My experience with a conspiracy theorist.

This was a few years ago, but since conspiracy theories seem to be everywhere these days, I thought I might as well share.

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I was at a get-together with some friends, along with a lot of other people I didn't know (friends of friends, family members - that sort of thing). Over the course of a few hours, I ended up talking to someone who was very nice, had a good sense of humor, seemed pretty cool. We were making small talk for a while, some banter back and forth - nothing out of the ordinary.

Anyway, at one point, the conversation got onto history. I think it was my fault. What happened was that I mentioned to this person that I was reading a book about World War II that I thought was fascinating,. This person said, "yeah, it's a shame so many people died, but you have to remember that Hitler was fighting Communists and that he was having real problems with all those Jews."



I was rendered speechless.



But he didn't stop there. He elaborated on his point. "The Jews call themselves the Children of Israel, but they are lying. They're taught to lie. You can't trust anything they say. George Soros and the Rothschilds are collaborating with the Muslims to make white people the minority. You know all this, yes? The media is lying to you, don't believe what they say."

I smiled (to de-escalate the situation), mumbled something about how I had to leave early, and then proceeded to do just that. I apologized to my friends for taking off in a rush, but I didn't feel bad. I just knew I needed to get the hell out of there.

Reflecting on this, what struck me was how calm he was, and how abrupt the transition was from light-hearted banter to vicious anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. He didn't really raise his voice. He even laughed about "how stupid a lot of white people are, digging their own graves by letting the illegals and the Muslims in." There was no change in tone, no anger in his voice. It was very matter-of-fact. I found this utterly chilling.

To this day, this experience haunts me. At least it wasn't a family member or friend.