Originally Posted by
JumboD
Actually, made me chuckle a bit when I first thought of it, but really it's not that great a stretch. Substitute things like:
"Anything for security (no matter how remote the threat)"
"If you have nothing to hide then why would you object?"
"Well a terrorist will say they're not a terrorist"
"If you're against this you're against America; next attack's on you"
with
"Anything to prove the gov't is evil (no matter the probability it's true)"
"If they didn't have something to hide, why would they do X"
"Well a gov't plant would deny being one"
"If you even suggest we're wrong, you must be in on the conspiracy"
You really aren't that far off in terms of mentality, now are you? And you know what? Both are equally dangerous in terms of what they lead to, one just happens to be a greater threat today because of its reach and the damage already caused by it.
That is a great thought and very valid for both sides of the party. DHS/TSA's
policies are very much in line with conspiracy theory thinking. The people making these policies are using the same mindset as well, not to mention most of the public. I do feel sorry for those TSOs at the bottom level that have to act on these conspiracy theory policies of the TSA though, I'd bet that if the economy wasn't as bad as it is now, they would be dropping out like flies.
Conspiracy theory thinking of individuals is everywhere, on this forum, on Vigilant Citizen, on Youtube and even a Freemason that I met on campus at my college believed in the Illuminati. Yes it can be quite dangerous, I read that the Norway shooter was also a conspiracy theorist.