Jon Awbrey wrote: <snip>
If you have heard this before, then you should think about the fact that you keep hearing it.
From [[WP:RAUL]]...
Extreme Unction's first law: If enough people act independently towards the same goal, the end result is indistinguishable from a conspiracy.
Corollary: In any sufficiently large social endeavor, there will always be some subset of people who fail to understand this, and who will see conspiracies and cabals around every corner whenever their views fall into the minority.
Corollary: As the number of people who independently conclude that someone is a disruptive jerk increases, the likelihood of that person actually being a positive, constructive contributor who's merely run afoul of the "ruling elite" decreases. Not that there was ever a big chance of that to begin with.
Corollary: The people who most need to understand this law and its corollaries never will.