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Old 05-05-2011, 10:56 PM
 
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They moved on to the newest conspiracy fad. Truthers became birthers who are becoming the deathers.

You couldn't be more wrong. The "truthers" were/are on the extreme left.

I lived in Portland, OR(most likely the most extreme left wing city in the US) when Bush was still President.

Many there thought the Bush Administration was making the OBL tapes, some even thought OBL wasn't even real and was computer generated by the US govt.

Many there thought 9/11 was an inside job.

To use your logic Rosie O'Donnell is right wing.
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Old 05-05-2011, 10:58 PM
 
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You couldn't be more wrong. The "truthers" were/are on the extreme left.

I lived in Portland, OR(most likely the most extreme left wing city in the US) when Bush was still President.

Many there thought the Bush Administration was making the OBL tapes, some even thought OBL wasn't even real and was computer generated by the US govt.

Many there thought 9/11 was an inside job.

To use your logic Rosie O'Donnell is right wing.
Alex Jones is a lefty?
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Old 05-05-2011, 11:16 PM
 
Location: Kingstowne, VA
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It seemed a few years ago that there were people thought that 9-11 was an inside job. These theories are not talked about much today.

Were the 9-11 truthers crack pots who only saw what they wanted to see?

Did they want to believe what they wanted to believe just to further their agenda much like the birthers?
1. The 9/11 Truth Movement, as it is known amongst individuals in it who share doubts about the government's version of what occurred prior to, during, and after the attacks, has existed since 2002, and still does today. You can even check our Facebook page, nearing 40,000 members now. This movement isn't a trend. It's a group of people who share an idea and set of beliefs that question or doubt what the government told the American public happened. The theories are still discussed today even more than in the past. More books are being published, there are more documentaries, more people bringing about awareness of what they believe. As a matter of fact, in New York City, a commercial asking about WTC building 7 was run for a while, and was the subject of a non-ridiculous discussion on (yes) Fox News of all places.

2. Elaborate on "crack pots who only saw what they wanted to see".

3. I don't think there's anything wrong with an agenda to bring attention to the conflicting issues surrounding events that caused the murder of thousands of people on 9/11, and hundreds of thousands in the wars that followed. You don't?
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Old 05-05-2011, 11:26 PM
 
Location: Kingstowne, VA
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It's not what you and the media call "truthers" or "birthers" (which are not one in the same, as a matter of fact) who make no sense in this country. It's people like you who ostracize dissidents who put into question the credibility of a manipulative government, who ought to be ashamed. Since you like to add -er to the end of every word that you think signifies what a group of people believe in order to make them seem ridiculous, I'll call you a hater.
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Old 05-05-2011, 11:34 PM
 
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You couldn't be more wrong. The "truthers" were/are on the extreme left.
Not in my experience. I've encountered a huge proportion of the "Big GVt. is out to get us!" flavor of libertarian in truther circles.
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Old 05-06-2011, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Ohio
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You couldn't be more wrong. The "truthers" were/are on the extreme left.
You couldn't be more wrong. I'm on the extreme right. I make Ronald Reagan look like Al Franken.

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Many there thought the Bush Administration was making the OBL tapes.
That's probably because the voice on those tapes was an Arabic-speaking Lebanese Christian speaking in the Lebanese Christian Arabic dialect. Bin Laden is a Saud.

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They moved on to the newest conspiracy fad.
No, there's been recent posts here. People like you are blind or unable to comprehend or aren't interested.
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Old 05-06-2011, 10:22 AM
 
Location: Greer
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what happened to the left's anti-war protests in dc? oh their god obama is in office, so they stay home now.
Troop levels and deaths in Iraq are both way, way down. That's what happened.
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Old 05-06-2011, 10:25 AM
 
Location: Rome, Georgia
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They are power wheelin'.


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I like your sense of humor. Couldn't rep you.
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Old 05-06-2011, 11:32 AM
 
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Not in my experience. I've encountered a huge proportion of the "Big GVt. is out to get us!" flavor of libertarian in truther circles.
You're right. Ron Paul has a big truther following.
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