Do the fluoride conspiracy people use toothpaste?

[mjr]

I mean, doesn't all toothpaste (unless for some reason you make your own) come with fluoride in it??

Do these conspiracy theory people who think that the government is putting fluoride in the water for "nefarious" reasons even use toothpaste??

[protege]

I'm sure they don't...and unfortunately, I know at least one. She's really gone off the deep end since I met her in college 23 years ago. Nearly everything is some massive conspiracy theory--either the Illuminati are controlling the news, or the elections are rigged. In fact, to her, the only "real" news...exists in blogs or websites that nobody has heard of. But the fluoride thing is new. She was actually escorted out of a town meeting because she got loud and annoying over being "poisoned by Chinese industrial waste"

[TheHuckster]

In fact, to her, the only "real" news...exists in blogs or websites that nobody has heard of.

Only News Source Man Trusts Has Logo Of Eyeball In Crosshairs

I have a friend who has similarly gone off the deep-end. It started out with somewhat feasible yet unproven stuff (how much did the government know before 9/11? Are the rich and powerful doing some shady collusion to keep the sheep in control?) but then things went downhill from there and he got into the chemtrail nonsense and I even saw him recently read an article about flat earth theory, although I haven't verified if he actually believes it or not.

It's sad because he's a close friend of mine and he's intelligent. It's just once you get into the mindset that because people (reasonably) has trust issues with the government, it means everything bad anyone says about them must automatically be true. A lot of the argument comes down to something like, "Well, the government did things like sending Japanese into internment camps, covering up Flint's water crisis, and all this other stuff, so for sure they must be poisoning the water supply with mind control drugs."

And, of course, with the NSA and CIA stuff going on, it's just made him paranoid about cellphones and other stuff. I at least understand that to a certain degree. He just takes it to the next level where any form of unencypted communication, even if it's talking about the weather (you know, cuz Bilderberg is controlling it), is forbidden for him.

She was actually escorted out of a town meeting because she got loud and annoying over being "poisoned by Chinese industrial waste"

My friend at least hasn't gotten to that point... yet. He's mostly been keeping his beliefs among his friends. I just need to try to steer him away from that topic of discussion because it's just tiring to debate it.

[mjr]

I heard a guy the other day on a Sports Station (I think he was the producer of the show or something) said that he and a couple of others were questioning why rainbows were an arc (or a circle) instead of straight across. And the sad part is he even posited it like it was some kind of science conspiracy. He's also one of those WTC7 "truthers".

Former NBA Star Shaquille O'Neal even posited that he thinks the earth is flat.

[Greenday]

There are toothpastes without it so you'd have to imagine they take that into account when they shop.

[TheHuckster]

I heard a guy the other day on a Sports Station (I think he was the producer of the show or something) said that he and a couple of others were questioning why rainbows were an arc (or a circle) instead of straight across. And the sad part is he even posited it like it was some kind of science conspiracy. He's also one of those WTC7 "truthers".

The WTC7 thing is a little more reasonable than some of the other stuff, to be honest. I'm not saying it's absolute fact that it was a conspiracy, but just that it's not as crazy as the other 9/11 conspiracies.

Also, why the heck is a sports radio channel not reporting March madness? I mean, I could understand this pointless talk in the dead of February, but not now.

[mjr]

Also, why the heck is a sports radio channel not reporting March madness? I mean, I could understand this pointless talk in the dead of February, but not now.

It's a 5 hour show. I think they covered it in the first couple of hours, and then went on to other sports topics. They get a little loose sometimes with what they talk about.

[Daskinor]

It's a 5 hour show. I think they covered it in the first couple of hours, and then went on to other sports topics. They get a little loose sometimes with what they talk about.

I know this might be a threadjack, but 5 hour sport talk shows just seem like such and odd concept.

[mjr]

I know this might be a threadjack, but 5 hour sport talk shows just seem like such and odd concept.

Yeah, the weird thing is that station has sports on (or at least local sports talk) from about 5:30 AM to 11 PM...Monday through Friday.

[mjr]

The WTC7 thing is a little more reasonable than some of the other stuff, to be honest. I'm not saying it's absolute fact that it was a conspiracy, but just that it's not as crazy as the other 9/11 conspiracies.

Well, to me there do seem to be some "unanswered questions" there, for lack of a better way of putting it. That does not, however, mean that there's a conspiracy.

In fact, I just did a Google search, and that led me to this page on Conspiracy Theories:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...iracy_theories

There's a BUNCH of them...wow.

[protege]

There's a BUNCH of them...wow.

Yep, too many people trying to make connections

Not too far from me is the city of Clairton, PA. For those who don't know, Clairton is one of many declining steel mill towns in the middle of the Monongahela Valley. They've seen a massive drop in population over the past 40 years. While there's still a large coke works in town, many people have moved away.

There's a street--Lincoln Way--which consists of nothing but abandoned homes. There are all sorts of "theories" put out by "experts" as to why the residents left. Everything from a gas leak to sinkholes...to some sort of red-eyed monster than inhabits the hills All of it bullshit. This crap came about because some idiot did a ghost-hunting show in the area. The real story is nowhere near as sinister.

Over the years, people simply moved out and abandoned the properties. Nothing chased them out. Sure, there were some cars left in the garages along with some possessions. Why? Because some of the homeowners passed away, and the next-of-kin didn't want to deal with it. The homes were in a depressed area that nobody really wants to live in. Many of them took what they could (or wanted), and left the rest behind. Over 40 years or so, if nobody moved in, the street would eventually clear itself out. Last I heard that some of the homes had been torched by vandals, and that one of the local banks sold them to the county for possible redevelopment.

But no, that wouldn't sell as many magazines or get as many web hits. That's why the monster story started, and why several idiots got seriously injured breaking into the homes...and/or busted for trespassing.

[mjr]

Yep, too many people trying to make connections

And too many people that don't know enough about what they're talking about. And won't do the research because the information they find is part of the conspiracy cover-up. Or something.

[TheHuckster]

I know this might be a threadjack, but 5 hour sport talk shows just seem like such and odd concept.

It's usually during the morning commute. People typically just listen it in the car on their way to and from work, at which point they hear a segment of it, but since people are traveling at different times they cover that entire time period.

I mean, there are not just sports talk shows but entire sports talk stations that have shows on 24/7. It's the same idea.