Oh boy, I have a feeling this is gonna be a long one.
I sorta study this stuff. Thought processes of people who believe things that are outlandish are interesting to me. I have no real credentials and could only favorably be called amateur so grain of salt and what not.
Aquila89 wrote:I wonder: do those people think all mass shootings were fake
Basically, yes. In one way or another. I wanted to go through your list but that would require a lot of explaining that I think I can summarize better in a sentence or two. Some are ploys to get your guns some are to make a profit some are because the democrats want to kill patriots some are because of the lizard people but the more important part is the next one...
If the government was faking massacres to create support for gun control, they should've realized by now that it isn't working.
This is a major point that 'these people' think. It is
because of their "actions" that we still have [blank]. Be it guns or no fema death camps etc.
They are making a difference! It's like the article said, they see the world 'out of control' and would rather it not be so create a world where they are fighting against it and think they are doing so successfully. "the united nations hasn't poisoned the water supply because we are on to them!" It's a backwards rationality.
Anyone remember the 'victims of gang-stalking'? There are some funny youtube vids about how "that guy on a bike is totally harassing me by riding by but luckily I caught him on camera so he can't...[something idk]
octoberpumpkin wrote:It's quite sad and I dunno... It's how humans cope with things sometimes.
I actually wanted to quote the whole thing cause I mostly agree but it's right above me and just wanted to comment on some points there. It seems to be a coping mechanism but I think the better way to explain it was in the article. It is about the scary world but more importantly about ones level of control. There are even more delusions about things that have no relation to tragedies. Like landing on the moon or global warming (remember it is not a real thing to these types). And to the final line, they are fighting for 'whats right' in their brains. That is something similar they have with 'assholes on the internet'. Trolls and moon landing deniers both think "your response shows I'm right" especially when it is provably not the case.
sunglasses wrote:they let said logic and facts ooze over them.
Over and past from my experience. You're lucky. The best I've been able to do was talk down a person from "they planted thermite in WTC" to "they counted on the towers falling" and that was my best ever lol. It does require in person communication though. I'd never try this over the web.
I don't know if yall saw but there was at least one person in the comments asking to see the dead body of the contributors child as proof. D'ya think that would have worked? Of course not. They are stuck and the best I can do is point them to snopes in hope that maybe they are unaware...
of my lizard NWO takeover!