Are Truthers suffering from mass psychosis

[authorityismental]

How does psychology view the people calling themselves Truthers, the media calls Truthers conspiracy theorists, nuts and crack pots.  Are Truthers in fact mentally ill people in need of treatment and possibly medication?

Some Truthers view psychologists as mentally ill as they see them in denial of what to them appears to be obvious facts of a government conspiracy against the people, (I believe normalcy Bias is the term for this denial, I could be wrong).  Myself I feel the psychologists are not looking at the truth movement and I am beginning to question psychologists as well.

So are psychologists in need of treatment or possibly medication to help them awaken?

Who is right and who is wrong?  Truthers or Psychology?

[SWM]

There are a few generalisations in your opening post.
asking "how does psychology views truthers" is the first one. "psychology" does not have a view point. Psychology is field that consists of many disciplines all of which have diverse practitioners with diverse view points. The media might show psychologists that have a certain view point, but that is the view of the media that they want reinforcing not the view of every psychologist.
 
The term "the media calls Truthers" is misleading as it presumes that all the media are acting as one entity and all have the same opinion of truthers.  Much of the mainstream media comes from commercial for profit corporation. they are earn money by putting out information that other corporations want people to believe. this from of media is does not present a realiable version of the truth, they present a paid for version of the truth. Who ever pays the most is the story that is true.

Asking "are truthers mentally ill" is another generalisation that presumes all truthers have exactly the same qualities that make them prone to a mental illness.

[S. Earl Martin]

Hello, First of I will let you know something. I am a survivalist and probably could be considered a "Truther". I am also a fair minded person and will take the question and the opening statements as being uninformed so as not to take offense.

I do not believe all of the conspiracy theorys or all the hype proported by any organization, but I do believe that this world is in deep trouble and if humans do not change how we are treating our home and how we interact with each other the situation is only going to get worse. I also believe that elements are conspiring to take control of the people and resources and this is not delusion. If you bother to read history it is filled with conflict and accounts where people have conspired to do just that. Remember Hitler? WWI & WWII.

Now if you would do more research about the subject and not rush to judgement. You might learn we are far from mentally ill. We are trying to make our governments accountable. And to protect your freedoms. Like the one we are using right now. Peace Earl   

[R3g3CiDe]

Very wise to be self sufficient in these coming times particularly for Americans.

I agree with @earl that not all conspiracy theories are true. Some conspiracies theories are straw men arguments attached to real conspiracies to make them less plausible. examples of conspiracy theories that i believe to be straw men (this is only my opinion) are the chemtrails theory, and lizard alien elite.

the logical conclusion of capitalism is fascism, one authority, be it a corporation or a corporate owned government, directly controlling all resources, all media information, and the political process. this is already happening in the US. the media and financial service are majority owned by a minority interest group. this is not a conspiracy theory this objective facts. notice how american media completely ignore ron paul, the only politician who speaks about the privately owned federal reserve and wants to restore the constitutional rights that the last 2 president have taken away from people.

we can all do our part to starve these corporations of their source of sustenance, (which is us) they survive of our feeding them, we can stop feeding them by not buying their products, moving your money to mutuals or credit union, growing your own food, making fresh meals not processed precooked meals, storing seeds, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, reading and watching alternative and independent media and sharing and talking about the problems that corporations create in our world.

many people will not listen to conspiracy theories but they are more likely to listen to stories of corporate corruption, greed, violations of human rights.

if you say " did you know jp morgan just stole $5 billion (or was it $15billion) of customers money and moved it off shore to london where it cannot be traced" you are more likely to engage people than if you say "you know the rothschilde family own the whole financial system and are using their power to endebt and enslave the world".

[authorityismental]

This fellow here is a psychologist and sees conspericy theorys as....just google this "Psychology lecturer lifts the lid on conspiracy theories" and should be the first link.  Now he spoke for 5 minuits and said nothing...or is it me?  Is this a form of deflection using psychology mumbo jumbo?  Hey I am a conspericy theorist and he is freaking me out.  NWO is real, I have the Papers, but it is not enough proof for this fellow, is he suffering from denial?  I have Proof, like NWO One world government is like real...what is proof for this guy, and I wonder if he knows what page "Common Sense" is in a book.

[R3g3CiDe]

[S. Earl Martin]

 authorityismental: I misunderstood your first post. I thought you were advocating that truthers were mentally ill. After rereading it it is more clear some of your statements were meant in a different context than I interpreted them.

One of the ways the people in power try and stay in power is to discredit anyone that opposes them. This is the case with the truther movement. I believe that some of the more bizarre claims are perpetuated by the powers that be to divide and concur. If you look at the number of famous people who were speaking out about this subject and died mysteriously. Hunter Thompson, Frank Zappa, George Carlin, Michael Jackson, just to name a few. The plot to take over the world is real. This time it isn't Mongol hoards, or storm troopers "yet". It is guys in three piece suits setting at computer terminals working for the man

[Alexandre]

What is it 1 percent of the US population owns 40 percent of the wealth, that's just unhealthy.

[S. Earl Martin]

Most ultra rich have tax dodges so if they pay anything it isn't what they claim. This serves two purposes. It protects their wealth and creates a barrier for other people whose income is increasing. I won't go in details, but I have known people in my life who worked and played by the rules. They reached over 1 million dollars US net worth. You would not believe all the things in place to take their money away and stop them from rising above that point. The people who have ten's or hundreds of millions can afford to hire tax cheats and lawyers and PAC's to protect their money. I would say the numbers are much higher as far as the percentage owned by the 1%. If you consider most people do not really own anything. Their morgage company really owns it and that is owned by the 1%.

[Alexandre]

That's more brutal than I could have imagined

[S. Earl Martin]

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Most people are slaves and they don't even know it. It is only getting worse. This economic situation is designed to steal all the retirement and savings of the people and put them even deeper into slavery. I think it is a joke how the US government is scolding China about their human rights record. While they are trying to pass bills that destroy the constitution and take away our rights. It would allow them to do the samething that China is doing. The only reason they backed off is because we are the most heavily armed people in the world and a number of police and military organizations said they would not support or enforce the leglislation. Some senior military are said to have told congress that they would arrest anyone who tried.