Back in the 2000's, I was talking with some guy who moderated some Internet forum. And he told me that the Conspiracy Theorists all had something mentally wrong with them and he tried to talk sense into them by replying. I didn't know what he was talking about, so I had to go read what these people were saying. Was my first taste of learning about the raging debates, the shills, the strawman arguments, the ad hominem attacks, the forum sliders, etc. But more importantly, I found ideas that weren't discussed anywhere else. Started my awakening.

Back in the 2000's, I was talking with some guy who moderated some Internet forum. And he told me that the Conspiracy Theorists all had something mentally wrong with them and he tried to talk sense into them by replying. I didn't know what he was talking about, so I had to go read what these people were saying. Was my first taste of learning about the raging debates, the shills, the strawmen arguments, the ad hominem attacks, the forum sliders, etc. But more importantly, I found ideas that weren't discussed anywhere else. Started my awakening.