Dealing with 9/11 Madness (argumentum ad hominem veritas), page 3

Two words:

"Thank You".

Say no to trolls.

It's amazing how discussion can improve when ridiculous and outrageous insults aren't thrown in your face.

“The third level of disinformation occurs by abusing the man (AD HOMINEM) in attacking the author or the editor of a work on irrelevant or misleading grounds that have little or nothing to do with the position the author or editor represents.”

9/11 Disinformation and Misinformation: Definitions and Examples

Why is this very simple concept of civilized behavior so difficult to understand?

It is easy to understand, but not in the interests of some to follow. For example, those who promote deliberate hoaxes. Personal attacks are used as an evasion; to evade discussing the issue. When false information is promoted deliberately, this becomes an effective tactic to AVOID discussing the issues at hand. This is an intentional strategy of DISINFORMATION.

9/11 Truth and Division: Disinformation, Agent Provocateurs, and False Adversaries

Jim Hoffman suggests that we need to establish basic guidelines of behavior within the 9/11 community to help create an environment that is sympathetic to our goal of justice:

“If people are going to inject racism or ad hominem attacks and disruption—why do we waste our time opening our forums to people who do that? There should be these basic guidelines, norms that we follow, and I’ve seen so much resistance to establishing that kind of environment from some of the leaders of the movement. [It’s essential to have a] civil environment in which we can [critique each other] and show that 9/11 was an inside job… the nature of this 9/11 cover-up is—to inject nonsense into the investigation, surround our valid analysis of the attack that can be used in straw-man attacks in the Media, and to create this culture within the movement that is hostile to critique. Our challenge is to create a culture that has these guidelines that doesn’t accept this over-the-line, outrageous [behavior]. What people are making excuses for it, and what people are pointing it out? Maybe that’s a better indicator of who should be recognized as who is really contributing to this movement.”

Understanding the Psychology of Disruption

While it is human to be upset or angry, those who disrupt intentionally are on a mission. They hope that moderators, those in control of forums, and everyone else will ignore their destructive behavior so that they can keep doing it. They want to fight—they do not want to have dialog. Their only purpose is to disrupt. Their chief weapons are divisive labels, accusations, straw-man arguments, controversial issues, and ad hominem.

[edit on 12-12-2007 by Arabesque]