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| He's Alive! |
We've always had conspiracy theories but we're currently in a season where they've run amok on all sides of almost any big issue before us. For instance we've always had theorists who believe that UFO's and Lizard People are real but deny that the moon landing and the holocaust happened. But now new theories that scare the bejeebers out of us are coming out daily.
This morning's Orlando Sentinel ran a column by Joseph Uscinski and Casey Klofstad about how powerful we Floridians are in making national decisions while also holding onto our own wild and weird conspiracy theories.
Here are five of the theories they shared that are especially important to Floridians, and, more importantly, have been proven to be absolutely false:
- Hurricanes are controlled by the government. 14% agreed and 18% weren't sure.
- The 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush was rigged? 29% agreed and 36% weren't sure. '
- Parkland and other mass shootings are hoaxes designed to take away our guns. 15% agreed and 17% weren't sure.
- Fidel Castro played a part in the assassination of John Kennedy. 24% believed Castro was involved and 43% weren't sure.
- After Walt Disney died his body was frozen and is kept on ice somewhere in Disney World. 41% were unsure.
OK, I totally call shenanigans on this last theory. Everybody knows that Walt Disney's body is not at Disney World. It's just his head. And it's suspended in a batch of cryogenic material in the basement of Cinderella's Castle until such time as it can be safely thawed out. I thought everybody in Florida knew this.
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