Because the FE thing is (appears to be) specifically tailored to fuse nutso outlandish idea WITH religious fervor in a manner that harnesses the religious fervor to amplify the power of the idea.
FE feeds off of religious ignorance and biases, enlisting those forces to undermine the very purpose of faith and religion itself. None of those other ideas do this on any significant scale, and to my mind, this remains one of the defining reasons why FE is so insidious and infectious.
Also, the "JFK jr is still alive and will be VP" is well and truly gone now, except perhaps for a very small fringe. As far as I can see.
Actually, quite different. How and why?
Because the FE thing is (appears to be) specifically tailored to fuse nutso outlandish idea WITH religious fervor in a manner that harnesses the religious fervor to amplify the power of the idea.
FE feeds off of religious ignorance and biases, enlisting those forces to undermine the very purpose of faith and religion itself. None of those other ideas do this on any significant scale, and to my mind, this remains one of the defining reasons why FE is so insidious and infectious.
Also, the "JFK jr is still alive and will be VP" is well and truly gone now, except perhaps for a very small fringe. As far as I can see.