Perhaps. To be clear, I wasn't classifying what you said (not believing everything in the govt account) as in the truther category, only people who believe they intentionally let it happen.
As far as I can see, most truthers seem to belong in the stupid category, though not quite as stupid as the example I gave. The 'jet fuel steel beams' crowd.
most truthers seem to belong in the stupid category
They do, that's why to most people that's the entire definition of truther. Its a specific set of extremist beliefs about the event that necessitated a unique word for itself.
The same way that colloquially most things stop being "conspiracy theories" once they reach a certain level of reasonability and proof, even if by strict definition they still might be.
Perhaps. To be clear, I wasn't classifying what you said (not believing everything in the govt account) as in the truther category, only people who believe they intentionally let it happen.
As far as I can see, most truthers seem to belong in the stupid category, though not quite as stupid as the example I gave. The 'jet fuel steel beams' crowd.
They do, that's why to most people that's the entire definition of truther. Its a specific set of extremist beliefs about the event that necessitated a unique word for itself.
The same way that colloquially most things stop being "conspiracy theories" once they reach a certain level of reasonability and proof, even if by strict definition they still might be.