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Grammar Resistance Leader
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Last Truth Crusader Out, Turn Off The Lights
It's over. Done. Finished. Put a fork in them. My previous assessment of the TM was that they were moribund. They've gone well beyond that, now. The corpse is getting cold and beginning to stink.
I've done a marthon of news-watching over the past couple of days and outside of the confines of the internet, not a single byte of coverage of the TM. Nothing on their "hearings". Nothing on the radio "debates". Nothing on the hecklers at GZ. BBC Int'l? Nothing. DW? Nul. CNN Intl? Zip. Radio France? Rien. Telemondo? Nada. Al Jazeera? Nope. If there was ever proof that they exist only as long as you don't click Yes at the "Are You Sure You Want to Log Off?" prompt, it's been the last 48 hours. They are now relegated to the status of that guy who wanted to put bloomers on cows. I haven't lost interest in debunking Truthers - they're still fair game. But I think we need to keep it in perspective. They're a dust mote in the eye - a minor annoyance. |
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Ha! Foolmewunz has just been added to the list of people who aren't complete idiots. Hokulele Don't you wish someone had slapped baby Hitler really really hard? [i] Dr. Buzzo 02/13 [i] |
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It's not in the news. It's not on the lips of politicians. It's not in the courts. It's not being investigated by insurance companies, it's not being investigated by lawyers and grand juries. It's not in the science journals. It's not in the engineering journals. It's not being seriously debated in academia. It's not being preached from the pulpit. It's not being discussed on serious technical forums. And for the most part, that is true in the entire freaking world!
Where it exists is only in the minds of the mentally ill, the socially disenfranchised and the hucksters who prey on them. It's also in the minds of Internet trolls whose lives and social engagements include, and may be limited to, trying to provoke people on Internet forums. I haven't posted hear in many months and won't again for many more. If at some point I see intelligent, reasonable people providing honest genuine evidence to support the 9/11 conspiracy theories, I'll pay attention. But considering it's been 10 years, I won't be holding my breath. |
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I will no longer respond to those who choose to have tools of murder as their avatars. Everyone is a skeptic except, of course, for the stuff that they believe Beaver Hateman: Is your argument that human life loses value proportionate to the number of humans available? Malcolm Kirkpatrick: That's part of the argument. Value is determined by supply and demand. |
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AI-EE-YAH!
Join Date: Nov 2006
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It isn't anywhere except on obscure forums on the internet. The Twoof movement is a complete and utter failure. Anyone involved is an embarrassment to not only themselves, but undoubtedly their families as well. They have disgraced themselves and were a part of something that will be a permanent scar on their lives. For the rest of their time on this planet, they will have to live with the shame of being a member of a group that knowingly pissed on the graves of all that died that day. Anyone that was part of the deceased Twoof Movement will forever be labeled as having been part of one of the most despicable groups of people on Earth.
Rest in agonizing pain, Twoof Movement. You WILL be forgotten. |
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Looks like the one on top has a magazine, thus needs less reloading. Also, the muzzle shroud makes it less likely for a spree killer to burn his hands. The pistol grip makes it more comfortable for the spree killer to shoot. thaiboxerken |
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Ha! Foolmewunz has just been added to the list of people who aren't complete idiots. Hokulele Don't you wish someone had slapped baby Hitler really really hard? [i] Dr. Buzzo 02/13 [i] |
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There are documentaries being made about it. To say that it hasn't been in the news isn't true. Just look at the Geraldo spot on FOX news, really taking wtc7 theories seriously. I am not sure what you expect to be on the news about 9/11 conspiracies on the anniversary. Anyway, to claim that the conspiracy isn't true because noone is talking about it is fallacious
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Penultimate Amazing
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I AM the Red Worm!
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Andrew, I'll ask you this, then. What do you think that truth movement will accomplish, and when?
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See I'm not a monster, I'm just ahead of the curve. -Joker Working them to death is murder. Making them live like pigs and dying from disease is murder. Shooting them next to a ditch is murder. Digging them up and burning them to hide your murder, is extra credit evil. -beachnut |
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HEY! That's my team's truther running back! I snap my Terrible Towel in your general direction!!!
Actually, I think it was the Pirates that showed up in football uniforms to play. Considering all of the "new evidence" exposed by troothers that the DOJ, FBI, TSA etc....have acted on, I'd say Folmewunz hit the nail on the head, though. |
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You just called Lau Joe "kid"? A man who protest marched back in the 60's? And tried to tack a lame interpretation of his argument on top of it?
Where else do I not see truthers?
The fact remains: It's an obscure belief shared by mere handfuls of people that's accomplished nothing but earn derision. Which was Joe's real point: Not that they don't exist, but that their existence is so insignificant that it cannot even get news airtime on a date specifically devoted to the topic they obsess over. But too bad you were more intent on trying to misrepresent his statement in order to salvage a mere shred of acknowledgement about their existence. Most people would've read and interpreted what he meant to post, not what a reader wanted him to mean so he could object to it. But then, you wouldn't be a truther if you didn't automatically misunderstand the obvious, would you? |
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must take this very carefully....booze is wise men's drink..... -pillory "... I'm quite willing to have everyone use my rejection of the 9/11 conspiracy theory as a basis for assessing my intelligence, judgment, and trustworthiness" -Prof. Ann Althouse |
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Grammar Resistance Leader
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You seem to be misguided, somewhat. Let me see if I can help you out, here. I'm not claiming that the conspiracy isn't true because it's unpopular. I've got ample evidence that the conspiracy isn't true. I'm no longer concerned with that part.
I'm claiming that the TM is dead because it only gets the attention of trolls, nutbars, professional conspiradroids(holocaust deniers, moon hoaxers, FEMA fanatics, Chemtrail idiots, et al), blood-sucking leeches, delusional children, and the occasional assistant producer with a slot to fill on a poorly watched Channel 74 public affairs program. In the real world (outside of the confines of discussion forums) no one is paying the slightest attention to the TM. It's a delusion, much fostered by those of us here who can be rather pedantic and who are the epitome of that famous cartoon... "Can't go to sleep... someone's wrong on the internet." And I'm one of those who are guilty. It's a pastime and should no longer be taken seriously. |
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Ha! Foolmewunz has just been added to the list of people who aren't complete idiots. Hokulele Don't you wish someone had slapped baby Hitler really really hard? [i] Dr. Buzzo 02/13 [i] |
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The conspiracy fantasies aren't true on their own merits. The fact that nearly no one talks about it is a sign of insignificance. Which again, is closer to what Joe was talking about when he mentioned they were "moribund". Dying is an acknowledgement of their existence; the rest of the OP is a statement of irrelevancy, not nonexistence.
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must take this very carefully....booze is wise men's drink..... -pillory "... I'm quite willing to have everyone use my rejection of the 9/11 conspiracy theory as a basis for assessing my intelligence, judgment, and trustworthiness" -Prof. Ann Althouse |
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AVENGERS!!!.. Turn off the dark! |
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Penultimate Amazing
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Penultimate Amazing
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0.25 short of being half-witted
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Ignoring the fact that it's only one forum, and an obscure one that few people in real life know about: It's not really all that active. Back in '06, it was way busier. Nowadays whole days go by with only a couple of threads seeing real life.
If the truth movement were relevant, why wouldn't they be more prominent in the list I mentioned above? |
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must take this very carefully....booze is wise men's drink..... -pillory "... I'm quite willing to have everyone use my rejection of the 9/11 conspiracy theory as a basis for assessing my intelligence, judgment, and trustworthiness" -Prof. Ann Althouse |
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The TM peaked circa 2006-2008 and its 15 minutes of media attention not coincidentally coincided with the internet release of Loose Change.
Mediawise, except for the state run Russia Today channel, host to anything conspiratorial and anti-American (and hardly main stream), and the fringes of public access and far left listener supported radio (i.e., Pacifica) and a rogue PBS channel in Colorado, the TM can't get arrested. To truthers, of course, this lack of attention is merely evidence that the MSN is part of the cover up. Meanwhile back in reality, its evidence of the fact that investigate reporters require proof before they run with a story. 9/11 Truth is, and always was, a mostly internet phenomena. It has never gained any traction with even a significant minority of the American public. It is fringe of the fringe. |
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"One of the hardest parts of being an active skeptic - of anything - is knowing when to cut your losses, and then doing so." -Phil Plait |
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Grammar Resistance Leader
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Now, now. You wouldn't want to tear down the remaining "cornerstone"... Constant Repetition of Lies and Nonsense Makes The True. That's the entire credo of the TM and your heroes, Cap'n Bobby and the vaunted CIT.
Ya see, I offered evidence, empirical albeit anecdotal, for why you're involved in an insignificant blip on the radar of social movements through history. You offer nothing other than your opinion. Yet, as a bona fide TMist, you think just saying that what I said is not true makes a valid argument. Someone else will have to explain the irony to you, because I'm sure you won't get it. |
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Ha! Foolmewunz has just been added to the list of people who aren't complete idiots. Hokulele Don't you wish someone had slapped baby Hitler really really hard? [i] Dr. Buzzo 02/13 [i] |
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The folks who post here have different reasons. For example, I use the logical fallacies posted here (mainly by truthers) as examples for my public speaking classes.
Now then, if the TM is relevant, why were they so inactive when every major news organization in the country had cameras & mics at GZ? |
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The claims of the Truth Movement are irrelevant, for the simple reason that they are wrong. The actions, goals, and wishes of the Truth Movement are irrelevant, because they are chronically ineffectual. And yet, the Truth Movement is not irrelevant, to these forums. It is an interesting, revealing, and possibly important exhibit of invincible irrational belief in impossible and extraordinarily unlikely things. That phenomenon (locally termed "woo") is what we talk about here, here meaning not just this subforum but all the JREF forums. Respectfully, Myriad |
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The cosmos is a vast Loom, with time the warp and space the weft. We are all fruit of the Loom, unaware. |
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Richard Gage: "I don't claim that 100% of the concrete floors were vaporized, but 99% were". "I see so your deferring to the academic integrity of youtube. Wow." -Grandmastershek |
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Evidence? 2008 world opinion poll not even half believe AQ did it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septemb..._opinion_polls
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I'll go with the qualified experts, over some ranting guy on the internet that claims he has "the truth". Always beware of those that overuse, capitalize and blanket themselves in them word "truth". I may not always know the truth, but i do know when i'm being lied too. |
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I'll go with the qualified experts, over some ranting guy on the internet that claims he has "the truth". Always beware of those that overuse, capitalize and blanket themselves in them word "truth". I may not always know the truth, but i do know when i'm being lied too. |
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That poll was taken from 17 countries outside the US. Even then only 15% thought it had US involvement. But hey, 43% of Egyptians think it was a US inside job. Maybe you can get a rally going there of 11 or 12 people. That would be twice as big as the truther gatherings in the US.
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What's spin doctored he says.. LOL.. Yeah...
Do you really think noone can see that the poll isn't the way you are trying to portray it.And what about the other results, how many believe your delusions on the poll your waving around? Why do you purposely ignore that? More spin doctoring, that's why... |
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I'll go with the qualified experts, over some ranting guy on the internet that claims he has "the truth". Always beware of those that overuse, capitalize and blanket themselves in them word "truth". I may not always know the truth, but i do know when i'm being lied too. |
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The truth movement's pretty much a non-entity, a rounding error in terms of the population at large. Almost every bit of the activity from newbie 'truthers' here has been debunked (repeatedly in most cases) and honestly, it's so repetitive that it could be handled with a master list of threads.
"Oh, that's a #273. Here's a link to the threads where that's been discussed. Read them and if you need further help, come back. " I'm sure there'll always be 'truthers' but it's just going to continue circling the bowl, devoid of energy, avoiding the vortex only because some teenager needs a hobbyhorse which he'll ride until he gets a girlfriend. |
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"Television is a circus, a carnival, a traveling troupe of acrobats, storytellers, dancers, singers, jugglers, side-show freaks, lion tamers, and football players. We're in the boredom-killing business! So if you want the truth... Go to God!" Howard Beale, "Network" |
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