By the way, I never called the list “yours” at all.  But I assume you wrote the paragraphs below the list.  Those are what I disagree with, as I said before.

As long as we pretend these killings aren’t about people seeking word-fame, and continue to grant their wish for headlines, crazy people will continue to look for soft targets.  You can take all the guns away and lock all the doors but they will continue.

Also, I’m not sure how you’re saying that the one item you list was not a conspiracy. First off, just because Russell was fired due to something unrelated to the CIA using Mena to smuggle cocaine into the country is completely irrelevant. If you read Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, or Drug Crazy : How We Got into This Mess and How We Can Get Out by Mike Gray you will find more about the CIA using these airstrips to smuggle coke into the US, and more about the Russell Welch story. That is the conspiracy being linked to, as you can see from the sources in the WP article itself. Wikipedia is a gateway to more in-depth information, not an end-all. I suggest you use it as such.

> You didn’t have Conspiracy theorists proving Operation Northwoods existed before the US government released the information

No, but you did have them revealing the existence of Operation Granite Shadow before the government released information on it.

Just because there are extremists who fall prey to the “chicken little” fallacy, this does not preclude the existence of these other conspiracies. Since you are unwilling to back down from hyperbole and extremes, I’m not sure what sort of response you’re looking for. You make quite the pack of unverifiable statements using loaded language (“practically every”, “every baseless, evidence-free”, “conspiracy theorist squeals”, etc), so I’m guessing that you’re not really the best audience for the list. You have already decided. Enjoy your day though, fellow mutant! :)

And there are more than a few in there which are not really conspiracies, and one of them was just a guy who alleges that the CIA is smuggling cocaine and was almost fired for incompetence – which he agreed with. In fact, out of the list of 43 you posted, 16 are not conspiracies.

On top of that, the vast majority of them share one big thing in common – practically nobody in the general public suspected a damned thing about them, until they were revealed by other means. You didn’t have conspiracy theorists carrying on about MKULTRA before the general public knew it existed. You didn’t have Conspiracy theorists proving Operation Northwoods existed before the US government released the information – Hell, they didn’t even have the name of the operation, it was just the usual Conspiracy theorist squeals of “False Flag! False flag! Everything is a false flag!”

Last of all – Despite the fact that we’ve got a short list of all the documented and proven conspiracy theories, that does not actually make any other conspiracy theory true. We have IRONCLAD proof of COINTELPRO’s existence, but that doesn’t mean that every baseless, evidence-free conspiracy theory that comes along is true. Each must be judged on it’s own merits, and so far, the vast, vast majority of conspiracy theories are just abject fucking nonsense. The fact that conspiracies do exist and some have been proven has absolutely zero bearing on the factual nature of practically every other conspiracy theory.

EDIT: Also, in response to your post above this about the definitions: nearly every single thing on that list was planned in secret, denied by officials, and was operating at the fringe of what we consider “lawful”. That is the very definition of a conspiracy.

My cousin died in a very avoidable car accident at 17. I was 16 at the time and remember it well. My grandmother wailed for days. I’ll never forget the car ride to my Aun’ts house where we gathered that night, my father had a new Mark Anthony album playing and to this day if I hear any of the songs, it hearts my heart.  My GMa believes in a higher power more so than anybody I know, she had to see my cousin’s body to pray over her even though she was mangled. It just doesn’t make sense. These people are speaking about their children, like it’s 3 yrs later. It’s just odd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKWgCRBR5qE

You should be able to point out that, yes methamphetimine is really fucking bad for you – don’t take it you dumb shit, whilst also keeping an open mind about the medical effectiveness of CBD’s in certain strains of cannabis (and, hell, ecstasy and ketamine for severe depression etc).
Just tarring the whole world of drugs with the same ‘dumb-shit’ brush inclines people who then go on to have a really good drugs-experience to completely disregard your very appropriate advice to stay away from the bad stuff.

We should be able to laugh off the bollocks whilst retaining an open mind about the clear danger of cabals of criminally conspiring, public officials.
After all, treating all reports of criminal conspiracy as if they are nothing but flights of fancy engenders an atmosphere conducive to the perpetuation of the de-facto acceptance of laughably weak defences to obvious crimes with nothing but the most bare-faced lying and obfuscation, apparent to anyone watching any politician do anything.

But, you get to feel like a totally conscientious, sceptical adult, taking a responsible role in the dialogue of society, whilst child-like idiots froth around your ankles, blabbering nonsense about the bogeyman.

I mean, they cant even get governing right, what chance do they have of getting away with a crime?

It’s a conspiracy!

Shorter list really is good advice. You’re undermining your own argument here by making yourself look less-than-credible.