sadhatter
Philosopher
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Personally i enjoy watching information from the other side of the debate rather than from my side.
By this i mean, i would be more likely to watch Kent Hovind than Christopher Hitchens, and Loose Change rather than Screw loose change.
The reason being , i know i am going to see my side of the debate when i look into the information presented. There is no real way around that, kind of a " wash the backs of your hands and the fronts wash themselves" kind of situation.
So i find when the subject comes up i am versed at the very least in the claims that are being made. And through research, the debunking of said claims.
Now i notice that a lot of people on the flip side ( and to be fair , some on my side of the debate) simply do not give the time of day to publications, or films by the other side.
I mean to reference the topic at hand, i see a lot of truthers who can quote loose change, or zeitgeist , but very few that have given the same consideration ( even if it is in the negative ) to , Screw Loose change, or any of the other documentaries or publications that deal with debunking the 9/11 truth movement.
It seems that while we tend to focus on the big fish , Jones, Avery et al. thruthers seem more focused on interpersonal debate, and due to this seem to avoid the films, books, and other media on the other side of the issue.
My 2 cents is that there is a false duality of "us" being the official report, and nothing more. Where as "them" consists of the movies, and the books, and the web pages about "debunking" the official story.
So, am i wrong? Do we have some truthers among us who went through, lets say, Screw loose change , and rebutted the points? To be clear what i am looking for is not " here is the problem with the nist report", what i am speaking of is rebutting the facts used to debunk the claims used by truthers.
By this i mean, i would be more likely to watch Kent Hovind than Christopher Hitchens, and Loose Change rather than Screw loose change.
The reason being , i know i am going to see my side of the debate when i look into the information presented. There is no real way around that, kind of a " wash the backs of your hands and the fronts wash themselves" kind of situation.
So i find when the subject comes up i am versed at the very least in the claims that are being made. And through research, the debunking of said claims.
Now i notice that a lot of people on the flip side ( and to be fair , some on my side of the debate) simply do not give the time of day to publications, or films by the other side.
I mean to reference the topic at hand, i see a lot of truthers who can quote loose change, or zeitgeist , but very few that have given the same consideration ( even if it is in the negative ) to , Screw Loose change, or any of the other documentaries or publications that deal with debunking the 9/11 truth movement.
It seems that while we tend to focus on the big fish , Jones, Avery et al. thruthers seem more focused on interpersonal debate, and due to this seem to avoid the films, books, and other media on the other side of the issue.
My 2 cents is that there is a false duality of "us" being the official report, and nothing more. Where as "them" consists of the movies, and the books, and the web pages about "debunking" the official story.
So, am i wrong? Do we have some truthers among us who went through, lets say, Screw loose change , and rebutted the points? To be clear what i am looking for is not " here is the problem with the nist report", what i am speaking of is rebutting the facts used to debunk the claims used by truthers.
