Conspiracy Theory Mindset
There is one place that I see this mentality over and over, and it is in the conspiracy theorist. This is where the Truthers fall completely flat. If you know one thing about the military man, know this: your average soldier is not amoral. In fact, he is more moral than your average man on the street. Soldiers have a right and a duty to disobey illegal orders. Any order to commit a warcrime is an illegal order.
April 13th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
has a good 2 part conspiracy theory essay called “Seeing the Unseen”.
All this stuff makes me think of Jamie Savage’s quote:
I reject your reality and substitute my own.