Probably Unanswerable Questions
Did Oliver Stone invent QAnon?; Who killed JFK?
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- Did Stone invent QAnon, popularizing today's conspiracy culture? One argues 9/11 mattered more; another cites post-Vietnam revelations like the LSD experiments.
- The CIA's documented misdeeds are called not conspiracy theory because the papers are public.
- Stone tapped into obsessively studying footage (the Pruder film as transcribed, 9/11, January 6) and seeing what you look for; it is clarified that January 6 was a conspiracy, not a conspiracy theory.
- 9/11 is described as a known conspiracy with witnesses and video that stayed secret while planned, which might refute the idea that a conspiracy would come out.
- The danger is that disempowered people seek answers where none exist, as Stone worked through trauma via art; Willie O'Keefe is called a white supremacist who would later vote for Trump.
- Who killed JFK: the first participant asked says 'Oliver Stone', turns to how the film is not about JFK's ideas, admits not knowing, and is ruled out.
- One answer: the intelligence community, active or ex-CIA.
- Another answer: the mob and the CIA together, as American Tabloid has it; agreement follows, and the trigger man is said to be dead.
- The participants agree Oswald was in on it and none thinks he was completely innocent, and the Jack Ruby killing is called bizarre.