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KDLarsen

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16. No worries, apology accepted
Sat Dec 17, 2011, 07:06 PM
Dec 2011

There are plenty on the debunker side who will attack the poster rather than the argument, but to my knowledge that has never been the hallmark of the DU debates.

The reason I keep debunking on 9/11 at DU, is my belief that lies, if let unchallenged, will inevitably accepted as the truth. And especially concerning 9/11, a lot of the lies being paraded around as 'truth' ARE pretty damn convincing, unless they are put into their proper context. See the above sentence I quoted, where I could point out several half-truths and downright lies, that would otherwise easily be accepted.

Videos such as the one linked one of the 'smoother' ways that the truth movement has been able to recruit followers (if one can call it that). Hell, I was suckered in by Loose Change 2nd Edition back in the day. That is, until I took the time to actually go over the claims made in it, and realised how it relied on either half-truths, distortions, or downright lies in order to make their point.

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loved it libodem Dec 2011 #1
Brilliant!! Ghost in the Machine Dec 2011 #2
Haha! good one. K&R (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #3
k&r-very good-Thanks! TheUnspeakable Dec 2011 #4
Yes, that's everything I need to know about truthers in under 5 minutes. cpwm17 Dec 2011 #5
I'm sorry, I missed the part that's truther. FourScore Dec 2011 #6
A quick strawman more like it.. KDLarsen Dec 2011 #7
Seriously. It's like trying to find out about President Obama from World News Daily. n/t Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #8
I just googled the archives. You spend an awful lot of time trying to discredit those FourScore Dec 2011 #9
On the contrary, I discredit the arguments being made KDLarsen Dec 2011 #10
This is true and deserves correcting. I genuinely apologize FourScore Dec 2011 #15
No worries, apology accepted KDLarsen Dec 2011 #16
It's important that the American public properly understands 9-11 cpwm17 Dec 2011 #17
I think the word "truther" is often (but not always) a false label. FourScore Dec 2011 #18
It's a discussion board, so why is it odd? zappaman Dec 2011 #11
Why are you spending time changing the subject and none responding to the points made? nt greyl Dec 2011 #14
Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #19
"Charles Burlingame" mrarundale Dec 2011 #20
"what appeared to be guns and bombs" ottobahn Dec 2011 #23
It's my understanding that they used wires and modeling clay to build what looked like Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #24
Transcript and sources jesters Jan 2012 #26
so, was AA 77 was hijacked at 8:14? or did AA 11 crash at 9:37? OnTheOtherHand Jan 2012 #28
It's pretty easy to explain LARED Dec 2011 #13
At 1:28 --> "If you can believe that..." LMFAO!!! Nostradammit Dec 2011 #12
That rocks! Thanks! wildbilln864 Dec 2011 #21
Love the fictional cave fortress @:21 !!! n/t ottobahn Dec 2011 #22
No one loved it more than Rumsfeld deconstruct911 Jan 2012 #29
Good find! Lol. jesters Jan 2012 #30
Great vid! nt antitsa Dec 2011 #25
BTW, jesters Jan 2012 #27
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