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salvorhardin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 11:23 AM
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35. I'm not sure how it is poisoning the well...
Edited on Thu Mar-23-06 11:25 AM by salvorhardin
...To ask that people consider their sources to be tainted if that source is bigoted.

For instance, if you were seeking medical information and found a page on Hulda Clark's site referencing her cure-all, would you not consider that an illegitmate source of medical information since Clark has been shown repeatedly to be a quack?

Similarly, if you are seeking information on the events of 9-11 and happen across Mike Rivero's site then given Rivero's past claims ("the Clintons murdered Vince Foster") and associations ("proud member of Free Republic"), would you not then consider information on his site to be suspect?

Now, going further, if a website is parroting the same information as a website that is run by demonstrated bigots (i.e. the bigoted website is the original source of the information), and that website supports other dubious sources, then should that website be treated as a trusted source?
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  -Anti-Semitism and the "New Jews" Lithos  Mar-22-06 09:00 AM   #0 
  - If Jews, Zionism, and Israel are coming up in 911 over and over  Harald Ragnarsson   Mar-22-06 10:27 AM   #1 
  - Daniel Lewin...  Kevin Fenton   Mar-22-06 10:37 AM   #2 
  - So I am a bigot for noticing these things and finding them strange?  Harald Ragnarsson   Mar-22-06 11:13 AM   #3 
     - You must have confused me with someone else  Kevin Fenton   Mar-22-06 11:50 AM   #6 
     - OK, only 1/3 full  Harald Ragnarsson   Mar-22-06 02:16 PM   #9 
     - still wrong  sabbat hunter   Mar-22-06 03:09 PM   #12 
     - 45%  Kevin Fenton   Mar-23-06 12:25 AM   #18 
        - You don't know what you're talking about.  dailykoff   Mar-23-06 03:15 AM   #21 
        - Gerry Adams  Kevin Fenton   Mar-23-06 04:48 AM   #27 
           - Adams has never been a member of the IRA  dailykoff   Mar-23-06 05:18 AM   #29 
              - IRA member Gerry Adams  Kevin Fenton   Mar-23-06 05:55 AM   #30 
              - sinn fein  sabbat hunter   Mar-23-06 06:52 AM   #31 
                 - Don't let me interrupt your delusions.  dailykoff   Mar-23-06 07:32 AM   #32 
                 - sinn fein and IRA  sabbat hunter   Mar-23-06 06:03 PM   #38 
                 - Other way around  catbert836   Mar-24-06 09:18 PM   #43 
        - Lewin  Rlaub44   Mar-23-06 11:10 AM   #34 
           - I can't really see it  Kevin Fenton   Mar-23-06 11:53 AM   #36 
     - Kevin, just something to throw out....  Old and In the Way   Mar-23-06 04:05 AM   #25 
        - That's a big if...  Kevin Fenton   Mar-23-06 04:50 AM   #28 
           - Why only 1 guy?  Old and In the Way   Mar-23-06 01:47 PM   #37 
              - OK, it is an interesting coincidence...  Kevin Fenton   Mar-24-06 12:09 AM   #41 
     - Nation states do not exist in self-contained bubbles  Anarcho-Socialist   Mar-22-06 02:18 PM   #10 
     - Israel represented American interests in the middle east  Harald Ragnarsson   Mar-22-06 02:27 PM   #11 
        - Israel's Cold War role was to act as a client state...  Anarcho-Socialist   Mar-22-06 04:51 PM   #13 
        - perhaps our support of israel  adriennui   Mar-25-06 08:56 PM   #46 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-27-06 02:42 AM   #48 
  - I've notice that when one begins to get closer to the truth  Desertrose   Mar-22-06 11:36 AM   #4 
  - Anti-Semitism  Lithos   Mar-22-06 10:56 PM   #15 
  - Lies that are repeated over become the truth but what are they covering?  seatnineb   Mar-25-06 04:45 AM   #44 
  - Americans and Arabs are coming up in 911 over and over,  rman   Mar-23-06 03:26 AM   #22 
     - True, there are elements involved  CJCRANE   Mar-25-06 06:54 AM   #45 
  - Conspiracism, antisemitism and the left  salvorhardin   Mar-22-06 11:44 AM   #5 
  - Despite the fact that this thread was "removed"...  reprehensor   Mar-22-06 01:05 PM   #7 
     - Reprehensor......brilliantly said!  seatnineb   Mar-22-06 01:58 PM   #8 
     - 9/11 Skepticism is hypocritical  Lithos   Mar-23-06 12:03 AM   #17 
        - No, I most certainly did not intend to imply that...  salvorhardin   Mar-23-06 12:35 AM   #19 
           - Unfortunately, there're some technical issues to be dealt with....  greyl   Mar-23-06 03:47 AM   #24 
           - I'm not sure how it is poisoning the well...  salvorhardin   Mar-23-06 11:23 AM   #35 
              - It's technically a poor logical argument.  greyl   Mar-27-06 01:52 AM   #47 
                 - But you know that is not my intention  salvorhardin   Mar-27-06 10:35 AM   #52 
           - Hmm... Rereading this it seems really angry to me  salvorhardin   Mar-23-06 11:10 PM   #40 
  - Thank you Lithos  Hope2006   Mar-22-06 09:28 PM   #14 
  - Sheepdipping 9/11 with strictly peripheral issues  theSaiGirl   Mar-22-06 11:02 PM   #16 
     - I googled "sheep dipping" and look what came-up  Jose Diablo   Mar-23-06 08:33 AM   #33 
  - I'm an "Equal Opportunity Conspiracy Theorist"...  file83   Mar-23-06 02:29 AM   #20 
  - Lets certainly add Saudi Arabians to this stew.  Old and In the Way   Mar-23-06 04:16 AM   #26 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-23-06 03:30 AM   #23 
  - That was mine isn't it?  rman   Mar-23-06 09:40 PM   #39 
     - See your inbox  Lithos   Mar-24-06 07:49 AM   #42 
  - I only dare to enter the fray with this....  RBHam   Mar-27-06 08:59 AM   #49 
  - shouldn't lump all Jews with criminals  savemefromdumbya   Mar-27-06 09:28 AM   #50 
     - Exactly...  RBHam   Mar-27-06 09:45 AM   #51 
        - Thank you for sharing  Lithos   Mar-27-06 09:37 PM   #53 
 

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