Manchurian Candidates: We Never Went to the Moon pp. 168-172
This chapter begins with a quote from Buzz Aldrin, that Kaysing has as "Col. Aldrin.” This is a trick that dumb people use when writing—they use the titles unnecessarily. You can just say Buzz Aldrin, he doesn’t need the distinguishing addition of Colonel, because Aldrin was the second person on the Moon. This is just like how you don’t have to introduce a quote by Martin Luther King with Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King—he accomplished enough to transcend the titles. Kaysing, and conspiracy theorists do this because they have a recognition that what they are saying needs the addition of the title to remind people of the authority of the person speaking. In the conspiracy world it’s never Dr. Fauci but it’s always Dr. Wakefield. The quote is Aldrin commenting about the feelings of the Moon landing, “ There was a lack of reality about everything, a kind of euphoric strangeness to all that was going on.” The chapter is titled “Were the Astronauts Manchurian Candidates?” and this ...