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Archae

(46,328 posts)
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 11:22 AM Sep 2016

Just how crazy are the 9-11 "truthers?"

Absolutely nuts.

#1714: Nico Haupt

Nico Haupt is a remarkably crazy 9/11 truther and something of a central figure in the truther side show (though see below). It was apparently Haupt who coined the acronyms MIHOP (“Made It Happen On Purpose”) – the idea being that 9/11 was planned and executed by the Bush administration (e.g. by planting explosives in the buildings and firing a cruise missile at the Pentagon building) – and LIHOP (“Let It Happen On Purpose), the idea that the Bush administration knew about the attacks beforehand but let them happen to garner support for the War on Terror. Haupt himself is of course a MIHOPer. In fact, he is not only a MIHOPER but a “no-planer”, one of those who claim that no planes hit the buildings at all but that holographic images were projected into the to make them appear like planes – “9/11 TV fakery” is Haupt’s preferred label.

The only people who can really be bothered to actually argue against the no-planer contingent seem to be other truthers who at least realize that the no-planers tend to undermine whatever little credibility the truther movement could conceivably have enjoyed among people who are not delusionally insane. And Haupt’s delusional paranoia, combined with his belligerence, has made him rather unpopular with other truthers (though he has a fan base as well). Indeed, Haupt has entirely predictably been accused of being an agent for a COINTELPRO operation. And Haupt has, equally predictably, been accusing the other 9/11 conspiracy theorists (“planehuggers”) of conspiring against him. And so it goes.

http://americanloons.blogspot.ca/2016/09/1714-nico-haupt.html

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Just how crazy are the 9-11 "truthers?" (Original Post) Archae Sep 2016 OP
Crazy being outdone by crazier. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #1
Reminds me of the kooks MicaelS Sep 2016 #2
You only believe the moon landings were real... Honest.Dem Sep 2016 #8
Video my ass! MicaelS Sep 2016 #28
DU use to have a large contingent of Truthers hack89 Sep 2016 #3
You Only Believe the Official 9/11 Story Because You Don't Know the Official 9/11 Story SecularMotion Sep 2016 #4
Exactly right. Wilms Sep 2016 #5
There is no room for holograms, mini-nukes and spaced based directed energy weapons hack89 Sep 2016 #6
That's what they WANT you to think! Bucky Sep 2016 #11
Bullshit. Dr. Strange Sep 2016 #16
LOL! Archae Sep 2016 #19
!!! Bucky Sep 2016 #41
That's a great link mwrguy Sep 2016 #7
LOL snooper2 Sep 2016 #9
Crazier than a shithouse rat. n/t MicaelS Sep 2016 #10
I just read this guy's full article. Archae Sep 2016 #12
What do you personally believed happened on 9/11/2001? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #20
You know how he is. MicaelS Sep 2016 #21
I'm never embarrassed to say what I believe. If I were, it wouldn't be worth believing. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #22
That's certainly typical for a "truther". cpwm17 Sep 2016 #36
He doesn't just do it for 9/11. MicaelS Sep 2016 #37
Go troll someone else SecularMotion Sep 2016 #38
It's so easy to laugh it off and not do any research. StrictlyRockers Sep 2016 #25
Some truthers are kooks - absolutely no doubt about it. hack89 Sep 2016 #26
Including Nico Haupt. (nt) Skinner Sep 2016 #27
That's right. It was like fly paper for loons. nt hack89 Sep 2016 #29
Crazy? Naw. Paid! Along with coincidence theorists. And, MIHOP was not explosives nor no-planers. Festivito Sep 2016 #13
What If Everything You Mentioned. . . ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #14
It's gray. What if you have one smart one and one dolt? Festivito Sep 2016 #15
I Think We Almost Agree ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #17
Batshit. nt msanthrope Sep 2016 #18
Shithouse rat. nt msanthrope Sep 2016 #23
didn't even realize there is not a 9-11 forum anymore... G_j Sep 2016 #24
It's in the Offbeat forum, renamed "Creative Speculation" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #30
I flagged this ghostsinthemachine Sep 2016 #31
The majority of Americans question the official story of the events of 9/11 SecularMotion Sep 2016 #32
Broad brush, the term "truther" ghostsinthemachine Sep 2016 #33
Except this guy in the OP is a lunatic. Archae Sep 2016 #35
lol, sorry. Truthers, like birthers, deserve derision. tritsofme Sep 2016 #39
our world is run by gangsters.... pretzel4gore Sep 2016 #34
local CBS affiliate announced an event by a 911 "truther", Christopher Bollyn, a raging anti-Semite ellenrr Sep 2016 #40

hack89

(39,171 posts)
3. DU use to have a large contingent of Truthers
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 11:31 AM
Sep 2016

the old 911 forum on DU2 was a hopping place - people supporting holograms, mini-nukes, space based directed energy weapons were all there.

 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
4. You Only Believe the Official 9/11 Story Because You Don't Know the Official 9/11 Story
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 11:42 AM
Sep 2016
During the past 10 years I have not met a single individual who, after doing research on the subject, switched from questioning the official narrative of the events of 9/11/2001 to believing the official narrative of those events.. It is always the other way around. Why do you think that is? There are good reasons for this, and I will try to explain this phenomenon right now.

The term "conspiracy theorist", perhaps the most misapplied description in our vernacular, is often used to describe 9/11 truthers. Perhaps that term does apply to a segment of the 9/11 truth movement. But in most cases a more accurate description of 9/11 truthers is probably "expert", or "scholar", or "researcher." You see, much of the doubt cast on the official narrative of the events of 9/11 has not come in the form of speculated accusations, or "theories." In fact, it has come in the form of questions that have been raised after a careful study of the official and undisputed events and details.

Ten years have passed since the infamous events of September 11th, 2001 took place, and the majority of people still don't know a damn thing about the actual details of that event. They don't know what was going on in the country with regard to our military that day. They don't know the history or the activities of key members of our government, defense establishment or intelligence community, on, or during the weeks, and in some cases the years leading up to that day. They don't know what took place during or immediately following the events of that day. And they don't know what actions were taken by those key people following that event.

As is the case with so many issues, people tend to stand strong and argue a position or voice an opinion about an event like 9/11. But, when questioned about the many details surrounding that event they have no answers. They are clueless. And they are, in the end, dumbfounded.

http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/jesse-richards-commentary/25260-you-only-believe-the-official-911-story-because-you-dont-know-the-official-911-story-.html

hack89

(39,171 posts)
6. There is no room for holograms, mini-nukes and spaced based directed energy weapons
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 11:54 AM
Sep 2016

when talking about 9/11. Can we at least agree about that?

Dr. Strange

(25,921 posts)
16. Bullshit.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 01:40 PM
Sep 2016
Aluminum doesn't block all the rays


NonGMO aluminum does! But Monsatan has bought up all of that, and replaced it with GMO aluminum, loaded with excess gluten. They're setting us up for slavery!

Archae

(46,328 posts)
12. I just read this guy's full article.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 12:45 PM
Sep 2016

He's as big a kook as the guy in the OP.

"Molten metal months after?"

"Hijackers turned up alive afterwards?"

"Plane was vaporized?"

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
21. You know how he is.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 03:09 PM
Sep 2016

He just post links with no discussion. If you get any type of detailed answer, I will be surprised.

 

cpwm17

(3,829 posts)
36. That's certainly typical for a "truther".
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 06:04 PM
Sep 2016

They refuse to spend a minute of their own time responding in their own words, but they post links to novels and hour long videos (mostly on irrelevant tangents) expecting you to do the work for them.

MicaelS

(8,747 posts)
37. He doesn't just do it for 9/11.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 06:56 PM
Sep 2016

He does that for almost every topic he posts on. Links with a cut and paste, and no comment.

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
25. It's so easy to laugh it off and not do any research.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 03:23 PM
Sep 2016

Last edited Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:25 PM - Edit history (1)

You're asking me to do some critical thinking and research a subject that will only upset me more and more the further I look into it? No thanks. Willful ignorance is much more blissful.

Truthers must be kooks. The alternative is too upsetting to contemplate.

hack89

(39,171 posts)
26. Some truthers are kooks - absolutely no doubt about it.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 03:28 PM
Sep 2016

it is possible to question what happened on 911 without resorting to fantasy, pseudo-science or facts that have been repeatedly debunked.

Festivito

(13,452 posts)
13. Crazy? Naw. Paid! Along with coincidence theorists. And, MIHOP was not explosives nor no-planers.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 12:48 PM
Sep 2016

If there was an illegal conspiracy to let it happen or make it happen, a good defense to avoid being caught and prosecuted would be to put out a bunch of extra conspiracy theories -- some crazy and some plausible. And of course, all the while to degrade any theorizing of any conspiracy, flaunting the conspiracies made especially for the purpose of sounding crazy to prove ones own point to the half-way attentive.

Think tanks are great at this.

MIHOP did not mean that the Bush administration planned the type of attack, flew the planes, remotely flew planes, planted explosives, on and on: all or any of these. It meant that Bush administration would (1) tell Afghanistan to expect a "carpet of gold, or a carpet of bombs," for example, or (2) reward top FBI people who stopped investigation a computer that was found, or, (3) disband daily security meetings, or (4) ignore dire presidential security briefs (4) ignore warnings from France, and, or, oh, there are more facts.

That kind of stuff.

No planers, planted explosives, ... are smoke that could hide a real conspiracy.

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
14. What If Everything You Mentioned. . .
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 12:53 PM
Sep 2016

. . .were the result of hubris and incompetence. The result would be the same, wouldn't it? And no conspiracy is needed, right?

You don't consider hubris and incompetence attributes of that administration?

Festivito

(13,452 posts)
15. It's gray. What if you have one smart one and one dolt?
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 01:08 PM
Sep 2016

The dolt is guilty of actions. The smart one, is really the guilty one. I can feel sorry for the dolt's hubris and incompetence.

So, which one made it happen?

Let it, Made it, Helped it, can all mean the same thing, I suppose.

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
17. I Think We Almost Agree
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:17 PM
Sep 2016

Except the whole gang was full of so many dolts, that "smart" became a relative term. I think it was arrogance and ignorance. There is nothing i wouldn't expect that crowd to screw up.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
31. I flagged this
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:08 PM
Sep 2016

I am insulted by the OP.there are many here who do not believe the official story, and this is insulting to them (me). I could be considered a "truther". I have my own theories, and to be labeled as crazy is not only a group characterization but also an insult to many here on DU.

Just think if I had posted "9-11 non truthers are crazy".

 

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)
32. The majority of Americans question the official story of the events of 9/11
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:14 PM
Sep 2016

The rest are either "truthers" who propose outlandish theories or "true believers" who accept the official story of the Bush administration without question.

ghostsinthemachine

(3,569 posts)
33. Broad brush, the term "truther"
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:23 PM
Sep 2016

And if I cannot post anything about 9-11 here, that could be considered a conspiracy theory (and that includes anything at all here on DU) then certainly a post or thread disparaging people that do not believe the official story (truthers by definition) should be taken down. It is insulting to everyone that doesn't believe the official story.

 

pretzel4gore

(8,146 posts)
34. our world is run by gangsters....
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 05:17 PM
Sep 2016

fact. Can anyone believe JFK (or Robbie, for that matter) was done in by someone who had no reason to doit, and could in no way benefit from it (Oswald was prolly a ONI agent, ie the navy CIA) yet went to immense lengths, even scoring himself a min wage job in texas a few days prior JFK visit- Lee Oswald, a GI who knew nothing else since joining up at 17? And FDR- could the fascist have nuked Japan, demonized USSR and terrorised the amercan folk had FDR not been poisoned (Stalin said to his henchmen that "it's over, we're done for for, the fascistss too well organized' when he learned FDR was killed)...Archae, you're a old hand here at DU....and if you're right about the punks who staged 911 (they were innocent!!) then good, but lookit what has been done! We're a doomed species living on a dying planet, and the goofs can destroy society with one nuke device (it shut down all electronics motors etc) literally hundreds of millions of humanity will die, and it to late to say ' we shoulda stopped the fascasts before they got so loony!"
Let's just say I hope you're right (about the truth) cuz we being wrong is going to spell disaster for the future

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
40. local CBS affiliate announced an event by a 911 "truther", Christopher Bollyn, a raging anti-Semite
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 06:36 AM
Sep 2016

that affiliate is 1010 WINS radio.
I find this outrageous.
this is the event:
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/37/dtg-christopher-bollyn-speech-controversy-2016-09-09-bk.html
Bollyn says that Jews are behind 911

"The leftist organizations that use the Commons as an office — including socialist magazine Jacobin, the Marxist Education Project, and anti-gentrification activist group Furee — published an open letter denouncing the talk, while others flooded its social media pages with complaints, including Councilman Brad Lander (D–Park Slope), who tweeted that it was “highly distressing” to see the venue hosting an “anti-Semitic conspiracy nut”

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