The moments after the Boston Marathon bombing occurred, people around social media and other places started whipping out conspiracy theories, including radio idiot Alex Jones, who said that the attack was a "false flag" way for the government to intervene more on people's lives.
According to Slate.com, a California man was proactive in trying to stop some of those psychos from making statements and profiting from the conspiracy online by purchasing the domain name BostonMarathonConspiracy.com and using it as a place to honor victims and say that he will keep a conspiracy nut from owing it. The website is blank apart from some text that reads:
"I BOUGHT THIS DOMAIN TO KEEP SOME CONSPIRACY THEORY KOOK FROM OWNING IT.
PLEASE KEEP THE VICTIMS OF THIS EVENT AND THEIR FAMILIES IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
THANK YOU."
The man, Jaimie Muehlhausen, from California purchased the site and sent around a message telling friend about it and why he did it, writing:
"This afternoon, moments after the bombing, we stood in my office lobby and watched the TV as the events unfolded. Sadly, one of my first thoughts was that it would only be a matter of hours before a certain group of people would begin to say it was a government conspiracy; an act of terror on our own people for political gain. It's sickening, but take a look at the massive numbers of 9/11 conspiracy nuts...people who thing Bush and the gang took down the twin towers and ended the lives of nearly 3000 people so we could go to war. The heartless and sick Sandy Hook conspiracy theorists who think the Obama administration killed kindergartners to bolster the gun control debate. And there are plenty of others. Well, I was wrong. It didn't take hours...it took minutes. I saw some pretty unbelievable and disgusting statements being made almost immediately. So, I went back to my desk and quickly bought the domain for BostonMarathonConspiracy dot com and and posted a simple message saying that I purchased it only to make sure the kooks don't get it. I didn't put my name on the site or any contact info, but it's not too hard to figure out who owns a domain name if you know where to look. Since that time this afternoon, I have been encouraged by the number of emails from people literally all over the world who took the time to dig into domain records, figure out that I owned the domain, and send me a message of thanks for making sure the irrational assholes don't win this one. I'm sure the conspiracy idiots will find another domain to use, but this one is the most obvious name and it's now unavailable for their bullshit.
Since I woke up this morning, I have received another large number of emails, some from reporters, but most from people with a quick, simple message of thanks. I didn't do it to be thanked. I just did it because it seemed like the right thing to do."
