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by tablespoon 1803 days ago
> ”Maximum security prison” - which is rather the regular security jail

IIRC, he was in a SHU, which is closer to the former than the latter.

> where he had been taken off suicide watch, and whose camera system, which was covering his corridor, was out of order. Plus the guards didn’t really seem to pay much attention.

That's definitely conspiracy theory fodder, but little more than that.

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> That's definitely conspiracy theory fodder, but little more than that.

A common trend in this thread seems to be labeling speculation as "conspiracy theory", seemingly to get out of having to justify one form of speculation is more valid than another.

Why are statements-of-fact "conspiracy theory fodder"?

> Why are statements-of-fact "conspiracy theory fodder"?

Conspiracy theory fodder are facts that offer no evidence of a conspiracy, but that the conspiracy-prone can't help but use as springboards for baseless speculation about one.

Ah but isn't that the interesting part. A person that dismisses an idea as a "conspiracy theory" is inclined to dismiss evidence too, no?