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Re: Awareness of the Reptilians that are around us.
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Cnut237
on 31/01/2020, 17:47:16 UTC
⭐ Merited by nutildah (4)
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I'm not trying to be a troll, but I'm having a great deal of difficulty understanding the logical basis for the lizard stuff.
I would agree that it is stupid to accept things that you're told without question. I would agree that governments lie to us, mislead us, and keep things hidden. It's important to make up your own mind about everything, really. Lizards is a huge mental leap though.

There's an interesting piece in The Atlantic about recent polling of Americans - results below showing percentage and number of people believing each point. The 'global warming is a hoax' one I find scary at 37%. Lizards are way down the list. I've added my own comments to show that I do believe some 'conspiracy theories'. I've also added a copy below, without my crappy comment column, in case anyone wants to quote it and can't be bothered doing the table re-formatting.

Conspiracy______________________________   Percent believing   Number of Americans believingMy crappy thoughts_________________________________
JFK was killed by conspiracy   51 percent      160,096,160      Yeah, maybe, maybe not. It's plausible.   
Bush intentionally misled on Iraq WMDs   44 percent      138,122,178      I 100% believe this.   
Global warming is a hoax   37 percent      116,148,195      No. Comprehensively disproven.   
Aliens exist   29 percent      91,035,072      I believe this just on the number of galaxies and probably planets in the universe. As to whether they've visited Earth, I have no opinion.   
New World Order      28 percent      87,895,931      ??   
Hussein was involved in 9/11      28 percent      87,895,931      No. 9/11 was falsely linked to Hussein in order to give the US an excuse to invade Iraq? Yes.   
A UFO crashed at Roswell      21 percent      65,921,948      Very doubtful. I've been to Roswell though. Weirdly.   
Vaccines are linked to autism      20 percent      62,782,808      Not really. Vaccines save lives.   
The government controls minds with TV      15 percent      47,087,106      Through propaganda and biased reporting, yes.   
Medical industry invents diseases      15 percent      47,087,106      I wouldn't put it past them.   
CIA developed crack      14 percent      43,947,966      Plausible.   
Bigfoot exists      14 percent      43,947,966      No.   
Obama is the Antichrist      13 percent      40,808,825      What? Ha ha ha.   
The government allowed 9/11      11 percent      34,530,544      Hmm. They certainly exploited it after it happened. Not convinced they let it happen though.   
Fluoride is dangerous      9 percent      28,252,264      Not in normal fluoridated water, no.   
The moon landing was faked      7 percent      21,973,983      No. Thousands of people worked on that project.   
Bin Laden is alive      6 percent      18,834,842      No. The US would be setting themselves up to be humiliated if this was true.   
Airplane contrails are sinister chemicals      5 percent      15,695,702      Not really.   
McCartney died in 1966      5 percent      15,695,702      No. Would have saved us from hearing the frog chorus though.   
Lizard people control politics      4 percent      12,556,562      WTF?   
                           

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/12-million-americans-believe-lizard-people-run-our-country/316706/

         

   Conspiracy______________________________   Percent believing      Number of Americans believing   
   JFK was killed by conspiracy      51 percent      160,096,160   
   Bush intentionally misled on Iraq WMDs      44 percent      138,122,178   
   Global warming is a hoax      37 percent      116,148,195   
   Aliens exist      29 percent      91,035,072   
   New World Order      28 percent      87,895,931   
   Hussein was involved in 9/11      28 percent      87,895,931   
   A UFO crashed at Roswell      21 percent      65,921,948   
   Vaccines are linked to autism      20 percent      62,782,808   
   The government controls minds with TV      15 percent      47,087,106   
   Medical industry invents diseases      15 percent      47,087,106   
   CIA developed crack      14 percent      43,947,966   
   Bigfoot exists      14 percent      43,947,966   
   Obama is the Antichrist      13 percent      40,808,825   
   The government allowed 9/11      11 percent      34,530,544   
   Fluoride is dangerous      9 percent      28,252,264   
   The moon landing was faked      7 percent      21,973,983   
   Bin Laden is alive      6 percent      18,834,842   
   Airplane contrails are sinister chemicals      5 percent      15,695,702   
   McCartney died in 1966      5 percent      15,695,702   
   Lizard people control politics      4 percent      12,556,562