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Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
14. I'm going to make a wild but semi-educated guess that somewhere between 25% to 30%+ of the public
Tue May 21, 2013, 08:27 PM
May 2013

would take conspiracies theories this shrill seriously. Especially in a culture being shaped by the more mainstream sources like Fox News and right-wing talk radio and the Murdock type tabloids where the government is presented as not just inept and corrupt but consciously and willfully devilish.

Really? Berlin Expat May 2013 #1
re: Alex Jones Explains How Government "Weather Weapon" Could Have Been Behind Oklahoma Tornado allan01 May 2013 #2
Jones will use *anything* to make outlandish claims and cprise May 2013 #3
you said it. +1000 \n Phillip McCleod May 2013 #17
Chemtrails... PasadenaTrudy May 2013 #20
Similar to the DUers in 2004 who passionately argued BushCo caused the Christmas Tsunami . . . Journeyman May 2013 #4
the difference? they were fringe nuts on a message board Adenoid_Hynkel May 2013 #8
Didn't say he wasn't different - but bat shit crazy is similar where ever its encountered. . . Journeyman May 2013 #18
Attention whore. penultimate May 2013 #5
Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #16
The face and voice of insanity. SoapBox May 2013 #6
What!? Too soon? Everybody's wearing tin foilhats anymore. marble falls May 2013 #7
:/ tofuandbeer May 2013 #9
What it is like inside Alex Jones’s head? Segami May 2013 #10
Didn't Tim McVey and the Nichols brothers believe that crap too? muntrv May 2013 #11
Interesting viewpoint cvoogt May 2013 #12
or in danger mouse, grenbacks weather machine X_X PatrynXX May 2013 #13
I'm going to make a wild but semi-educated guess that somewhere between 25% to 30%+ of the public Douglas Carpenter May 2013 #14
As I am kinda new here... Half-Century Man May 2013 #15
All I can say is Nanjing to Seoul May 2013 #19
fox "news" calls this guy an expert sigmasix May 2013 #21
The insanity is strong in this one Harry Monroe May 2013 #22
Locking, LBN Host consensus is this is does not fit LBN requirements, a theory, not "Late Breaking uppityperson May 2013 #23
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