Debunking the so called truth

Conspiracy theories have been present since long ago, yet it is a topic that most would not wonder upon. People view conspiracy theories as an alternative media, and some even wholly distrust the concept of it. To tell you the truth, there are people who are afraid of the truth. It was a documentary titled “Zeitgeist” that led me to the disgusting and horrifying reality that had left me in awe. But before we get to go any deeper, what are conspiracy theories even? Let us try to delve on it part by part.

Conspiracy or conspiring, according to the dictionary Merriam-Webster, is a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act, or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement. While theories on the other hand, as defined once again by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, are a set of ideas that are intended to explain facts or events. Once we put these two together, the dictionary depicts it as a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators. There are countless conspiracy theories that shroud our fragile yet critical society, but to those asking, what good would they get into knowing more of these complicated truths?

The event that ushered in the war on “terror” of the United States, the destruction of the World Trade Center’s twin towers by claimed Islamic terrorists, or infamously known as 9/11, is perhaps one of the most well-known conspiracy theories to date. This is due to official narratives and investigations that do not seem to add up. The results of investigations state that the buildings were able to collapse at free-fall speed due to the obliteration of the mighty steel foundations of the Twin Towers. Jet fuel, the sole cause of the massive eradication, was released to be the findings of the authorities on ground zero. Yet there are numerous facts that debunk these findings. Jet fuel alone cannot melt steel beams. Thermite (a weaponized fire which is military grade) was found in the debris. These structures possess zero to no chances of falling at free-fall speed unless assisted by explosives placed at strategic positions. “9/11 Mysteries: Demolition – In its entirety”, a documentary, was able to validate the claims.

A much recent case takes place within concert grounds of Las Vegas, the mass shooting of concert-goers perpetrated by a lone gunman. A retired senior citizen with absolutely no military training at all was and is continually believed to be able to pull off the execution of more than 50 people from a noticeable distance; this “fact” alone can readily contradict itself. A website named Military.com, a fairly famous military website, confirms the info regarding Paddock. Over a thousand security cameras are present at the Mandalay Bay hotel, yet no footage of the man carrying a police squadron’s worth of guns turned up. An article of Los Angeles Times would point to the said information. On site witnesses as well as victims boldly say that there was more than one source of sounds of automatic weapons firing, but the force avoids the possibility of having more than one suspect. To add to that, official statements by the police were also changed more than once. Las Vegas police reported that the gunman did not shoot a security guard six minutes before open firing upon concert grounds as told by the Washington Post. The point to all of these is does this not sound really fishy? Does this not spark your curiosity and make you go: “Oh yeah, they do have a point.”

Mike C., who discloses himself as Ekim, is one of the handlers of The Conspiracy Archives. He granted me his thinking regarding conspiracy theories. The administrators of the page would prefer to not be fully identified in order to prevent any further doxxing.

“My stance regarding conspiracy theories in general is difficult to describe because [there are] a lot of conspiracy theories on the internet in 2017, and each one would have to be scrutinized individually. Overall, it is good to keep a skeptical mind and to question all of the information we obtain from any media source. Conspiracies do exist, and [a] conspiracy is just a secret agreement between two or more people.”

Furthermore, he cited how sometimes conspiracies can even sound more believable than official reports.

“For example, the official story of 9/11 discusses the conspiracy with 19 hijackers who took orders from a man in a cave. However, a more factual based theory about 9/11 would investigate the possible conspiracy regarding the people who benefited monetarily from 9/11. For instance, Larry Silverstein bought a 3.5 billion dollar insurance policy only 3 months before the attacks. I find this suspicious, and I think it warrants further investigation.”

The era we live in now is the era of information, and unfortunately, it is also the era of misinformation. But on the other hand, your right to be able to question things as how they are is not taken away from you – yet. There is no harm in not believing in everything that is presented to you, there is no harm as well in doing a little research to strengthen or decay your beliefs. Would you not prefer to be “woke” rather than be seen as a “sheep”?

As a parting statement, Ekim says “I believe a lot of conspiracy theories have merit, and deserve more scrutiny, while others are laughable.”

We, the people of today, are empowered to not blindly follow and be indoctrinated by the powerful, unlike the people of yesterday. The sad reality to this is, once you begin to question the “facts”, you are then labelled by some as a conspiracy theorist.