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EDIT - Ninja'd!

To much footballs to the face. :P

I'm going to take random guess how I think how crazy your mother could be:

does she think obama is a lizardman after hearing obama said the word "Reptillian Brain" in an interview with Oprea?

If your mother is a fanatic who can't be reasoned with in that regard, then it's probably best to ignore the matter. Otherwise there'd be a risk that she ends up convinced that your thoughts are controlled by "them" (tm), nd that doesn't bode well for your family life.

If she's open to discussion, then you can try to shake her faith in the conspiracy theorists. The best way to achieve this is usually to discuss trustworthiness of sources, ease of faking evidence, the scientific method, and reliability of "peer-reviewed science" vs. "purported quotes of authoritative figures". Once a conspiracy theorist has realized that it's much easier to create a fake conspiracy theory as it is to create an actual conspiracy, he/she has a harder time justifying their belief in something that stands on very shaky grounds. It's possible to convince people this way that conspiracy theories are, well, just conspiracy theories - but it's _a lot_ of work, and quite difficult.

The main advice I can give you is to not present science as a monolithic truth (if you do that, then any discussion just degrades into a battle of beliefs), but to instead explore, together with the conspiracy theorist, ways of reasoning and their reliability.

Actually, Obama is a Socialist Gay Loving White Hating Lizard.

We all know that. Right guys?

What? I thought he was a Zorgon from the Gleeblebrox dimension.

Also, as far as dealing with the issue, Psyringe's probably got the best advice.

who is also being controlled by some from the grave named Saul Alinsky:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtLEPPgbNyM
Well luckily she is not completely insane I think she is just confused and a little scared

Argh, Cybermen!

My gut instinct would be to fight fire with fire - feed the person in question progressively more ridiculous stories until they start conflicting with each other and everything else, causing the believer to either rethink everything or go insane ;P.

Brilliant!

All hail Saul Alinsky!

I like talking to these "on the fly" fanatics, primarily because I like shattering their quickly constructed web of insanity. It's simple, first you need to talk them into complacency, like you're a believer or something, and then let them talk themselves into a corner. The eventual sledgehammer will not break their believes, as you can't talk brains into these guys no matter how good you are, but you will make them study the subject a bit more, and perhaps make them think for themselves for a change.

Your mother is actually right. Where does she get her info from? If it's from David Icke, you need to do something fast, because he's just a tool of the NWO, his purpose being to make the people who realize what's happening in the world look like imbeciles who believe in giant lizards...

We had a poster on here who talked about reptilians instigating 9/11...any relation to your mother, OP?

If you're wondering if two people are related just because they adhere to the same conspiracy theory, then you're probably a good way into developing you own already. ;)