Vol. 34, No. 18
September 17, 2018
Conspiracy Theories and Conspiracy Facts — The Q “Conspiracies”
In the 1997 movie Conspiracy Theory, starring Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts, the Mel Gibson character (Jerry) is an ardent believer in conspiracies. As it turns out, Jerry stumbles onto a real conspiracy — and the real conspirators did not like it one bit.
There have been so many conspiracy “theories” used to explain the “real story” behind real-world events, such as the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations (e.g., everyone but Lee Harvey Oswald was taking shots at Kennedy in Dealey Plaza, according to the multiplicity of conspiracy theories of that event), that the very term “conspiracy theory” has come to mean — to many people — something that is believed in by either a small group or even by a large group, but is not true, and is somehow “silly.”
The recent Qanon Theory, known for the name of the anonymous poster “Q,” seems almost designed to promote the view that all conspiracy theories are totally fabricated.
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