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Octafish

(55,745 posts)
17. No. Here's what I'm talking about...
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 12:23 AM
Aug 2014

People shut down discussion with labels, or in your case, an icon.

I disagreed with you and explained why, twice.

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"...Ukrainian military personnel do have the required skills." Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #1
Or ex-Soviet military. HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #30
No doubt in my mind, and for the very reasons you outlined. n/t Adsos Letter Aug 2014 #37
Didn't you hear the US did it because they were trying to kill Putin davidpdx Aug 2014 #2
I didn't hear that. I did hear the fact that his plane did fly over that area on the way to, or from sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #3
Thank you. Well said. elias49 Aug 2014 #32
OFFS... His flight path was not actually over Ukraine at all. Adrahil Aug 2014 #44
Yup... SidDithers Aug 2014 #4
Oh, I know exactly who you are talking about davidpdx Aug 2014 #6
As opposed to those people who believe what they're told by corporate media, right? Octafish Aug 2014 #11
Truth hurt? davidpdx Aug 2014 #12
Well, we know who did it... zappaman Aug 2014 #13
The BFEE is a handle for War Inc. Octafish Aug 2014 #16
Not me. Octafish Aug 2014 #14
You might go back to post #11 and reread what you wrote in your response to me davidpdx Aug 2014 #15
No. Here's what I'm talking about... Octafish Aug 2014 #17
Yeah. zappaman Aug 2014 #20
Ok, so RT isn't 'corporate media'. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #29
Excellent point. Octafish Aug 2014 #31
Reporters are not "corporate media." joshcryer Aug 2014 #38
You're writing to one. Octafish Aug 2014 #49
Ah, I see.... Adrahil Aug 2014 #45
No, that's not what I wrote. Octafish Aug 2014 #50
Thanks for the suto-correct catch... now then, what DID you mean? Adrahil Aug 2014 #52
I object to people who malign those interested in learning and sharing the truth. Octafish Aug 2014 #55
That's great, but.... Adrahil Aug 2014 #56
Right. Lots of people on DU mock 'Conspiracy Theories.' I'm not one of them. Octafish Aug 2014 #60
You mean those who believe anything our Corporate Media tells them? sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #34
Much better to just believe whatever Uncle Pootie would like you to believe, eh? NT Adrahil Aug 2014 #53
Didn't you mean to say 'Uncle Saddam'? sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #54
Ah yes... shift and dodge. Adrahil Aug 2014 #57
Another recycled right wing talking point against what they perceive as 'The dreaded Left'. sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #61
I'm not even CLOSE to right wing. Heck, half my extended family won't talk to me.... Adrahil Aug 2014 #63
That was not a "crash". Codeine Aug 2014 #5
on behalf of a Malaysian, non-native English speaker reorg Aug 2014 #7
Right, what's so hard about writing.. "The Mystery of the Malaysian Airlines Shot Down over Cha Aug 2014 #8
If you get a chance to read the article, you'll see there's no attempt to sanitize Karmadillo Aug 2014 #9
In the middle of a freaking war zone? randome Aug 2014 #10
wait, what you call "evidence" reorg Aug 2014 #18
Agree. All we have to go on so far from the war zone is what we see and hear. randome Aug 2014 #22
Well, thank you for agreeing that facts matter reorg Aug 2014 #23
Huh? There are eyewitness accounts. joshcryer Aug 2014 #40
given your astute monitoring of social media accounts reorg Aug 2014 #41
Ad hom. joshcryer Aug 2014 #42
You'd think Occam's razor would have cut them to ribbons by now. nt Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #46
Reporters did that investigation. joshcryer Aug 2014 #39
All of it? Even the data released by the Russians and ignored by the corpse media? And if Karmadillo Aug 2014 #47
Funny how it went out of the news so quickly when some of the lies that were being told were sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #35
Vanishing point … reorg Aug 2014 #19
Yup. This ^^^. elias49 Aug 2014 #33
So...The piece is full of speculation, opinion, and unsourced "facts" Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #21
which speculative, premature conclusion reorg Aug 2014 #25
uh..the one near the bottom under "opinion"? Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #27
He lists three reasons why it should not prematurely ruled out reorg Aug 2014 #28
And I "may" be able to flap my arms and fly to the moon Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #48
sorry, I was reading this article at the same time reorg Aug 2014 #51
Oh, right...another sole unnamed "source" with no corroboration Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #62
"Shoot-down," not "crash." WinkyDink Aug 2014 #24
search "airlines crash"+"mh17" reorg Aug 2014 #26
Disagrees that it was a shoot-down? Thinks "crash" is a synonym? WinkyDink Aug 2014 #58
sigh, disagrees with your labelling reorg Aug 2014 #59
CNN BREAKING NEWS Capt. Obvious Aug 2014 #36
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2014 #43
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