Rosie O’Donnell, Alex Jones, Van Jones, Amy Goodman aren’t standing anywhere close to where I’m standing. I have personal information that Pearl Harbor was very like the kind of setup they say 9/11 was. I have no proof on 9/11, and have substantial reasons to disbelieve the so-called truthers. But I have every reason to distrust my government. I come by it personally and honestly. If having that single attribute in common with them discredits me in your eyes, that’s your choice, as you say.
But I wonder then what it really means to be “gullible?” I found this definition and somewhat like it:
… perhaps from the bird (see gull (n.)), or from verb gull “to swallow” (1530, from O.Fr. goule, from L. gula “throat,” see gullet); in either case with a sense of “someone who will swallow anything thrown at him.”
So if I’m swallowing neither the 9/11 insider theory nor the faulty premise that our government can do us no harm, but you are accepting the latter, then which of us is more “gullible?”
BTW, yes, I agree, “truthers” is such an unfortunate label. EVERYbody’s a truther, don’tcha know.
>> So if I’m swallowing neither the 9/11 insider theory nor the faulty premise that our government can do us no harm, but you are accepting the latter, then which of us is more “gullible?”
I never said “the government can do us no harm” — and I specifically cautioned against extrapolating my beliefs about “truthers” to the opinion that “the government is always trustworty”. I never said that, and did not imply it.
I said the 9/11 truth movement are anti-American propagandists and engaged in intentional lies for the express purpose of blaming this country for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Anyone who buys into their propaganda is either malicious or gullible, and, in either case, is aiding and abetting avowed enemies of this country.
>> But I have every reason to distrust my government. I come by it personally and honestly. If having that single attribute in common with them discredits me in your eyes, that’s your choice, as you say.
I never referred to Pearl Harbor or general government distrust. I referred exlusively to 9/11 “truthers”. To the extent you align yourself with “truthers”, you are discredited. If you do not — OK. If your general distrust of government leads you into “trutherism”, you are gullible (and discredited). If not — OK.
I understand your distrust — but if you wish for your distrust to remain credible, I’d avoid the “truthers” like the plague.
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