Fans vrs. fanatics

I Know that this subject has been discussed before, but the following quote by SO is particularly worth repeating.

Originally posted by SkepticOverlord
Because of threads like this one (catherder’s pentagon thread) and Kano's NASA Is Not Altering Mars Colors we cause the occasional uproar from conspiracy-lovers. I say "conspiracy-lovers" because we certainly see our fair share of people who really and truly want the worst and darkest conspiracies to be fact. This is a terrible thought process under which to operate.

I have found that the people who post on this site range from the thoughtful and rational to those who are truly in need of professional help.

Unfortunately far too many people accept conspiracy theories simply because they fit in with their “lifestyle philosophy” as it were rather than on any empirical evidence.

The government can not form a committee to fix the sewers without it becoming a cluster F. Why some people think that they can get together and form some totally evil cabal is beyond me.



There is a point where being a fan of conspiracies crosses over to behavior bordering on irrational.

I get REAL pissed off at those who when confronted with a logical argument against their position resort to name calling and accusation rather than rebuttal in a logical and mature fashion.

This cassiopea outfit seems to be of the former group. They utterly IGNORE the fcat that we have dozens maybe HUNDREDS of posts on this site that agree with their take on the Pentagon catastrophe and choose to call ATS, a "Government Funded damage control operation"!

The part that REALLY pisses me off is ALL they are doing is using our popularity, traffic and most of all Google Power to sell their stupid, crappy book!

Talk about SCUM! They don't give a rat's arse about the people who died that day, they just want to make money!

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