re: Let’s address the elephant in the room: the conspiracy folks

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The smart thing to do is have an open mind. Starting at the "conspiracy folks are dumb" is really dumb.

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But having a closed mind (but not COMPLETELY closed) is not a bad thing. There is another term for it - "healthy skepticism".

To be open to any theory or idea is why everything from wacky political extremists to religious cults to everythig else exist on college campuses. It's because the kids arrive and say "I'm going to college to learn an I will have an open mind" and then they get sucked into shitty stuff like cults and whatnot because they went in without appropriate skepticism.
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Same with conspiracy theorists.

The OP question is a good one, why the hell of all the schools in the world would the CIA or someone choose rural Texas as a place to send in some "actor" (who did a pretty convincing job of acting crazy...maybe so convincing that we shouldnt have an "open mind" and just conclude...yep...he be crazy)...why would this be done by some local cops here?