Originally posted by WZN
Why if you believe the official story, would you bother to come onto a conspiracy site to begin with?
Simple, I feel there IS a conspiracy! Not from the government though.
I feel that the propaganda machines are purposly cranking out misinformation in attempt to villanize the USA, to re-write history, and to play on the
naivity of America's youth...oh and to make some cash.
My interests are into the origins of these YouTube myths. And all I can ask is why do the original conspiracy theorists get a free pass on scrutiny?
Why do some people believe the spin that Alex Jones, or Dylan Avery are selling-- and take that as gospel fact...when that brand of spun "truth"
couldn't be more inaccurate.
When I began this journey I implemented critical thinking techniques I had learned in college, and investigation techniques I had learned in the
field..
For the first 4 months of doing "research" I would, as an example, read one PRO conspiracy website, then read one CON conspiracy website-- Watch one
PRO conspiracy film like Loosechange, zeitgeist, 9/11 mysteries, freedom to facsism.e.t al.-- then I would watch or read a rebuttal in turn.
This lead to reading the NIST report (which I haven't finished) Papers by Bazant and Zou, Frank Greening, The 9/11 commission report, analyzing the
Moussaoui Trial information. Reading countless accounts of Firefighters and people in the demolition field and much more.. I "truly" wanted to find
the truth (or as close to the truth as could be expected)
The perponderance of evidence is overwhelming-- in favor of the most accepted account of what transpired on 9/11/2001.
After investing all of this time 'researching' on a deeper level than watching a youtube shockdoc--I began to take it personal when a truther claim,
presented as fact, was slam-dunked shown to be false. An example would be-- "The hole at the Pentagon was too small for a Boeing 757" -- erm, not
true... I began to ask myself...how many more of these "facts" are not true.. "Hijackers still alive! claim" Erm...NOT TRUE! "flt93 landed in
Cleveland! claim" Erm..NOT TRUE!" "ZOMG PODZ!!" This goes On_and_On.
Another thing I began to notice is circular referencing --that is: Say, loosechange citing articles written in The American Free Press, same article
linked to Rense.com then manufatured into a story on Prison planet... when you see this, red-flags HAVE to be going up all over the place... it shows
a consorted effort to mislead ( that is, if you feel the sources are disreputable-- which I do)
Another is the use of non-contempraneous information, and countless instances of cherry-picking quotes and articles which manipulate the original
context. These are the tools of the BIASED, and AGENDA DRIVEN. Not even-keeled truthseekers- "just askin Questions"
Sure there are still people out there that believe this stuff...For me it is a been there, seen that haggard old claim, it is B.S.
Sometime last year Alex Jones and the writers of Prisonplanet and Infowars were announcing a strategy, a mandate if you will to "truth
spreaders":"Don't waste your time with someone who has advanced opinions of 9/11 that disagree with you... Just move on to someone who is ignorant
about 9/11 conspiracy theories"
You can spin this into "open mind" (ignorant) or "closed mind" (done the research and doesn't buy the lies)
But that mandate is quite telling IMO. Sounds like what the movement wants IS Sheeple!! Moldable sheeple. Moldable sheeple that buy DVD's!..
Moldable people that buy DVD's for Truth! Heh,it is sad.
There is a reason the 9/11 truth movement is shrinking exponentally...It is beacuse when people actually "
do the research" (ya know the
"hookline" for totally ignorant newbs that might not have the skills to get through the propoganda maze ) when semi-smart people actually do the
reasearch they start seeing that this whole fantasy is just that.
[edit on 2-1-2008 by Taxi-Driver]