br />" Clintonian prevarication is so bad that Paul Krugman, good soldier to the last, has been explaining that the media is in the tank for Trump and that Trump, for having hedged on when he opposed the Iraq War is the biggest liar in the history of the world. As you know, Krugman has no shame." Paullie "The Beard" Krugman usually contradicts himself, either sometime earlier or later, but maybe not THIS time. He's in his deepest-sea diving suit, here.<br /><br />"In an era where the executive branch of the federal government is running a well-oiled propaganda machine, where lying has become second nature, the rest of us have been habituated to thinking that things are not what the government and political candidates tell us." Round up the usual suspects, Stu!Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com