How Low Can You Go: Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theories

[InformationGeek]

In the relm of conspiracy theories (Obama isn't American, George Bush was involved with 911), this one wants to make me puke.  The idea that the whole Sandy Hook Shooting was hoax is so disgusting and horrendous that I cannot properly express myself.  Just look at this video that CNN put out to remember the victims:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zSvzwDsgrs8#!

Now look at the comments:

http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=zSvzwDsgrs8

WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!

I'm not alone here right?  You all agree this whole conspiracy is all total bulls**t right?  I'm going insane just reading these comments.

[lester1/2jr]

there are weirdos trolling the Steubenville case on twitter. I like to think they at least believe in them and aren't THAT horrible that they would seek attention by exploiting a tragedy like that.

[indianasmith]

I had a knock-down drag out with a guy who swore up and down that the Holocaust was nothing but
an extortionist shakedown by the World Zionist movement and a slander to the history of Germany.

Nothing about people surprises me.

[Allhallowsday]

Disgusting.  Most of the remarks on the video are from Bluegrasschick apparently an epic idiot. 

[The Burgomaster]

I couldn't even read all the comments.  Some people amaze me.  And not in a good way.

[Allhallowsday]

Man who helped Sandy Hook kids is harassed by conspiracy theorists 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gene-rosen-sandy-hook-conspiracy-155033813.html 

A man who found six children in his driveway in Newtown, Conn., after their teacher had been shot and killed in last month's school massacre has become the target of conspiracy theorists who believe the shootings were staged... 

[ChaosTheory]

Murder a bunch of defenseless people: become a months-long topic of fascination & discussion by the media.
Try to help some victims of violence: get attacked by attention-whore conspiracy theorists. 

Awesome f**king world we live in.

[FatFreddysCat]

Amazing how some people can hate their government (or love their guns) so much that they simply can't accept the official explanation for anything... no, no, it HAS to be some sort of Black Ops project headed by the President in cahoots with Satan, or the Illuminati, or the Grays, or whoever.

Scary thing is that these folks are everywhere, and they're breeding.

[Jim H]

I had a knock-down drag out with a guy who swore up and down that the Holocaust was nothing but
an extortionist shakedown by the World Zionist movement and a slander to the history of Germany.

Nothing about people surprises me.

I'm imagining (and hoping) his teeth getting knocked out, but I think you're too nice for that Indy.   

The one thing I like to take comfort in is I've run into very, very few people with beliefs like this in real life.  It's funny talking about Holocaust deniers and conspiracy people....  But really, we know people carried out these evil acts, so that people also BELIEVE evil things should come as no surprise.

[Umaril Has Returned]

I had a knock-down drag out with a guy who swore up and down that the Holocaust was nothing but
an extortionist shakedown by the World Zionist movement and a slander to the history of Germany.

Nothing about people surprises me.

I'm imagining (and hoping) his teeth getting knocked out, but I think you're too nice for that Indy.   

The one thing I like to take comfort in is I've run into very, very few people with beliefs like this in real life.  It's funny talking about Holocaust deniers and conspiracy people....  But really, we know people carried out these evil acts, so that people also BELIEVE evil things should come as no surprise.

It DID happen, and the fact that over 6 million bodies were left to rot should be the proof that there was something definitely wrong.  Be that as it may, the amount of denial from people on both sides of the political coin is just astounding.

To add to it, you get those people who constantly question, question, question..it's a form of self-centeredness and a backdoor to always being right (in their minds anyway). The world was bad a few years ago, but now it's really gone off it's rocker...

[bob]

This is truly disgusting 

[indianasmith]

As near as I can tell, one of the grieving parents at Sandy Hook  bore some resemblance to a DHS employee who was also in the news after Sandy hit the East Coast, and the claim is that she has been used by the government to portray victims in several major disasters . . . the whole thing seems ridiculous and far-fetched to me.

[Derf]

The same basic idea went around after 9/11--the government did it to advance an agenda. I am amazed that the same people who constantly call the president (whichever president) an incompetent, bumbling idiot could simultaneously believe he could pull off a massive conspiracy without one single slip up or tattletale.

[Umaril Has Returned]

As near as I can tell, one of the grieving parents at Sandy Hook  bore some resemblance to a DHS employee who was also in the news after Sandy hit the East Coast, and the claim is that she has been used by the government to portray victims in several major disasters . . . the whole thing seems ridiculous and far-fetched to me.

I heard something about this too. As far as "far-fetched" ideas and practices, I'd never put it past any government to stoop as low as possible to produce whatever desired effect they're after.

[ulthar]

Man who helped Sandy Hook kids is harassed by conspiracy theorists

The problem I have with this is that I cannot find any reference to it from any "reputable" news source.  Every story I've seen reference back to "salon.com reported."

I'd think this would be pretty big news if it were confirmed.  Right now, the harassment has some of the halmarks of a hoax.  Don't know if it's true or not, but I do question the fact that every story I've seen on it is worded pretty much exactly the same, and not one source has elaborated beyond what "salon.com reported."  Why would anyone with a serious story to tell like this harassment in this case go to salon.com, rather than someone like THEIR LOCAL POLICE or the AP or some such.

The original article says he plans to talk to a RETIRED police office and plans to talk to the FBI.  Okay, so let me understand this.  You are being threatened by high profile agitators in a very high profile and emotional case and your first impulse is to go to salon.com and you later plan some vague talking to people perhaps no longer even in Law Enforcement?

Sorry, guys, but I would not characterize salon.com as trustworthy AT ALL on anything they report.  It just smacks of salon.com putting the screws to the "truthers" and everyone else jumping on that bandwagon.

Doesn't pass the smell test to me, and I've been involved in a few "filing false report" investigations.