That's why I asked, I think the point is missed. What I am saying is that people who blindly believe that their governments would not undertake such coverups as Nazi Germany and the one I was talking about (both of which have overwhelming evidence to prove the coverup happened) are much more dangerous than the conspiracy theorists that they say there is nothing worse than. It was the propoganda that lead to the Holocaust, many who spoke about it at the time were accused of being conspiracy theorists because people did not believe that their government would do such things. This is the whole point. Alan disagreed with it in my understanding, saying that the title of the thread was correct, i.e. there is nothing worse than conspiracy theorists.
I think you've missed the point. Accepting that there has been a conspiracy is not the same as being a "conspiracy theorist" the first is based on evidence on a case-by-case basis, the second is a default position - "governments are evil" or "the Jews control the world".
People who said that the Nazis were running concentration camps and creating a fascist totalitarian state were supported by stacks of real evidence including testimony, documentary evidence, physical proof etc. There
was a conspiracy to eradicate Jews, Gypsies, Slavs, Homosexuals and other non-Aryans. You're re-writing history when you claim that propaganda made people believe that their government couldn't do something so horrific.
The reason propaganda worked in Nazi Germany wasn't because it covered up what was happening but because it allowed people to openly express their prejudices against Jews an others. It reinforced the idea that there are murky depths and things going on behind the scenes - in this case that there was a world wide Jewish conspiracy to control the world.
Krystallnacht wasn't a cover-up - it was about as overt as it could be.
Not much of a "cover-up" was it?... For those who don't read German the sign reads:
"Germans protect yourselves. Do not buy from Jews."
My point is that people who are willing to believe anything as long as it supports their own prejudices are dangerous. My position is question everything.