2016 Conspiracy Theories That People Really Fell For!

Threatening Sandy Hook Parents

In December of 2016, a woman named Lucy Richards was arrested for threatening a Sandy Hook parent by the name of Len Pozner. Pozner’s son Noah was one of the first children killed in the Sandy Hook attack. Richards left messages on Pozner’s phone saying saying, “You gonna die, death is coming to you real soon, death is coming to you real soon and there’s nothing you can do about it.”

Disgusting! It is absolutely horrible that people who have lost their children in such a horrific way have to be subjected to such insanity and cruelty! Hopefully, Richards arrest opened her eyes or at the very least will stop the harassment. And hopefully, we as a society will soon figure out a way to teach people how to critically think, fact check, and assess sources for reliability.

Syrian Refugees Attacking

Syria is in the midst of a massive humanitarian crisis, with more and more innocent civilians being killed every day. Many are fleeing their country merely to survive, and yet in many places (including the United States) they are met with fear rather than open arms. Many conspiracy sites have started to claim that the Syrian Refugee Crisis is a Trojan horse and that ISIS members are posing as refugees in order to gain access to the United States and commit terrorist attacks here.

Of course, if you take a look at the work of any reliable journalist who is currently stationed in Syria, you will see that the crisis there is very real and people are losing their lives in bloody attacks almost daily. What human wouldn’t want to flee with their family to try and survive? There have been no proven connection between Syrian refugees to ISIS and there likely isn’t to be. Check your sources, people.