Conspiracies vs Conspiracy Theories - an Important Distinction.
I watched a podcast the other day by a famous influencer who made a very interesting point, which I would like to share with the sub.
The influencer was asked - do you believe in conspiracy theories?
His answer- no. I believe in conspiracies, but I don’t believe in conspiracy theories.
What’s the difference?
Here’s the difference-
Conspiracies are real. They happen all the time.
Conspiracy theories are “theories”. They exist nowhere but in the minds of conspiracy theorists.
Without real evidence, a conspiracy theory is nothing but a wild, twisted, frenzied dream conceived in the minds of people who have no clue what they’re talking about.
With real evidence, a conspiracy theory is no longer a “theory” but rather a serious issue, that needs to be investigated and stopped.
It’s a very important distinction, and it’s important to understand it when discussing the Israeli Palestinian and Israeli Iranian conflicts.
In our case, we have one case uncovering one conspiracy after another, providing clear and convincing evidence that the conspiracy is real.
For example, it is a fact that Hamas secretly weaponized Gaza hospitals, education institutions, and welfare institutions.
That’s a real conspiracy because it’s backed by evidence.
How is it a fact?
Israel’s government and independent media have released photo, video, and documentary evidence about Hamas’ infiltration into the humanitarian infrastructure in Gaza. They published videos of underground bunkers (terror tunnels). They published photos of hostages inside hospitals dragged at gun point by terrorists. They have interviewed many hostages who told their stories, including how they were tortured inside hospitals, by journalists, by children, and so forth.
So this infiltration into humanitarian networks is a conspiracy, by Hamas. But it’s NOT a conspiracy theory.
In contrast, we have conspiracy theories by the other side. We have wild conspiracy theories about Israel selling Palestinian body parts. Mossad attack dolphins. Jewish space laser. We have the theory that Trump is fighting the war in Iran not because of what the Iranian government did in the past but because of Chabad, a network of Jewish synagogues with no ties to policymaking.
All these are conspiracy theories because they are not backed by any evidence.
With the hospitals too we have conspiracy theories. Israel gave truly incredible evidence on how Hamas kidnapped Gaza’s humanitarian system. Hostage interviews, tunnel footage, dozens of documents captured by ground troops fighting inside this terrorist hornet nest.
The U.S. intelligence agencies and others have always known and confirmed the existence of the Hamas conspiracy. This is because there is very strong evidence for that conspiracy,
How is the other side contending with all these facts?
Conspiracy theories. By making up stories without any evidence.
The videos are AI. The videos edited. The hostages are lying. The documents were manufactured by Israel. The weapons were planted by the IDF.
None of these people ever came up with any evidence. Rather, to prove their conspiracy theories they go into a rabbit hole of more conspiracy theories. The deeper they go into the realm of conspiracy theory, the more antisemitic they sound.
They start innocent enough, sometimes. “Hospitals are bombed, and I don’t support it”.
Then, when presented with evidence of why the hospitals are targeted, they have no real answers. Most times, their answers start veering off to the realm of conspiracy theory.
Israel says “hospitals are targeted because our hostages were brutally tortured there.”
Then they’ll say “the hostages lie. There were no rapes. There was no torture.”
Israel will say - “we have photo evidence”
They’ll response “you planted it”
Israel says “we have video evidence”
Response “you made it up using sophisticated technology”
“You control the media”
Your videos and hostage tapes are out there because you control the media and control the world.
And AIPAC, and even Chabad are thrown into the mix.
And then - you killed Kennedy. You killed Jesus.
And slowly you, like with a Russian matryoshka, 🪆, one conspiracy after another, you see what’s really happening inside.
So there you have it. The anti Israel side is driven by conspiracy theories.
Not the first time Jews are at the receiving end of some kind of conspiracy theory, is it?