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Lee-Lee

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7. 9/11 trutherism and the sovereign citizen movement follow the same patterns

Thu Jul 6, 2017, 07:47 AM

Jul 2017

The 9/11 truthers jump from one theory or the next, taking whatever someone saying things they like says is "science" and running with it and when disproven jump to the next.

The sovereign citizens do the same with the law. They invent new meanings to laws and seek out old laws or case laws that are no longer relevant and then declare they are the final word on the law and nothing superseded it- until they find the next arcane no longer relevant statute to declare rules supreme.

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Claude Taylor and his many 'sources' [View all] melman Jul 2017 OP

Some DUers suffer from wishful thinking syndrome oberliner Jul 2017 #1

More like I told you so syndrome. chowder66 Jul 2017 #40

He's a real Mensch BeyondGeography Jul 2017 #2

Haha! nt Lucky Luciano Jul 2017 #25

Thanks for taking the time to post all of these OKNancy Jul 2017 #3

It's unfortunate that Taylor and Mensch do what they do. mn9driver Jul 2017 #4

Yep. Me too. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #12

The phenomenon reminds me of birtherism jberryhill Jul 2017 #5

9/11 trutherism and the sovereign citizen movement follow the same patterns Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #7

It's precisely like Birtherism. Foamfollower Jul 2017 #9

I lived in Ocala, FL when the "citizen grand juries" were a thing. Ligyron Jul 2017 #45

I agree. Wishful thinking is an easy trap to fall into. Pacifist Patriot Jul 2017 #13

For a foreigner USA seems to go totally bonkers after every election.... TomVilmer Jul 2017 #39

Wow. tazkcmo Jul 2017 #6

Don't you have anything better to do than go after a Democrat who pnwmom Jul 2017 #8

Rallying what troops to do what? jberryhill Jul 2017 #11

Taylor is encouraging people not to lose confidence that Mueller and the investigation pnwmom Jul 2017 #15

So it doesn't matter if anything he says is true or false? jberryhill Jul 2017 #21

IF there is a sealed indictment of Michael Flynn, to take one possible example, pnwmom Jul 2017 #24

Your last sentence is a non-sequitur jberryhill Jul 2017 #26

+1000 that Claude's tweets are encouraging. Hope is essential to the cause and he provides that. iluvtennis Jul 2017 #37

So tell me melman Jul 2017 #17

He doesn't claim to have "so" many sources. He has a few pnwmom Jul 2017 #19

According to his own tweets posted right here melman Jul 2017 #35

I've never heard him claim that. Link, please. nt pnwmom Jul 2017 #36

Can you not read the tweets in the first post Lee-Lee Jul 2017 #46

kinda spooky isn't? Ellipsis Jul 2017 #27

To you he is a Democrat who is rallying the troops and boosting morale onenote Jul 2017 #38

posting fake breaking news with imaginary sources is the best friend Fox has grantcart Jul 2017 #43

And just like the Birthers did with whatever the Birther leader loons spewed,... Foamfollower Jul 2017 #10

Including "sources in British Intelligence..." jberryhill Jul 2017 #14

is Fraude Taylor aligned somehow with The Resistance/Malcolm Nance/puppymnkey? Not Ruth Jul 2017 #16

if you don't like it, don't read it. sarah FAILIN Jul 2017 #18

And if you like it, then, well, it MUST be true. MineralMan Jul 2017 #22

The use of fake news as a weapon did not end with the election jberryhill Jul 2017 #28

Absolutely sarah FAILIN Jul 2017 #42

Thanks! femmocrat Jul 2017 #20

Wow! Claude Taylor is really reSOURCEful. MineralMan Jul 2017 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Turn CO Blue Jul 2017 #29

Curious, has CNN denied the transcript thing yet? Ellipsis Jul 2017 #30

Thank You!! HopeAgain Jul 2017 #31

Claude has 1 legit source I am sure of Loki Liesmith Jul 2017 #32

Perhaps I can count myself fortunate PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2017 #33

and it is often added to each time it's repeated. Ligyron Jul 2017 #47

Wow, you found a fake Twitter account created to harass a real person. How coool is that? L. Coyote Jul 2017 #34

This is more likely to be reverse GLOMAR Not Ruth Jul 2017 #44

Shhh, I think I know the name of his #1 go to source.... Jack Daniels 4139 Jul 2017 #41

That's a pretty amateurish "takedown." Qutzupalotl Jul 2017 #48