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35. Translation: Nearly half of us are capable of thinking for ourselves.

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 09:10 AM

Sep 2013

Capable of critical thinking. We don't wait for the daily talking point to decide for us what our minds are. That is what makes us dangerous. We are not the sheeple that easily swallow the latest propaganda to keep us in line. We do not revere our leaders as somehow mystical and god like.
Too bad we aren't the majority.

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FBI calls half of populace with 9/11 doubts potential terrorists [View all] Ichingcarpenter Sep 2013 OP

Well, they are certainly delusional. longship Sep 2013 #1

I'm sorry, but sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #20

Numbers do not rectify error, it just makes more people erroneous Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #31

So let's rectify the error by opening sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #72

Your statement assumes its own conclusion. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #78

We know planes struck sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #113

Again, you assume the story we know is not true. You assume a conspiracy. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #114

Projection is the act sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #118

"the official conspiracy theory, which you accept as an article of faith." Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #119

Whatever else may be said sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #126

Because a thousand CTers with competing theories said so. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #130

Wasn't that commission appointed by W?..... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #140

No, each party get to pick its reps. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #141

Holy shizz! A plane flies into a skyscraper, rupturing its fuel tanks, causing structural damage and struggle4progress Sep 2013 #146

You may not have thought sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #153

I not only think it, I know 911 was an inside job. Eddie Haskell Sep 2013 #87

These folks are under no delusions of a cultural meme as Longship wants us to believe HangOnKids Sep 2013 #92

I thought you were talking about the FBI. Laelth Sep 2013 #22

"who's more likely to be delusional?" - no brainer that - paranoid spooks ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #33

Spot on. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #42

But but but Longship has had conversations with them HangOnKids Sep 2013 #95

LOL. No. Somehow that does not make me feel better. Laelth Sep 2013 #115

Ignoring the laws of physics is delusional. nt GoneFishin Sep 2013 #27

Absolutely seveneyes Sep 2013 #39

Fire produced from jet fuel WILL NOT melt steel. Laelth Sep 2013 #43

"Nor will it significantly weaken said steel." - False. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #100

Sure, extended exposure to high heat will weaken steel. Laelth Sep 2013 #106

Jet A burns in open air at about 600 degrees. That was enough to auto-ignite... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #121

Looked like a controlled demolition to me. Laelth Sep 2013 #123

If you want to believe that 6 dump-truck loads of thermite were snuck into the building... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #124

Yes it did. What terrible luck. Three buildings falling the same way, same day, in the same place, GoneFishin Sep 2013 #131

Precisely. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #132

No evidence exists to seriously suggest sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #116

Spot on. That's the truth. n/t Laelth Sep 2013 #117

The buildings were designed but not sufficiently tested to withstand the conditions. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #122

Their structural integrity sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #128

Do you understand what "order of magnitude" means? Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #129

Orders of magnitude are factors of 10. sulphurdunn Sep 2013 #137

The living people in the windows suggests that they did not. nt GoneFishin Sep 2013 #143

Hold a cigarette lighter to a steel fork, get back to me when it melts. nt GoneFishin Sep 2013 #74

What kind of cigarette lighter do you use that approaches the temperatures associated... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #102

Trust me, I know more about physics than you and there is nothing contradictory... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #98

What a hoot HangOnKids Sep 2013 #112

Just because I know more does not mean I know all. Maybe you should try that size on... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #120

Sorry. I don't agree, or believe you. You clearly have not thought it through. And you are wrong. GoneFishin Sep 2013 #125

Watch interviews with those who created Loose Change and then tell me who's behaving immature. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #127

My conclusions are my own. More information is good. But I knew something was rotten GoneFishin Sep 2013 #134

The towers did not pancake into their own footprint. They smashed into the surrounding buildings. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #136

If you perceive that a dozen damaged floors will cause the remainder of a hundred story building GoneFishin Sep 2013 #139

It was a progressive collapse. Each floor below giving under greater and greater force... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #142

Any historical examples of that hypothesis in action on a modern steel building? GoneFishin Sep 2013 #145

Uhhh...they all collapsed on the same day because they were all part of a terrorist attack... Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #155

Lol, I thought you meant the authors of this 'terror list' were delusional, which they are. I sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #54

You suck, fyi. Laelth Sep 2013 #62

YOU ROCK! HangOnKids Sep 2013 #94

Thank you. Laelth Sep 2013 #108

Nothing about guns? Downwinder Sep 2013 #2

Guns make you a Patriot.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #4

I think that covers it jakeXT Sep 2013 #6

I guess the FBi will furnish the guns. As they have been doing. Downwinder Sep 2013 #8

And here I've been told it is all NRA all the time. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #45

But that's only 80,000,000+ folks. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #46

What about the FBI agents and officials noise Sep 2013 #3

"Why does the FBI believe it is ok to obstruct al Qaeda investigations?" JohnyCanuck Sep 2013 #24

Everybody knows it's just a movie jakeXT Sep 2013 #5

I had heard about that pilot episode PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #28

I kinda looks like the FBI might Half-Century Man Sep 2013 #7

Usually, Yes ProfessorGAC Sep 2013 #14

Guerrilla gardening! Celefin Sep 2013 #9

I know right! And I can my veggies and keep a full pantry. OMG! nt Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #40

Gotta watch deer hunters. Knives AND guns. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #49

Welcome to the United States of Police. Your civil privileges have been permanently revoked. Nanjing to Seoul Sep 2013 #10

And yet many here think it's fine for the NSA to collect data on you? davidn3600 Sep 2013 #11

I was kind of thinking the same thing, maybe a slightly oblique take. Trillo Sep 2013 #84

Threats ? SamKnause Sep 2013 #12

More like 'potential' threats, you have freedom of speech, but they find it suspicious HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #25

I would add the security apparatus knows a more prosaic fact: Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #51

Something tells me that everyone here at DU, even our very own truthers, Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #13

They can start with the 911 commission solarhydrocan Sep 2013 #15

In maybe 30 or 40 years another generation will be willing to look at 9/11. gordianot Sep 2013 #16

What about 'Generation X' (if & when they ever grow up)? Ghost Dog Sep 2013 #32

"Smirk." - xCommander AWOL Bush (R) Berlum Sep 2013 #17

Thought Police. Scuba Sep 2013 #18

Great. Just great. Laelth Sep 2013 #19

Translation: Nearly half of us are capable of thinking for ourselves. RC Sep 2013 #35

Spot on, sadly. Laelth Sep 2013 #37

+1 woo me with science Sep 2013 #44

+2 Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #47

"Critical Thinking" is what the MIC wants to Stamp Out and ...call it... KoKo Sep 2013 #147

thought police barbtries Sep 2013 #21

"Thought Police!" That's a Blast from the Past...! KoKo Sep 2013 #148

MIHOP LIHOP or jail... ileus Sep 2013 #23

Cake or Death? FiveGoodMen Sep 2013 #93

Declarations of Constitutional rights and civil liberties? truebluegreen Sep 2013 #26

This is the part that tripped me out -- Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #34

Yes. All of the surveillance apparatus, from NSA to the FBI, is about control, not protection. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #36

....fears of Big Brother or big government JohnyCanuck Sep 2013 #48

And concerns about guns will evaporate like urine on a hot tank fender. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #52

I have no idea what a hot tank is but the image is vivid nonetheless. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #53

Did ya think the Patriot Act was targeted at AQ-like groups only? Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #29

Freaking wow! malaise Sep 2013 #38

The larger the threat the larger the budget...nt Jesus Malverde Sep 2013 #41

Why are truthy articles allowed in GD? The "poll" cited takes you to rethink911.com snooper2 Sep 2013 #50

Why isn't anybody pointing out that this summary is pure right-wing propaganda? starroute Sep 2013 #55

J. Edger denied for years that there was a Mafia or Organized Crime. Downwinder Sep 2013 #65

There will be no light shone on the coackroaches HangOnKids Sep 2013 #96

When was the last time a person with 911 doubts blew up a building or took hostages? BlueStreak Sep 2013 #56

In fact one of the real terrorists lives right outside truedelphi Sep 2013 #107

Sounds like the DU TOS whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #57

F.B.I. = Fraternal Brotherhood of Ineptness? Fried Brains Institute? Forgotten By Intelligence?? Ghost in the Machine Sep 2013 #58

F.B.I. = Fan Belt Inspectors Downwinder Sep 2013 #67

Fat Balding Idiots rusty fender Sep 2013 #81

"Declarations of Constitutional rights and civil liberties." Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #59

Where is the original source? SurvivalBlog.com Turborama Sep 2013 #60

so you all are basically declared terrorists BelgianMadCow Sep 2013 #61

Oh, and the 2 links he provides as sources for the circular? OMG! Turborama Sep 2013 #63

First link still up, but url changed johnnyreb Sep 2013 #66

Interesting maddezmom Sep 2013 #73

Cass Sunstein makes a lot more sense. Octafish Sep 2013 #64

Violence is the logical conclusion of conspiracy theories WatermelonRat Sep 2013 #68

I Think Sponge Bob Is On! HangOnKids Sep 2013 #97

LOL's so folks who Ask Questions are prone to doing "Acts of Violence." KoKo Sep 2013 #149

We are all free Glassunion Sep 2013 #69

kick woo me with science Sep 2013 #70

Ah...they've been reading Creative Speculation, it seems. MineralMan Sep 2013 #71

It's for intimidation. They want those who doubt the "official CT version of events" to stfu. nt Electric Monk Sep 2013 #75

I disagree that they are "Potential terrorists", but zappaman Sep 2013 #76

What kind of dumbass whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #82

Good one! zappaman Sep 2013 #83

Why bother? whatchamacallit Sep 2013 #86

yeah, that must be it! zappaman Sep 2013 #91

Ahh but his JFK avatar is so convincing HangOnKids Sep 2013 #99

lol and true La Lioness Priyanka Sep 2013 #88

"libertarian philosophies,"?? KamaAina Sep 2013 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Sep 2013 #101

??? KamaAina Sep 2013 #105

No to both. List keeping sucks and Paul is an asshole. HangOnKids Sep 2013 #109

Then why am I on the trash heap of history? KamaAina Sep 2013 #111

Fucking law enforcement asswipes. gopiscrap Sep 2013 #79

FBI is reaching far Zater Sep 2013 #80

Welcome to the new and improved America under the Patriot Act - TBF Sep 2013 #135

I personally have never believed the official story of the JFK assassination. ... spin Sep 2013 #85

THOUGHTCRIME The Stranger Sep 2013 #89

and CRIMETHINK The Stranger Sep 2013 #90

FBI is 'Unleashed and unaccountable' says the ACLU 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #103

One hopes that folks here would read that link... KoKo Sep 2013 #150

Heres the Text from ACLU RELEASE: KoKo Sep 2013 #151

Even though the ridiculous "official" story is itself a conspiracy theory. PeteSelman Sep 2013 #104

Not at all surprising. We have a trillion dollar a year Surveillance program in truedelphi Sep 2013 #110

Like all truther non-sense, this is deceptive and only partially true Ohio Joe Sep 2013 #133

The FBI hasn't bee honest about 9/11 noise Sep 2013 #154

The secret police (FBI, NSA, CIA...) are the single biggest threat to this country. Far worse.... Taitertots Sep 2013 #138

Cut off Printed money BolDiya Sep 2013 #144

Well I guess a bunch of us marlakay Sep 2013 #152

sorry locking please repost in creative speculation n/t azurnoir Sep 2013 #156