Tea at Trianon: "Conspiracy Theory" vs "Actual Factual Conspiracy"

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Saturday, June 22, 2024

"Conspiracy Theory" vs "Actual Factual Conspiracy"

From Immutable Truth:

93% of Americans polled regardless of their political affiliation believe that there should be ZERO cheating in our elections. The 7% who are fine with the cheating tend to be insiders who are either participants of the cheating or beneficiaries of it. Those are the ones who vigorously protest, call me things like a “conspiracy theorist”, “election skeptic” and “election denier”. The 7%’ers offer statements like “debunked conspiracy” and “election misinformation”. If you know something say something…
Quietly come forward, we can protect your identity. You know full well what is going on is not right, it is not good and moreover this is the activities of America’s enemies, foreign and domestic. Whistleblowers will get protection…(Read more.)