If you've hung out in forums where Holocaust deniers, 9/11 Truthers, and other conspiracy theorists hang out, as I have done, one thing you'll notice is that these particular purveyors of dubious conspiracy-mongering seem to have a particular love of demonizing Jews (or, as the smarter ones tend to call them in order to try to skirt obvious charges of anti-Semitism, "Zionists"). If you believe such nuts, Jews are responsible for exaggerating the Holocaust, for destroying the World Trade Center, or even for for the destruction of the Space Shuttle Columbia or even Hurricane Katrina. Indeed, the sheer number of things that nutjobs want to blame the Jews for beggars the imagination.
Fortunately, there is now a tool to help me to make the connections that we "sheeples" are unable to see but that conpsiracy-mongers find so compelling. Fortunately, to help us goyim minimize our confusion over just what conspiracies Jews are involved in (and, with idiots like David Duke, David Irving, and a host of other anti-Semites coming up with new things to blame "Zionists" for on a daily basis, you know we need help), I present to you the the Zionist-Conspiracy-O-Matic. It's all the guidance anyone needs in this area.
Come to think of it, why should Jews have all the fun making up conspiracies in which they play the prominent role, all to make fun of idiotic conspiracy cranks? Come on, what about the Illuminati, David Icke's lizard people, the Masons, the U.N., and, of course, the Catholic Church? Surely we can generalize the Zionist-Conspiracy-O-Matic to handle all these favored targets, too!
"He insist we not fly in case the Jews repeated their attack of 9/11."
— Borat Sagdiyev
Absolute proof of Zionist Conspiracy Theories. See http://nancykayshapiro.livejournal.com/35633.html
Or, maybe, absolute proof of Zionist Conspiracy Theorists.
Orac - you missed the obvious. The Jews are responsible for all of the above, yes even the Catholic Church, one of their most devious deceits ever ;)
Meanwhile, dead cthulhu sleeps, dreaming.
Doug, you beat me to it, so all I have to offer is this. Apologies if I have posted this here before.
The Templars have something to do with everything. How can you leave them out?
"David Icke's lizard people,"
Remember that the Anti-Defamation League claims that when he says 12-ft tall shape-changing reptiles from the 4th dimension, he really means Jews. Icke, of course, denies this. He really means 12-ft tall shape-changing reptiles from the 4th dimension. So while it seems to be true that a stream of anti-semitism runs through a lot of conspiracy theories, some people are just nuts. Of course, a lot of conspiracy nuts apparently think Icke is working for the conspiracies (i.e., he's working for the Jews). So I guess he can't win either way.
"David Icke's Lizard People"
Band name!!!
But now I have "YMCA" going through my head. Durn.
What, you mean "The Zionists" aren't behind the UFO conspiracy, too ? or did I miss that one ?
No no, wait! "The Zionists are really Shills For Big Pharma !
(feel free to visualize additional exclamation points to suit)
Wait a sec... You forgot the Wiccans!
Orac: "one thing you'll notice is that these particular purveyors of dubious conspiracy-mongering seem to have a particular love of demonizing Jews"
That reminds me of this joke:
You know, while I certainly like the idea of mocking conspiracy theories about Jews, I can't help but notice that this particular case implies that the BBC, for example, is a source anti-Semitic conspiracy theories like David Duke. This itself strikes me as rather paranoid.
You guys throw around the anti semite charge with such reckless abandon, it's losing it's power. There are a small group of racist caucasians who really are white supremacists and would like to rule the world and exterminate/enslave all other races. I've never heard anyone defend this fact by attacking the truth with accusations of being anti-whitey or racist against whites. It would be preposterous, just as preposterous as claiming their isn't a similar group from the Jewish population. There are zionists, who just want Jews to have a safe place to live and be free, then there are Zionists, who are the Jewish equivalent of the KKK. Attacking people who speak of the latter is intellectually dishonest and morally corrupt.