Posted on 07/07/2007 5:15:46 AM PDT by Wiz
Well, yeah, while we are working on these “conspiracy” theories, how about Lyndon B. Johnson being behind the JFK assassination? Or FDR working behind the scenes to arrange for the state of unpreparedness of the US Navy at Pearl Harbor in 1941?
Some assertions, on the face of them, are patently absurd. But in pursuit of the doctrine that “every voice must be allowed to speak”, logic and reason are sometimes totally lost to sight.
Every voice retains the same right to be taken seriously, especially when the logic behind the assertion is totally flawed.
Never criticize another person until you have walked a mile in his shoes. Then you are a mile away, and you have his shoes.
The information about the "conspiracy" of 9/11 is primarily internet fueled
Your NRA friend must be listening to some moonbats with access to this nonsense, because even the MSM with their venal hatred of Bush doesn't go there with 9/11 U.S. plots.
Didn’t Hillary make an appearance on a stage while carrying a copy of a newspaper claiming, ‘Bush Knew’.
— Same implication. I say tie her to the french craziness and let her absorb some scorn for it.
I found this part of the 9/11 crap particulate galling as there is photographic evidence of the bodies from people in the plane, plane parts.
I really feel for the families of the victims who have to hear this crap
Now this is just plain stupid. It is the fallacy of Ad Populum. This fallacy is sometimes committed while trying to convince a person that a widely popular theory is true.
It's like saying since most people think UFO's are real, then they must be real.
UFO’s are not real?
I don't know, actually. I tend to doubt it, at least without evidence. Oh, sure I do believe that in this emmense Universe, we are not the only lifeforms, and there very well may be more advanced sentient beings out there, but have they come here? There is simply no proof.
The fact that some polls show that most people believe that UFOs, piloted or occupied by beings from other planets than ours still doesn't make it true.
Believing that we're not alone, and that UFOs are out and about the Earth and haven't attacked us and therefore are benevolent is a wonderful fantasy and may very well explain "most people's" belief.
This salope sounds like a good candidate for Scientology.
Paranoia runs deep.
I suppose it’s “our problem”, but really, life is too short to argue with the deluded.
“Our problem”, in that people’s preception can affect how they treat you. There is so much irrationality and nonsense in this world, I suppose we shouldn’t expect any better of the World.
Do you mind if I just dismiss, rather than engage, 911 “truthers”?
That's an interesting question. Liberals in the U.S. often say things I know they couldn't possibly believe but they seem to be able to partition their brain and convince themselves the lie is in the common good. That's one aspect. Another aspect is a person can be smart but people can be stupid. As part of a group people can succumb to the lowest common denominator thinking in order to fit into the group. So its possible some just say they believe it.
Sooner or later we’re going to discover a chemical in European soil or water that has driven Europeans stark raving mad.
It's akin to believing in alien abductions or crop circles. They believe it because they want to. They want it to be true so they tell themselves it is.
The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys have to say this. Remember, if they go to war, history shows they lose or surrender. If there is no “ikcy” terrorists or WOT, there is not war to lose or surrender in? :o)
According to this lady the Cubs will win the 2007 World series I saw it on some websites.
Better cancel my Australia plans for October!
Another unexpected consequence of the "fall" of the Dinosaur Media.
Which is actually worse? Walter Cronkite ending the Vietnam War, or Truthers and DUmmies making up a large segment of the "New Media"?
I don't think there was anything that could be done to stop it. With somewhat advanced technology available to so many people this was bound to happen.
What this has really done is pull the covers off of the intellectually lazy people in the U.S. Too many poeple are too lazy in the mind to find the truth - even as it's more readily available than ever before.
Very interesting question.
YouTube, Yahoo, My Space, Google, Wikipedia and similar sites are making huge inroads in information dissemination to the youth, Gen Xer's of the world.
There are very few filters on these sites to test what get passed off as "truth" or "facts" so a lot of crap needs to be looked at and absorbed
These sites have very little blog like interaction to reign in the obvious BS as FR does to do that for them.
In the long run I thinks its a good thing because the more BS people are exposed to the more they actually want to be informed, it is better than the days people swallowed what Uncle Walt said hook, line and sinker without question.
As an example, I have 4 grown adult kids in the 20's. All of them have become very wary of what gets passed off as news
When, after the misreported Tet offensive of 1968 (a U.S. military victory described as a crushing defeat), Cronkite declared Vietnam a "stalemate," it led to Communist victory in Vietnam, toppling dominoes in Southeast Asia, and encouragement to left revolutionary movements worldwide.
The men in white coats will be here soon.....please just have a seat while we get you some water......
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