[josefresco]

> he was almost correct

That's the key element to effective conspiracy theories. A thread of truth, exaggerated, twisted and manipulated for maximum virality. Debunkers are met with links like the one you provided, and that's typically enough to discourage further debate because the truth is boring and a lot of hard work. And who wants to spend time trying to debunk when the believers don't want the truth!

[TeaBrain]

The truth in this case is even more strange than the conspiracy theory though.

[cmrdporcupine]

Yes, and the blame is always placed on some cabal or minority group or political tendency that the conspiracy theorist dislikes... rather than looking at anything systematic.

Which actually has the ultimate effect of blunting change rather than fostering it.

[calculatte]

His point was to keep the chemicals out of our food supply. Argue about the details all you want, but nobody wants to consume this toxin and feed it to their children. So yet again, Alex Jones was right.

[devops99]

He's more of a corruption protestor than conspiracy theorist. A somewhat belligerent corruption protestor, yeah, but more that than anything else.