Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Ian David

(69,059 posts) Tue Apr 24, 2012, 10:40 AM Apr 2012

"I Was a Truther... What Brought Me Back to Reality?"

I did not write this, I am just posting it.

"I Was a Truther... What Brought Me Back to Reality?"

I would say between the summer months of 2008, and the fall of 2009 I was following the 9/11 Truth movement with some amount of reverence. I was listening to Alex Jones on a daily basis (would download his podcast and listen at work), I was a member of several internet forums including Let's Roll 9/11, Prison Planet, and the Loose Change forum. I downloaded all copies of Loose Change, Truth Rising, and Zeitgeist. At one point, I even discussed the possibility of 9/11 being an "inside job" to a few co-workers and friends.

Why did I believe? This is a question I cannot really answer. To tell you the truth, I can only hypothesize because I can't really remember what brought me to believe what the 9/11 Truth Movement believed.

Maybe it was because the movie Zeitgeist had somewhat of an impact on me. I had never heard about any of the subject matter mentioned in that movie and it felt like I was finding out about something no one else knew. After all, there are some big claims made. Such big claims set to video have a way of luring in your average YouTube viewer.

Politically, I was disenfranchised by the Bush administration and I was really amazed how Washington DC was tending to foreign affairs and the economy. Why did I vote for this guy anyway? By the end of his presidency, George Bush seemed to not really care about the economy or anything else for that matter. So I really did not care for him at that point. However, the guy was always quick to discuss matters of war and foreign conflict. It was as if the man wanted to invoke war with every nation on the planet if he could get away with it. This got me not only disgusted but there were many times I had to raise an eyebrow or two.

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"I Was a Truther... What Brought Me Back to Reality?" (Original Post) Ian David Apr 2012 OP

Did he ablamj Apr 2012 #1

Back in around 2003-2004 I held some faith in LIHOP 9/11 theories Anarcho-Socialist Apr 2012 #2

Here's a question. What about the LIHOP truther theories. backscatter712 Apr 2012 #3

I'm a LIHOP'er myself. n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #4

The "controlled demolition" theory was concocted by the government to distract us. frankie May 2012 #5

That's actually what the Breitbartians are saying about birtherism now. Bolo Boffin Jun 2012 #8

I gave up on all conspiracies... Javaman May 2012 #6

Occam's razor still cuts the mustard. n/t rayofreason Jun 2012 #9

Post removed Post removed Jun 2012 #7

ablamj

(333 posts)

1. Did he

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:04 PM

Apr 2012

check out all the references to make sure they were legit? Anybody can make up references. Just asking!

Anarcho-Socialist

(9,601 posts)

2. Back in around 2003-2004 I held some faith in LIHOP 9/11 theories

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 09:28 PM

Apr 2012

Suffice to say, these irrational faith-based views didn't survive the intellectual rigour which came with reading a history degree from 2004-onwards.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

3. Here's a question. What about the LIHOP truther theories.

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Thu Apr 26, 2012, 03:27 PM

Apr 2012

I'm certainly no MIHOP truther - the stories about controlled-demolition, remote-control of the aircraft, etc. are just plain nonsense.

But what about the LIHOP theories - that Bush, Cheney and their ilk allowed 9/11 to happen on purpose? I've got no evidence supporting the LIHOP hypothesis, but I certainly think that Bush and Cheney are evil enough that they'd do something like this.