"Thrive" is amazing must watch!

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My position with respect to conspiracies has never been that they don't exist, or that they somehow should not be investigated. It's when one takes a particular conspiracy idea which is merely seen to be plausible, a possibility, and claim it to be true (historically, currently) and, from such a premise, divisive action to 'correct' the fabricated imbalance is taken - by promoting or acting upon such a fundamental dishonesty.

What is morally wrong is the perception that the ends are seen to justify the means in order to fulfill an agenda. The ends are getting people to 'wake up' to some 'now-exposed' reality 'X' using the utterly dishonest vehicle of a guessed or imagined idea. Which of course is made compelling by free-association with and appeal to internal symbols of mystery, power, and transcendence. The needlessly confused premise can not be excused, because there are always real alternatives coming from and bridging to something from actual, less 'tainted', disciplined experience, substantiated, more accepting, balanced and viable.

I don't disagree.

I'm curious -- this particular form of hypocrisy seems to bother you more than others. At least, I've noticed you post about it a number times. You don't need to answer this, of course, but why choose this specific windmill to tilt at, given all the other examples of dishonesty in service of agendas that are out there?