A dumpster full of records from a radio station that shut down in the 90 s , when records were seemingly worthless . I didn ' t appreciate what I had found at the time and used them for target practice . Someone would throw while another person shot . <| sep |> CIA memo on JFK shooting leads entire culture to mock ' conspiracy theories ' in defense of any official s t o r y u l t i m a teweaponagainstdissentThe conspiracy theory label took form and gained meaning over a period of several years or longer in the context of efforts by the CIA , one of the world ' s leading experts in psychological warfare , to deflect accusations that officials at the highest levels of the American government were complicit in Kennedy ' s murder . The CIA ' s campaign to popularize the term conspiracy theory and make conspiracy belief a target of ridicule and hostility must be credited , unfortunately , with being one of the most successful propaganda initiatives of all time . Simply put , conspiracy theory is about forbidden thought and forbidden speech . It means stop thinking , stop questioning or risk being labeled a tinfoilhatwearing kook who probably thinks Elvis is still alive and extraterrestrials secretly run the government . And most of the time it works . All someone has to do is say you are pushing a conspiracy theory and actual arguments become unnecessary . This stops discussion and even rational thought . It brings out extreme condescension in those who otherwise might be pleasant and reasonably intelligent . No actual evidence needs to be offered because a conspiracy theory is , by its very nature , assumed to be a lunatic idea that is not supported by facts .