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Conspiracy Theories
A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes a conspiracy by sinister and powerful actors, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable. The term has a pejorative connotation, implying that the appeal to a conspiracy is based on prejudice or insufficient evidence. Conspiracy theories resist falsification and are reinforced by circular reasoning: both evidence against the conspiracy and an absence of evidence for it, are re-interpreted as evidence of its truth, and the conspiracy becomes a matter of faith rather than proof.
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The great mass of white workers, however, was afraid to organize and fight for more pay because of a deepset fear that the Negroes would take their jobs. They had heard of black labor taking the work of white labor under the guns of white militia, and they were afraid to risk it. They had first read of the activities of Black-No-More, Incorporated, with a secret feeling akin to relief but after the orators of the Knights of Nordica and the editorials of The Warning began to portray the menace co
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― Black No More
― Black No More
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Superstition in Our Marrow (Sonnet 2428)
Earth is a planet of apes,
ivory tower apes diss faith out of reason,
pulpit apes diss reason out of faith -
then there are the newage apes,
chasing goat yoga, chakra penetration,
fortune cards, and aura farming,
who diss both conventional religion
and science, for they've found a more
self-absorbed method of hallucination.
Superstition runs through the marrow
of the human race, with each new generation
it merely changes costume.
Religion is superstiti
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― Sonnets From The Mountaintop
― Sonnets From The Mountaintop
The Truth surrounds us all! Conspiracy is our diplomacy.
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