[konmok]

The problem with this thinking is that the US government regularly engages in actual conspiracies, which the public only finds out about much later. COINTELPRO, MKULTRA, the Tuskegee experiments, Operation Paperclip, the list goes on [1].

So, while it's true that the overwhelming majority of conspiracy theories are dumb nonsense, it remains unwise to dismiss a theory just because it is a "conspiracy theory".

[1] This is almost certainly true of other governments as well! I'm just less informed there.

[lern_too_spel]

The problem with this thinking is that congressional oversight committees were set up directly because of these past abuses.

It remains unwise to believe in a conspiracy theory that doesn't account for why these oversight committees would be in on the conspiracy.

[therobots927]

Am I crazy or was the parent being sarcastic? I know it’s hard to tell but it read that way to me

[DonHopkins]

You're not crazy. The parent poster stinkbeetle is incoherently angry, he has no self respect or beliefs, there is no signal in his noise, he's being obstreperous and incomprehensible on purpose, he histrionically tries to play the victim of verbal violence when challenged on his racism, and becomes unhinged when asked to explain his own point. He's just another adolescent attention starved edgelord troll. For proof, just set showdead=true and read his comment history. Pity him, for he's having a terrible Festivus.

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=stinkbeetle