9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040

Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by h2odragon on Sunday September 12, 2021 @09:24PM (#28506869)

Because these groups are often painted as or perceived as having an agenda other than truth; unlike say when the WWF says a species is endangered or when people who have issues with "urban sprawl" happen to be large urban landholders.

In other words its a "these people can't be heard because of who they've been accused of being" argument.

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by Bud on Sunday September 12, 2021 @09:36PM (#28506939)

No, it's because they are fucking wackjobs. That's a fact. It's not an accusation. And it's not because of any bullshit about "who they are accused of being"; it's because of their wackjob argument.

They are promoting a conspiracy theory that the WTC was destroyed by a controlled demolition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architects_%26_Engineers_for_9...

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by hsousa on Sunday September 12, 2021 @09:42PM (#28506976)

How is that not an accusation?

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by swader999 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:11PM (#28507149)

How about building 7?

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by Bud on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:30AM (#28511960)

The collapse of building 7 is the subject of wackjob conspiracy theories as well, even though its collapse has been conclusively explained by studies done by real engineers.

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by swader999 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @01:17AM (#28520528)

I'd like to read some of these if you have links?

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by Lammy on Sunday September 12, 2021 @09:45PM (#28506993)

Yeah I think we should believe the unbiased explanation and give a $7-billion no-bid contract to the Vice President's private military contracting firm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7444083.stm

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by knownjorbist on Sunday September 12, 2021 @10:04PM (#28507108)

Instead of vagaries, actually connect the dots.

The outcome of 9/11 in terms of the gov't seizing the opportunity was going to happen either way - you need a better argument than "look what happened after".

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Re:9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 by Bud on Monday September 13, 2021 @10:31AM (#28511987)

This kind of feverish laziness and total disregard for intellectual rigor is, of course, precisely what allows the wackiest conspiracy theories to spread.

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