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MrMickeysMom

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17. What's that?

Reply to William Seger (Reply #16)

Thu Sep 19, 2013, 11:01 PM

Sep 2013

Oh, it's you... having to get the last word. That's okay... You can write me back again and be the authority on willful ignorance.

Don't confuse ghosts with why after 50 years, a country that claims to love Kennedy still hasn't solved his murder.

Bye-bye..

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JFK -- & the origin of the term, "Conspiracy Theory" [View all] Why Syzygy Aug 2013 OP

And the CIA used its mind control rays to make everyone begin using the term. Bolo Boffin Aug 2013 #1

um . Why Syzygy Sep 2013 #2

"today everyone knows better" - problem is, they don't . . . ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #3

Yep... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #4

The way I read it .. Why Syzygy Sep 2013 #5

Um... No William Seger Sep 2013 #6

facepalm.... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #7

Why, are you going for the record? William Seger Sep 2013 #8

It happened, beefcake Why Syzygy Sep 2013 #9

Bullshit William Seger Sep 2013 #10

Wikipedia regarding the NSA? MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #11

Ignoring contrary evidence is what "conspiracy theorists" do William Seger Sep 2013 #12

That's a laugh... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #13

Wow William Seger Sep 2013 #14

William, you keep amusing yourself... MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #15

The "majority of Americans" believe in ghosts William Seger Sep 2013 #16

What's that? MrMickeysMom Sep 2013 #17

That article gives a true date for the origin of the term "Conspiracy Theory". greyl Sep 2013 #18

OK, it originated as a neutral term in the 19th Century Ace Acme Nov 2013 #19

Per Ngram, "Conspiracy theorist" is not used until around 1980 KurtNYC Nov 2013 #20