"Truthers", 9/11 and Operation Northwoods

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This has all the makings of a typical CT-er post:

• Closed mind: predetermined conviction that his claim is "the truth".
• Poisoning the well by painting anyone who challenge his view as "blind" or "narrow-minded". See above.
• The "I was a sceptic at first, too" gimmick.
• The red herring tactic: pulling in various unrelated topics as if they somehow constitute evidence of the CT claim.
• "Argument by YouTube" in place of actual discussion.
• Cherry-picking: taking quotes that seem to support the CT out of context; cherry-picking expert statements.

Originally Posted by Skybird

9/11 was the best thing that has happened to [Bush] in his whole presidency.

Firstly, one could argue that dumping such a huge crisis in the lap of an incompetent leader isn't a good thing for him. If I was in charge of something right now and felt I wasn't doing a good job, an emergency would be the last thing I wanted.

Sure, someone benefited. Someone always does, whenever something bad happens. The anti-nuclear lobby has benefitted tremendously after the tsunami hit Japan and caused one of the Fukushima reactors to melt down. But do you see anyone claiming that Greenpeace was behind the tsunami?

As you said yourself, it's not evidence. In fact, it's completely irrelevant.

Originally Posted by flatsixes

I lost some friends on that day. In those buildings.
Please stop with this crap.
Thanks.

We did. All of the CT-er claims were shot down almost as soon as they were thrown out. Rational answers to every single CT-er argument are a google search away to be scrutinized by those with a true open mind. The movement has nothing new to contribute. The crap has stopped, which in a way is a detriment to the 9/11 "truth" movement. Had they had anything new to contribute in place of the same old jargon and misconceptions and lies, they'd actually serve a function.

Instead we get endless reruns, which is worse by far.

Originally Posted by Halgarre

I keep an open mind when I read and watch this stuff. Three things that does have me scratching my head.

You then proceed to ask questions that have been answered over a decade ago. So much for your "open mind".

I think of 9/11 as our generations JFK/Grassy Knoll.

I'm glad, despite your ignorance, that you're able to see this. Good on you.