Because they voice those conspiratorial mindsets in their tweets and posts on the subject, fresh from the well.

Whereas, I would reiterate, this is an effect of the type of person drawn to a conspiracy theory, rather than a cause of researching it.

Plus I'm just kinda extrapolating on big dumb human nature: spend enough time digging through dirt, you're gonna walk away dirty. Combine that metaphor with "When you've got a hammer, everything looks like a nail," and yep, that's what I'm trying to get at here.

Yes, but this can be said of anything. If you spend all of your time studying mathematics everything looks like a math equation. All of your time in philosophy; everything is a philosophical law. But that doesn't mean these two conclusions are untrue.

I think a knee-jerk reaction is unwise and often unhelpful, and that's what I keep seeing here: the automatic assumption that each and every discrepancy in the world is an indication of a secret conspiracy.

Couldn't agree more. Nonetheless, everyone is on a different path; everyone being at different stages. Many need to discover this for themselves, and certainly there will be (and probably have been) times that you or I wrongly assume something true is just a knee-jerk assumption of the conspiracy-minded.

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Whether you're religiously-minded or not, no thinking person can deny the overflowing wisdom of the Bible (or many other religious texts). This verse in particular (1 Timothy 6:10) is what I attribute the cause of evil "cabals" or conspiracies that DO exist, rather than "Devil worship" as some on this board believe, as I tend to side with the philosophers that "The Devil" is a personification of evil, especially that capacity for evil that exists in man. But that is a separate discussion entirely.

I guess the point I'm poorly attempting to make is that we have to be our own judges of what is true or untrue, and that in any group or community (especially one open to the public) you're going to have a lot of differing opinions and ideas, few of which are common to or representative of everyone. The WBC doesn't detract from the Truth in the commandments of Jesus of Nazareth, which were first, and above all else, to love God (which is Wisdom and Truth, however else you may conceive of it), and second, to love others as yourself (which, often overlooked, is really a total of three commandments).

For me, I certainly don't accept the MSM's portrayal of Q, and do see enough in the drops to know there is something there, though I can't say for sure what most of it means, but I've never known an attempt to brainwash that involved constantly reinforcing that "followers" should do their own research and look into evidence themselves, and to constantly question everything -- taking nothing for granted. That seems like generally good advice.

However, I generally don't agree with a lot of the interpretations of the drops, especially the ones that operate on the assumption that every little detail of media or events are controlled by people. But I have no problem with them believing this, as freedom of thought is of the utmost importance.

Because they voice those conspiratorial mindsets in their tweets and posts on the subject, fresh from the well.

Whereas, I would reiterate, this is an effect of the type of person drawn to a conspiracy theory, rather than a cause of researching it.

Plus I'm just kinda extrapolating on big dumb human nature: spend enough time digging through dirt, you're gonna walk away dirty. Combine that metaphor with "When you've got a hammer, everything looks like a nail," and yep, that's what I'm trying to get at here.

Yes, but this can be said of anything. If you spend all of your time studying mathematics everything looks like a math equation. All of your time in philosophy; everything is a philosophical law. But that doesn't mean these two conclusions are untrue.

I think a knee-jerk reaction is unwise and often unhelpful, and that's what I keep seeing here: the automatic assumption that each and every discrepancy in the world is an indication of a secret conspiracy.

Couldn't agree more. Nonetheless, everyone is on a different path; everyone being at different stages. Many need to discover this for themselves, and certainly there will be (and probably have been) times that you or I wrongly assume something true is just a knee-jerk assumption of the conspiracy-minded.

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Whether you're religiously-minded or not, no thinking person can deny the overflowing wisdom of the Bible (or many other religious texts). This verse in particular (1 Timothy 6:10) is what I attribute the cause of evil "cabals" or conspiracies that DO exist, rather than "Devil worship" as some on this board believe, as I tend to side with the philosophers that "The Devil" is a personification of evil, especially that capacity for evil that exists in man. But that is a separate discussion entirely.

I guess the point I'm poorly attempting to make is that we have to be our own judges of what is true or untrue, and that in any group or community (especially one open to the public) you're going to have a lot of differing opinions and ideas, few of which are common to or representative of everyone. The WBC doesn't detract from the Truth in the commandments of Jesus of Nazareth, which were first, and above all else, to love God (which is Wisdom and Truth, however else you may conceive of it), and second, to love others as yourself (which, often overlooked, is really a total of three commandments).

For me, I certainly don't accept the MSM's portrayal of Q, and do see enough in the drops to know there is something there, though I can't say for sure what most of it means, I've never known an attempt to brainwash that involved constantly reinforcing that "followers" should do their own research and look into evidence themselves, and to constantly question everything -- taking nothing for granted. That seems like generally good advice.

However, I generally don't agree with a lot of the interpretations of the drops, especially the ones that operate on the assumption that every little detail of media or events are controlled by people. But I have no problem with them believing this, as freedom of thought is of the utmost importance.

Because they voice those conspiratorial mindsets in their tweets and posts on the subject, fresh from the well.

Whereas, I would reiterate, this is an effect of the type of person drawn to a conspiracy theory, rather than a cause of researching it.

Plus I'm just kinda extrapolating on big dumb human nature: spend enough time digging through dirt, you're gonna walk away dirty. Combine that metaphor with "When you've got a hammer, everything looks like a nail," and yep, that's what I'm trying to get at here.

Yes, but this can be said of anything. If you spend all of your time studying mathematics everything looks like a math equation. All of your time in philosophy; everything is a philosophical law. But that doesn't mean these two conclusions untrue.

I think a knee-jerk reaction is unwise and often unhelpful, and that's what I keep seeing here: the automatic assumption that each and every discrepancy in the world is an indication of a secret conspiracy.

Couldn't agree more. Nonetheless, everyone is on a different path; everyone being at different stages. Many need to discover this for themselves, and certainly there will be (and probably have been) times that you or I wrongly assume something true is just a knee-jerk assumption of the conspiracy-minded.

“For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

Whether you're religiously-minded or not, no thinking person can deny the overflowing wisdom of the Bible (or many other religious texts). This verse in particular (1 Timothy 6:10) is what I attribute the cause of evil "cabals" or conspiracies that DO exist, rather than "Devil worship" as some on this board believe, as I tend to side with the philosophers that "The Devil" is a personification of evil, especially that capacity for evil that exists in man. But that is a separate discussion entirely.

I guess the point I'm poorly attempting to make is that we have to be our own judges of what is true or untrue, and that in any group or community (especially one open to the public) you're going to have a lot of differing opinions and ideas, few of which are common to or representative of everyone. The WBC doesn't detract from the Truth in the commandments of Jesus of Nazareth, which were first, and above all else, to love God (which is Wisdom and Truth, however else you may conceive of it), and second, to love others as yourself (which, often overlooked, is really a total of three commandments).

For me, I certainly don't accept the MSM's portrayal of Q, and do see enough in the drops to know there is something there, though I can't say for sure what most of it means, I've never known an attempt to brainwash that involved constantly reinforcing that "followers" should do their own research and look into evidence themselves, and to constantly question everything -- taking nothing for granted. That seems like generally good advice.

However, I generally don't agree with a lot of the interpretations of the drops, especially the ones that operate on the assumption that every little detail of media or events are controlled by people. But I have no problem with them believing this, as freedom of thought is of the utmost importance.