Terror Hysteria Claims Made by Conspiracy Theorists

With the recent spate of terror alerts and warnings, the western world, particularly in Europe, have gone on high alert; now, as is their habit, conspiracy theorists, such as Alex Jones from Prisonplanet.com are chiming in to claim that the alerts are nothing more than the latest examples of "terror hysteria". The basic premise behind the conspiracy theories is that the government trumps up, or completely fabricates, terror warnings in order to scare people and "keep them in line", particularly in advance of elections.

Paul Joseph Watson writes on Jones' Prisonplanet website, "The establishment media is giving full court press to announcements from US and European authorities that airport lobbies are being targeted for terror attacks in a recycled version of the laughable 2007 incident in which two mental deficients (sic) set fire to a jeep outside Glasgow airport, a non-event that authorities hyped beyond all recognition amidst a similar wave of hysteria to that which we're witnessing now.

The October surprise has arrived, and it's a contrived and cynical ploy to frighten Americans into putting their trust back in the government by waving the familiar boogeyman of the outside threat.

Conspiracy theorists have been around in one form or another for a long time. But since the attacks on America since September 11, 2001, which was roughly the same time that internet blogs exploded in popularity, conspiracy theorists have multiplied in number and grown in popularity and influence. It will be interesting to see, however, if there is a backlash coming. Many proclaim that the United States government, or the Israeli government, or both, were complicit in the attacks on September 11, 2001.

One of the other common themes in these theories is that the United States government knew that attacks were imminent, but did nothing as it wanted an excuse to go to war in Afghanistan and ultimately Iraq.

While it seems healthy to question the government and its reaction and prevention of problems, conspiracy theorists all too often seem to play both sides of the issues. On the one hand, the US government knew about the attacks but did nothing on 9/11. On the other hand, when the government does warn people of a heightened risk of attacks, it means they are trying to scare and control its citizens. According to them,iIf an attack happens, then, it is government's fault. If an attack doesn't happen, it, in a very real sense is also the government's fault that they warned everybody one might occur.

Tonight, the term "terror hysteria" is being searched everywhere, and Alex Jones at Prisonplanet is benefitting from that fact. And Jones seems to be covered both ways. If a terror attack happens, he can quickly say it was the fault of the government. If the warnings and heightened security result in preventing an attack, now or in the future, then he can say the government deliberately manufactured terror hysteria.

Source: Prisonplanet.com