If a strong progressive dies in an accident, some progressives will assume it was a Republican hit job. The only thing I can think of as an example for the reverse would be when Republicans get caught in sex scandals - then Republicans assume it was a "librul media smear job."
5. Actually that is the sort of CT that isn't ALWAYS nutty
Certainly people take it too far; e.g. there was someone on a rather crazy pseudo-progressive website once, who claimed that John Kerry had arranged the plane crashes of John Heinz (so that he could marry Heinz's rich widow) and John Tower (no clear motivation given).
But political assassinations aren't uncommon; and there are certainly parts of the world where accidents seem to happen rather often to outspoken opposition figures and/or their family members.
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