NH State Rep. Stella Tremblay (R)
TREMBLAY: And the more I looked at this, in my heart, something told me there’s something wrong here. You just have to look at that backpack and you can see. If there’s an explosion, the backpack is blown to smithereens. There’s nothing left. What was it doing just laying there? Then, my first gut reaction seeing the horror of that person that had their legs blown off… you know, with the bone sticking out? And he was not in shock. I looked and I thought there’s something… I don’t know what’s wrong, but it seems surreal to me. I talked to my sister, who’s not into politics at all, and she said, “Yea, I saw the same thing.” He was not in shock. He was not in pain. If I had had those type of injuries, I’d be screaming in agony.
Via ThinkProgress:
Citing Alex Jones and his conspiracy theory site Infowars, Tremblay notes that while she once believed 9/11 was a real attack by terrorists, 9/11 “truthers” have opened her eyes. This attack too, she argues, was a “Black Ops” attack staged — apparently unconvincingly — by the federal government.
Wonderful. I wish everyone could see the harm that Infowars and crazies like Alex Jones cause. They have no evidence for their crazy theories, only questions and they press on with the conspiracy theory no matter what. You can never prove them wrong in their eyes because they'll just ask more questions or dismiss actual evidence. Now, these crazy theories are being floated by Republican politicians. Like this one where Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) floated a theory about the U.S. shipping guns to Turkey. Secretary Clinton's response is priceless.
This is not the only example, not by a long shot. Republican Reps. Jim Jordan (OH) and Jason Chaffetz (UT) held a joint hearing "to examine the procurement of ammunition by the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration Office of Inspector General." They, and others, believe the U.S. government is buying up ammunition to either keep regular Americans from being able to buy it, or they are preparing for war against their own people. This is the silliness that goes on on the Right these days.
The conspiracy theorists are not serious people but unfortunately we have to take them seriously because they influence those that vote in Congress.
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