Reply #41: That was ugly and not as 'wacky' as Fox played it. Maybe I didn't see it.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

This website is part of the info-wars going on out in the 'real' world of propaganda and efforts to disclose hidden crimes.

There are certainly disruptors, spys, disinformation, distraction, confusion sowed intentionally, intentionally discrediting posts, etc.

(Maybe I didn't even see the thread that caused all the hoopla and
I sure don't want to stir up that old tsunami ruckus BUT-)
From what I remember before the thread(s?) got scrubbed, there were du-ers posting info about oil drilling trade journals that have aknowledged that man-made activities like pumping water into a region to displace oil have caused tectonic activity in other areas as a surprising result.

That is not kooky even if Fox News wants to inflate it into a propaganda smear.
However, saying W caused a Richter 9 earthquake would be kooky.

Is this what was posted? Maybe in juxtaposition with the outrage over the US military being notified at Diego Garcia Naval Base but not the countries who were devastated SEEMED like an accusation of causation leveled against the neo-cons and that would be way out of line with reason and being scoffed at wouldn't do DU or the world any good.

Anyway...I could be talkin' out my butt here...Maybe there was much more wild claims that I didn't see and the above is moot.

One of the best things about DU is the way people can empty their intellectual pockets out for everyone to see and pick through to see if there is anything valuable to enlighten us, kind of an open research project. Being smeared and discredited by Fox is a drag and can prevent DU from being effective in applying collective intelligence to the general public by chilling the environment.

While a reminder to not leave DU open to ridicule is probably a good thing as it becomes more of a prominent competition for the mainstream media, I'm concerned that if DU runs away from the words 'conspiracy theory' without fighting back with good information/explanations the way Dems ran away from the word 'liberal', we are most definitely fucked.

And then Tom Delay's smear about the "X-Files Wing of the Democratic Party" will work against our efforts to unmask these criminals in our White House. And the terrorists will have won.