Mark Tyson
Member
I went by my parents house today to sit in while our plumber did some work. As usual we were BS'ing about guns, hunting, the gummint, etc.
Then the topic of politics comes up, and then he gets weird, and I mean weird. I mean grassy knoll weird. I mean black helicopters weird. In the blink of an eye I find myself sitting next to Oliver Stone speaking with a straight face about the freemasons and the new world order.
I waited in vain for the punch line. I listened with growing alarm as the conversation just got more and more convoluted, with conspiracies within conspiracies, and dark forces pulling the strings of power.
Everyone's involved: corporations, the media, the government, the UN, all in a centuries old conspiracy.
Now this is a guy I've known for quite a while. He's a smart, working class guy, very practical, works hard, got a stable family, steady job and(it seemed) a good head on his shoulders. He does not wear an aluminum foil helmet. But somehow he has all kinds of crazy ideas about the way the world works.
Do any of you guys know someone like this? Why do apparently normal people believe such outlandish ideas?
[I hope he's not reading this. I'm probably being added to his 'list' LOL]
"Are you so blind you can't see the truth . . . or have they gotten to you, too?!"
Then the topic of politics comes up, and then he gets weird, and I mean weird. I mean grassy knoll weird. I mean black helicopters weird. In the blink of an eye I find myself sitting next to Oliver Stone speaking with a straight face about the freemasons and the new world order.
I waited in vain for the punch line. I listened with growing alarm as the conversation just got more and more convoluted, with conspiracies within conspiracies, and dark forces pulling the strings of power.
Everyone's involved: corporations, the media, the government, the UN, all in a centuries old conspiracy.
Now this is a guy I've known for quite a while. He's a smart, working class guy, very practical, works hard, got a stable family, steady job and(it seemed) a good head on his shoulders. He does not wear an aluminum foil helmet. But somehow he has all kinds of crazy ideas about the way the world works.
Do any of you guys know someone like this? Why do apparently normal people believe such outlandish ideas?
[I hope he's not reading this. I'm probably being added to his 'list' LOL]
"Are you so blind you can't see the truth . . . or have they gotten to you, too?!"