Chuck Klosterman Quote
Metaphoric sheep get no love. There’s no worse thing to be compared to, at least among conspiracy theorists. You’re just a sheep, they will say. You believe what they want you to believe. But this implies that they—the metaphoric shepherds—have something they want you to accept. It implies that these world-altering shepherds are consciously leading their sheeple to a conclusion that plays to their benefit. No one considers the possibility of a shepherd just aimlessly walking around the meadow, pointing his staff in whatever direction he happens to be facing.
Chuck Klosterman
Metaphoric sheep get no love. There’s no worse thing to be compared to, at least among conspiracy theorists. You’re just a sheep, they will say. You believe what they want you to believe. But this implies that they—the metaphoric shepherds—have something they want you to accept. It implies that these world-altering shepherds are consciously leading their sheeple to a conclusion that plays to their benefit. No one considers the possibility of a shepherd just aimlessly walking around the meadow, pointing his staff in whatever direction he happens to be facing.