Creative Speculation
In reply to the discussion: Is this the chemtrails forum? [View all]napoleon_in_rags
(3,992 posts)Like the TOS says, there's certain ideas that they don't want put in the main forums, because they are so outside the mainstream that having them popping up would... mis-characterize the site as something other than a mainstream political forum. But the thing is, there is a pretty small window of politically acceptable mainstream discourse. So after a thing becomes too rote, the rebellion against it becomes very appealing. Look at the history channel, the HISTORY channel, totally devoted to aliens and the Bermuda triangle - alternative history stuff. Why? Because of rebellion from the main stream telling history that itself seemed inconsistent. Its like Fox, the news channel with the most viewers, routinely bashes the "main stream" media. There's this general appeal to being outside the box now days.
So that's all I'm saying, the best way to label a conspiracy forum is to say its too outside the box, unacceptable, extreme...nay: XTREME! Dark secrets of history! etc. The reason why is that this "fringe" stuff is getting more mainstream than the mainstream, might as well celebrate it when you see it!