re: In another interesting turn, crowds on demand hired people in vegas

As someone who doesn't follow conspiracy theories with much interest, my only question about this ad is, Is it real?

I don't know what it could possibly mean regarding the investigation of the mass murder incident and my mind strains to even come up with any plausible association. So, no, I don't think for a second that it's related, nor do I think there is any conspiracy going on here (without some other evidence coming forward). (Admittedly, there are still unanswered questions.)

Still, the very nature of that ad is troubling, no matter what they are supposedly using "crisis actors" for. Even if it's only to boost numbers for a protest, I find that to be a "conspiracy" of sorts. It's blatant dishonesty and that practice should be exposed whenever it is discovered.

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ad is, Is it real?

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The ad might not be real...

BUT, the organizations that hire crowds most certainly real.

I've been a moulage victim for military exercises back in the 90s.
To my knowledge, they were never used for political ends, but companies like the White Hats exist.

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was doing temp work before between schools about 20 years ago and got unwittingly through the temp agency roped into actually being one of these people in Baton Rouge on some cause in front of the state capitol that I can't even remember.

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Yep. Outside the obvious I don't see these as particularly nefarious

If you're hiring crisis actors for a real conspiracy, you're not picking up random people off of Craigslist for the job

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As someone who doesn't follow conspiracy theories with much interest,

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Then you're in the wrong place. Politics and conspiracy go hand-in-hand. Always has, always will.

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my only question about this ad is, Is it real?

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Ummm, Roger....could you take this question, please?

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Even if it's only to boost numbers for a protest, I find that to be a "conspiracy" of sorts. It's blatant dishonesty and that practice should be exposed whenever it is discovered.

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Thank you, Pollyanna, for your gripping analysis. You'll fit in perfectly on the poliboard.

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I don't get it. Were they being hired to go to a concert?

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Unlikely. But could have been hired for compartmentalized plausible deniability purposes; not unlike government sending military thousands of miles away to kill or be killed in the guise of freedom.

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If you're hiring crisis actors for a real conspiracy, you're not picking up random people off of Craigslist for the job

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You would if you could use them for plausible deniability purposes.

Ex: The fertilizer maker doesn't know that a customer is buying his product to make a bomb. However, he unwittingly did his part (make the fertilizer).

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The fact of the matter is, the only way to have effective democracy is to insist on honest discussion and debate. There is so little of that going on, true, but that just means we need to rededicate ourselves to that standard.

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Just know that for 13 years on this board, I've been called a conspiracy kook while trying to have honest discussion. So you'll have to excuse me if I'm a little defensive in my responses.