The "Conspiracy Nut" Put Down

Solitude in The Mist - Lake District, England

     By definition, a conspiracy is a secret plan between two or more people to do something that is harmful to another person or group.  The act may or may not be illegal.    A person who engages in conspiracy is a "conspiracy theorist".  Thus, we have all worn that label at some time or  other.

   The terms "conspiracy theorist", "conspiracy nut", and "conspiracy loon", often spoken in a denigrating tone of
voice, are loaded, pejorative terms.  Loaded language is "verbiage that attempts to influence the listener or reader by appealing to emotion rather than logic". 

Facebook,The CIA, And Me

Humanity on Our Beautiful Earth
Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia

     Should I add  Facebook and Twitter to this blog? I have been pondering this question since I began this project.  "How to blog" books advise that social networks are essential for building a virtual  Internet community and driving traffic to a site. 

     Similarly, for 10 years,  professionals have been told that visibility on Linked In is essential for job hunting and being seen the "right" people.   I don't know if the many experts making such recommendations are speaking from sound data or if we were "all just breathing each other's fumes"! 

     Perhaps it was a synchronicity of events this past week but suddenly my decision became quite easy.    Several articles appeared on news sites I frequent discussing the frenzy over government  and corporate snooping and the fact that electronic spying is increasing.  A little research quickly uncovered the whole ugly mess.