"tinfoil hat brigade"

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Didn't Mel Gibson's character in "Conspiracy Theory" (1997) wear one in
one scene?

He certainly should have . . .

>
> FWIW, my first encounter with the phrase and concept "tinfoil
> hat" was within the past few years, possibly only since 2000.
>  FWIW, I've never seen anyone wearing a tinfoil hat.
>
>   JL
>
>

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