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[Jan Klimkowski]

Hi all. Since I am relatively new here, I would like to ask a question. How do people feel about these acronyms that are used on other forums, such as jfkassassination.alt (which I had the misfortune of finding first back in 2010 when I had just become aware of all the internet activity on JFK): LNs, CTers, etc. If it were up to me, I would discourage their use here. The use of such labels does nothing but underwrite the status-quo framing, even if "appropriated" by the group they are meant to designate. My interest in crimes against democracy has nothing to do with belonging to a category, or a "team", like being a Democrat or Republican or rooting for the Yankees or the Red Sox. I find being called a "CTer" nearly as offensive as being called an "assassination buff" (what does such a person do, build model assassinations in the garage?).

I agree with every word.

These frames are usually created by the enemy.

A prime example is the ridiculous "Truther", which is a label deliberately created to discredit those who perform original research into 9/11.

As for "Conspiracy Theory", it's the grandaddy of psyops. See here.