Rick Deckard
Paranormal Maven
I don't get it.
How do you get people to actually look at the UFO subject when they're so resistant to the idea?
I'm generally seen as a "UFO/Conspiracy Nut" (which I do not like one bit) and whenever anyone asks me about it, they're disappointed that I can't prove anything to them in a 5 minute conversation. Instead I tell them that they need to go and look into the subject for themselves - I send them some links to get started and leave them to it.
Several weeks might pass before I see them again and I'll ask if they managed to take a look at the sites that I had suggested and the answer is *always* "no". This has happened several times.
On the one hand they cannot understand why I would even entertain the idea that some UFOs might be ET craft or that 9/11 might be an inside job or that JFK might have been killed by the CIA, yet they will not go and look at the arguments and evidence presented.
I wouldn't mind one bit if they actually read a large amount of the 'stuff' and then concluded it was all BS - you can have a constructive discussion at that point.
I try avoid discussing it now, but they know this and try to lure me into discussions about it, just so they can tie me in knots with a barrage of questions that I can never answer to their satisfaction. Each time I answer a specific question it's followed by "Ah, but what about this...."
I once admitted that I had read a David Icke book (I was curious) and immediately that has been distorted out of context - apparently just reading a book now means that I believe every word of it (which is not true).
It's just so frustrating. I feel myself getting angry now every time this topic is brought up in conversation, because I know it's gonna turn into another episode of ridicule.
Why do people continue to act like this around 'fringe' topics? What's wrong with having a rational, constructive discussion about it?
Does anyone else suffer from this?
How do you get people to actually look at the UFO subject when they're so resistant to the idea?
I'm generally seen as a "UFO/Conspiracy Nut" (which I do not like one bit) and whenever anyone asks me about it, they're disappointed that I can't prove anything to them in a 5 minute conversation. Instead I tell them that they need to go and look into the subject for themselves - I send them some links to get started and leave them to it.
Several weeks might pass before I see them again and I'll ask if they managed to take a look at the sites that I had suggested and the answer is *always* "no". This has happened several times.
On the one hand they cannot understand why I would even entertain the idea that some UFOs might be ET craft or that 9/11 might be an inside job or that JFK might have been killed by the CIA, yet they will not go and look at the arguments and evidence presented.
I wouldn't mind one bit if they actually read a large amount of the 'stuff' and then concluded it was all BS - you can have a constructive discussion at that point.
I try avoid discussing it now, but they know this and try to lure me into discussions about it, just so they can tie me in knots with a barrage of questions that I can never answer to their satisfaction. Each time I answer a specific question it's followed by "Ah, but what about this...."
I once admitted that I had read a David Icke book (I was curious) and immediately that has been distorted out of context - apparently just reading a book now means that I believe every word of it (which is not true).
It's just so frustrating. I feel myself getting angry now every time this topic is brought up in conversation, because I know it's gonna turn into another episode of ridicule.
Why do people continue to act like this around 'fringe' topics? What's wrong with having a rational, constructive discussion about it?
Does anyone else suffer from this?