For all you Obama conspiracists (voting, liberal, conservative, conspiracy)

[norcalmom101]

When Not In Control, People Imagine Order : NPR

[justNancy]

I am definitely not in control, but I can't see Saturn on the right! What does that mean? What category do I fall into?

So are you telling me there really is no man in the Moon?

[momonkey]

You are on a liberal roll my friend! NPR and psychobabble all in one post, wow!

[LoneStarJerry]

There's no conspiracies about Nobama, only facts. And the more everyone learns about this man, the more it's not looking good for the Almighty Savior.

[JerZ]

Absolutely. And you notice the Conservative Reich is always about control in various forms. Control of others' reproductive functions. Control of other nations. Perceived self-control. Being out of control absolutely freaks them out.

I've heard the theory of "order out of nothingness" before. It's supposedly the root of superstition as well...you notice during the most out-of-control times in history, people went to extremes in making correlations. The Second Pandemic seemed completely uncontrollable...so thousands of theories abounded about what "caused" it, from God to the air to eating too much, to eating too little. And of course on the heels of that (or during that), the witch trials...where a woman was a witch if she cried too much or too little, had a birth mark or had too unblemished and therefore obviously over-seductive skin, had no children or had many children, was too quiet or too loud...if she wouldn't meet the prosecutor's eyes, she was obviously a witch because she was afraid of a "godly" man; if she met his eyes squarely, she was obviously an object of Satan because looking directly like that at a man wasn't "natural," etc. EVERYTHING became "clear proof" of witchery, including completely contradictory things.

Same here. EVERYTHING is evidence of moooooooooooooooosluhm-iz-uhm and terrorism when it comes to how the Pubs view Obama. Everything. A meteor shower would be proof at this point, the desperation level/panic level of not being able to control an outcome is that high.

I would take this one further and say that the desire for a conspiracy theory specifically, is a reflection of a too-tightly-held person; he or she can get little excitement in real life, and therefore must create extreme drama, putting him or herself squarely in the middle of it ("America is at stake here! Our entire way of life!").

Good post, OP!

[norcalmom101]

Originally Posted by JerZ

Absolutely. And you notice the Conservative Reich is always about control in various forms. Control of others' reproductive functions. Control of other nations. Perceived self-control. Being out of control absolutely freaks them out.

I've heard the theory of "order out of nothingness" before. It's supposedly the root of superstition as well...you notice during the most out-of-control times in history, people went to extremes in making correlations. The Second Pandemic seemed completely uncontrollable...so thousands of theories abounded about what "caused" it, from God to the air to eating too much, to eating too little. And of course on the heels of that (or during that), the witch trials...where a woman was a witch if she cried too much or too little, had a birth mark or had too unblemished and therefore obviously over-seductive skin, had no children or had many children, was too quiet or too loud...if she wouldn't meet the prosecutor's eyes, she was obviously a witch because she was afraid of a "godly" man; if she met his eyes squarely, she was obviously an object of Satan because looking directly like that at a man wasn't "natural," etc. EVERYTHING became "clear proof" of witchery, including completely contradictory things.

Same here. EVERYTHING is evidence of moooooooooooooooosluhm-iz-uhm and terrorism when it comes to how the Pubs view Obama. Everything. A meteor shower would be proof at this point, the desperation level/panic level of not being able to control an outcome is that high.

I would take this one further and say that the desire for a conspiracy theory specifically, is a reflection of a too-tightly-held person; he or she can get little excitement in real life, and therefore must create extreme drama, putting him or herself squarely in the middle of it ("America is at stake here! Our entire way of life!").

Good post, OP!

But yours is excellent. Notice even in responses so far the NPR liberal conspiracy, despite this research being conducted by a researcher at a school of business totally unaffiliated with NPR.

[atxcio]

That's a really cool study, regardless of who you are voting for! Explains a lot.