tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post288734423914304183..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Sheeple updateGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-61180682810650254872016-05-16T18:34:52.466-07:002016-05-16T18:34:52.466-07:00Let me be honest with you. I hate how people like ...Let me be honest with you. I hate how people like yourself, and society at large, stereotypes and shames "conspiracy theorists". If you look at the top submissions on /r/conspiracy, they're not about Ancient Aliens or Planet X or 2012 or Obama declaring martial law. They're about police brutality, local corruption, the Iraq war, and the trans-pacific partnership. There are people who care deeply about revealing the failures of their government--the corruption, the wartime atrocities, the lack of transparency--and upholding our constitutional rights. They fight against mass surveillance, endless overseas wars, a lack of government transparency, "trade deals" that cede the sovereignty of national governments to multinational corporations, and an overburdening and frequently corrupt police force. They fight against "civil asset forfeiture", a policy allowing police to arbitrarily confiscate the assets of citizens without trial or charge. They reveal the financial interests and corporations that benefit from corrupt government policies and wars. They uncover violations of our constitutional rights. They are the greatest patriots: they discover what our government has done wrong, and demand that it does better.<br /><br />Such is, by and large, the community on /r/conspiracy. And such is the community demeaned by the mainstream media as being kooks, fanatics, charlatans. What weirdos, to care about our CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! What crazies, to call out government corruption! We all know that our government isn't corrupt!<br /><br />Sarcasm aside, you are falling into the disturbing trend that slanders critics of establishment policy. Maybe you should expand your mind slightly.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210675318889068832noreply@blogger.com