I find it interesting that discussion of the conspiracy theorist mindset is not allowed in GD.

[William Seger]

10. Questioning things is never wrong

... but that's not what the "truth movement" really does -- otherwise they might call it the "question movement."

Bush and Cheney are evil, if that word has any sensible meaning, but that doesn't justify accusing hundreds of ordinary people of being accessories to murder by participating in an absurdly (and unnecessarily) complicated and risky hoax and cover-up. Were they really too stupid to come up with something simple and safe, yet ingenious enough to pull it off? Just imagine being the one charged with recruiting all the necessary people: "Hey, the Prez needs your help to murder a few thousand people so he can start a war." How amazingly fortunate that they didn't encounter a single person with a shred of decency or a conscience. One thing psychologists have found about conspiracy theorists is that they have a very low and suspicious opinion of just about everyone, not just the PTB. (If you want to see "very sick and sad," go digging into some of the Sandy Hook "truther" stuff, and don't say I didn't warn you.)

The implausibility of it doesn't prove it didn't happen, of course, but it does mean that "truthers" need some convincing evidence. But what we get instead ranges from dubious to ridiculous, with virtually no intellectually honest attempt to purge the outright bullshit.