before dismissing skeptics as delusional.

The author reassures us that there are no lies in the mainstream.
We can all sleep better.

edit to add
Those who thought Thomas Jefferson impregnated Sally Hemings were skeptics
Until the DNA testing showed that they were really just right.

Those who thought that continental drift explained Earth's geography were dismissed the same way
Until the generation that was invested in the wrong truth passed on.

First the truth is ignored
Then it is laughed at
then it is fought
then it is accepted by everyone as if it always had been

It eventually became accepted not because some old stubborn generation died off, but because the technology developed to provide evidence for it. The ocean floor was mapped and seismography became a field of study.

"Science was wrong before" is a ridiculous, bogus argument used by people with zero evidence to back up their pet conspiracy theory or woo.

Except for that one day.....

Thank gawd there are no elites conspiring. Imagine what they might do were they to conspire to rule us.

Nope. None here.

Wrong list.

First, JFK was shot by a loan shooter from the sixth floor of the Texas Book Suppository there may be a thousand shooters in Daley Plaza that day, but the only shooter that made any difference was Lee Harvey Oswald. And all the Forensic evidence says so. That is in spite of the conspiracist's arguments about magic bullet and "back and to the left" arguments. None of them stand up to the forensics.

UFOs? Don't get me started.

9/11? What can one say when the only people remaining on that side are Alex Jones, Charlie Sheen (the half of Two and a Half Men), Rosie O'donnell, all known to be well edumacated folks.

I fear that similar is happening with the DNC.

Let me make myself clear. The extent that one thinks that the DNC is the problem is the extent that one ought to be active in the party. Because that is what Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson understood about the GOP in the late 70's that those screeching about the DNC today do not. The GOP did not turn into the theocratic kooky party it is today overnight. It took a lot of work, from the bottom up.

If one wants to take over the Democratic Party, one has to -- shudder -- emulate what Falwell and Robertson did in the 70's and 80's. That is, have like minded folks run for precinct delegates. Once one has the precincts, one has the districts. Once one has the districts, one has the states. Once one has the states, one has the DNC.

Sorry, wishing ain't going to do it. One has to work for it. And Bernie cannot help you, except maybe to help you realize the facts underlying how things actually work.

You want change the DNC? Fine. Then you have to follow the (shudder!) Falwell/Robertson model. You have to get liberals in at all levels of the party. And both Falwell and Robertson understood that it would take some time because it has to happen from the bottom up.

And here we are in 2015. And the Democratic Party activists still have not learned this simple principle. They remain delusional that this is only about the party head.

We have work to do if we want to change things. And yes, it is going to be tough. And no, calling for DWS resignation isn't going to do it. It ain't that easy.

I can't believe I haven't put you on ignore, yet.

How's your 'Sanders supporters conspired to cheat in internet polls' conspiracy from the other day going BTW?

Oh, and DNC board members are saying it's way worse than anybody imagined.

My side business is selling tinfoil hats.

I sold 5 dozen right here on DU since the primary season began.

I suspect a conspiracy! Just kidding.

Specifically, your quote says, "For example, one may believe African Americans have Stockholm Syndrome..." I couldn't find that sentence in the article.

Especially about something as easy to manipulate as the DNC.