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In reply to the discussion: Truthers and birthers are two sides of the same coin [View all]boppers
(16,588 posts)89. Anything glib, witty, or that fits on bumper-sticker, is almost surely a crock.
That doesn't make it a lie, but the truth never fits into a neat package. Ever.
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When I think of "truthers" I think of those trying to argue no plane hit the Pentagon or
Electric Monk
May 2012
#18
Your 'point' is a logical fallacy called "appealing to the consequences of a belief"
Electric Monk
May 2012
#20
You might want to check out David Ray Griffin's "The New Pearl Harbor."
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#100
However, one could indeed use fish and banana's of examples of foods that are long and thin
LanternWaste
May 2012
#75
"Does that mean I think that a missile hit the towers or that it was MIHOP?"
jberryhill
May 2012
#70
I agree with your thinking generally on the broad issue of thinking patterns. nt
Bonobo
May 2012
#72
So... not taking Dick Cheney at his word is the same as imagining Obama wasn't born in the U.S.?
villager
May 2012
#6
No, as soon as being skeptical about a "side" is not equal, intellectual honesty ends.
boppers
May 2012
#84
Anything glib, witty, or that fits on bumper-sticker, is almost surely a crock.
boppers
May 2012
#89
Well put. The OP is exactly that, and you have acutely discerned its weakness.
villager
May 2012
#90
Yes --if you're referring to the overly-simplistic nature of the OP and its false equivalency
villager
May 2012
#92
Exactly! So in specific contrast to the OP, it's wise to be skeptical of "official explanations..."
villager
May 2012
#98
Well, he ignored all the credible evidence given to him that an attack was likely.
EOTE
May 2012
#60
You think there is some truth to the "9/11 was an inside job" theory?
UnrepentantLiberal
May 2012
#30
None of the "three" collapsed "precisely into their own footprint", any more than the BC is fake.
boppers
May 2012
#73
Did ya look into BushCo's heart? That is the argued difference between negligence and treason
TheKentuckian
May 2012
#54
looking through your replies, it's pretty evident that you don't know fuckall..
frylock
May 2012
#57
Obama's dad did not have an advance report titled "Mrs. Obama Determined to Give Birth in Kenya".
KamaAina
May 2012
#64
First of all, is "illegitimate" a real verb or are you just kree-a-tuv?
trolling4dollaz
May 2012
#80