tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post8633682810768526635..comments2023-11-06T11:31:25.673-08:00Comments on Activist Teacher: Why we love to hate conspiracy theories: 911 Truth as threat to the intelligentsiaDenis Rancourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-25707590838038000972011-03-14T15:58:59.120-07:002011-03-14T15:58:59.120-07:00How can any so called "Intelligentsia" n...How can any so called "Intelligentsia" not know enough grade school Newtonian Physics to figure out how absurd it is to think that airliners less than 200 tons could totally obliterate buildings 2000 times their mass?<br /><br />And in NINE YEARS don't demand to know the distributions of steel and concrete. Can skyscrapers be made to hold themselves up if the designers did not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-30898161818671926312010-10-17T05:00:27.314-07:002010-10-17T05:00:27.314-07:00This is an interesting blog.
I understand you hav...This is an interesting blog.<br /><br />I understand you have recently been on Jim Fetzer's programme to discuss these sorts of issues.<br /><br />I wondered if you would be interested in a free e-book I have written, which includes my experiences with Mr Fetzer (he invited me into the Scholars for 911 Truth Group and later onto the steering committee).<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/911ftb<brAndrew Johnsonhttp://www.checktheevidence.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-43389056076570089332010-09-21T09:04:10.038-07:002010-09-21T09:04:10.038-07:00"If you don't know that much of 911 Troof..."If you don't know that much of 911 Troof is based upon and driven by fascism, then you haven't done your homework"<br /><br />I've done plenty of homework and I've concluded that it is the War on Terror which is based upon and driven by fascism<br /><br />And I suspect my conception of fascism is better defined than yours<br /><br />And if and when I become aware of Trollfinder Generalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-65419106770998857912010-09-21T07:44:44.159-07:002010-09-21T07:44:44.159-07:00@the last name left
"Do you really think all...@the last name left<br /><br />"Do you really think all the rubble should have been left in situ and every piece looked at rigorously?"<br /><br />Thank you for agreeing that evidence at a crime scene (WTC) was destroyed. Destroying evidence at a crime scene is against the law. Thank you for agreeing that a proper investigation never took place. Thank you for agreeing that because a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-56181798055095572312010-09-21T07:23:55.373-07:002010-09-21T07:23:55.373-07:00This may come as a stunning surprise to Last Name ...This may come as a stunning surprise to Last Name Left but a fair few of what he sneeringly refers to as Troofers will freely acknowledge that, much of the time, we only have suspicions to point to. That's an inevitable consequence of evidence being withheld from the public domain<br /><br />I do not know, or pretend to know, what happened on 9/11, or 7/7 here in the UK, and I dislike the &#Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-83144424175181720332010-09-21T06:54:49.216-07:002010-09-21T06:54:49.216-07:00@tlnl
You are playing a dishonest game here.
Ch...@tlnl<br /><br />You are playing a dishonest game here. <br /><br />Cherry picking weaknesses in selected 'Troofer' claims is not the same thing as validating the official story.<br /><br />Nor does smearing this blog with a series of patronising, abusive comments<br /><br />Nor does mocking 'conspiracy theorists', whilst simultaneously pushing your own conspiracy theory. Not a Trollfinder Generalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-44260206706756192202010-09-19T10:43:56.629-07:002010-09-19T10:43:56.629-07:00Still - notice that you still fail to produce a si...Still - notice that you still fail to produce a single piece of positive evidence for a govt./inside job conspiracy? Not a single piece of physical or documentary evidence.....just these few little incidents and myths cobbled together on the back of suspicion.<br /><br />You have to do much better than this if you expect to be taken seriously. And that's the answer to this article's the_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-68256293191076164672010-09-19T10:43:37.299-07:002010-09-19T10:43:37.299-07:00Anon: So then why would Silverstein take the whol...Anon: So then why would Silverstein take the whole matter to court ......<br />---------<br /><br />Why indeed? You don't have anything on it - except suspicion.<br /><br />And why?<br /><br />Do you really think insurance companies are angels and/or property magnates are people happy to get screwed over or fail to maximise every opportunity?<br /><br />You feel justified in imagining the_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-7134466771672466222010-09-17T13:42:34.138-07:002010-09-17T13:42:34.138-07:00@the last name left
"Did Silverstein make &q...@the last name left<br /><br />"Did Silverstein make "a profit"?<br /><br />[What were the possibilities? A profit, a loss, or break even -- it has to be one of 3.]<br /><br />Seemingly Silverstein tried to obtain a lower insurance cover when he acquired the buildings - he wanted to do it cheaply. The insurers insisted on a higher level of cover - not Silverstein."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-21998552377420857272010-09-17T09:00:38.380-07:002010-09-17T09:00:38.380-07:00So why believe it if there is no evidence?
And wh...So why believe it if there is no evidence?<br /><br />And when cosidering intellectual and academic hostility towards 911 conspiracism why not recognise this fact of a complete lack of evidence?<br /><br />I mean, there's all this about 'the academy' and its jealous flaws but absolutely nothing suggesting the academy quite rightly recognises there's absolutely no positive evidencethe_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-57667098839741790072010-09-17T08:59:29.378-07:002010-09-17T08:59:29.378-07:00Well, what is there to criticise?
A lament that c...Well, what is there to criticise?<br /><br />A lament that conspiracism isn't taken seriously? And for very good reasons?<br /><br />Did Silverstein make "a profit"?<br /><br />[What were the possibilities? A profit, a loss, or break even -- it has to be one of 3.]<br /><br />Seemingly Silverstein tried to obtain a lower insurance cover when he acquired the buildings - he wanted the_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-10938030919361964152010-09-15T06:28:16.147-07:002010-09-15T06:28:16.147-07:00Great story
Look at how power crushed rose o'...Great story<br /><br />Look at how power crushed rose o'donnel, when she wanted to bring the film makers of lose change on the veiw.<br /><br />And you are right, if you want to eat, make sure you don't cross the line power establishes.Smoking Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428971517742699361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-48678748013394255632010-09-14T17:31:53.798-07:002010-09-14T17:31:53.798-07:00The last time I looked readership figures for both...The last time I looked readership figures for both the print and television news media were nose-diving, so 'last name left' is right about one thing, people are choosing to ignore nonsense<br /><br />Loved the line about organised fascism covertly infiltrating 9/11 'Troof' to subvert liberal (sic.) democracy and spread anti-semitism<br /><br />As well as being an half-arsed trollfinder generalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-67989215138630489302010-09-14T09:26:26.298-07:002010-09-14T09:26:26.298-07:00@the last name left
re: WRH article
Regardless o...@the last name left<br /><br />re: WRH article<br /><br />Regardless of Rivero's political persuasions and personal beliefs, the question still remains whether or not Silverstein profited from 9/11? Silverstein did profit from 9/11 and Rivero provides as his sources agencies not connected to him in any way (ex., Forbes).<br /><br />Why not criticize the article??? How would you react to the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-71845729831064463762010-09-14T01:05:42.337-07:002010-09-14T01:05:42.337-07:00Insert "on terror" after "war"...Insert <i>"on terror"</i> after <i>"war"</i> and this quote from Rudolf Steiner from 1917 is as relevant today as it was during <i> the Great War</i> and as unacknowledged. Just as the issues themselves are similarly ignored:<br /><br /><br /><i>"In an earlier age there existed a tyranny which forced people to believe only what was recognized by Rome. <b> A far greater talnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-32710805806229230292010-09-13T20:42:01.412-07:002010-09-13T20:42:01.412-07:00I thought you were going to make a slightly differ...I thought you were going to make a slightly different point - 9-11 Truth is a threat to academia mainly because of timing. <br /><br />Here's what I mean - I'm a "9-11 Truther," but I wasn't until 2005. Academics can't admit - usually even to themselves, that they were fooled that badly for years, and then that is was non-academics and other nobodies who broke most of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-80940770840570771352010-09-13T19:35:28.780-07:002010-09-13T19:35:28.780-07:00Conspiracy Theory as a Substitute for Social Criti...Conspiracy Theory as a Substitute for Social Critique - Peter Staudenmaier<br /><br />http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/10456the_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-59259065998079730292010-09-13T19:22:35.632-07:002010-09-13T19:22:35.632-07:00And this one at Dissident Voice:
http://dissidentv...And this one at Dissident Voice:<br />http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/09/why-we-love-to-hate-conspiracy-theories-911-truth-as-threat-to-the-intelligentsia/#comment-73483<br /><br />#<br /><br />Gary S. Corseri said on September 13th, 2010 at 10:12am #<br /><br />This is a brilliant analysis, multilayered and profound, about the way Power has corrupted and despoiled our modern lives and delivered Denis Rancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-28115069063716670382010-09-13T19:19:03.958-07:002010-09-13T19:19:03.958-07:00The article has now been re-posted on several othe...The article has now been re-posted on several others blogs and sites.<br /><br />Here a good comment:<br />http://911blogger.com/news/2010-09-13/why-we-love-hate-conspiracy-theories-911-truth-threat-intelligentsia#comment-237335<br /><br />Very important issues<br /><br />Thank you for writing this.<br /><br />This is an issue I have addressed many times, and I think it's crucial that we Denis Rancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-18687038878301369192010-09-13T19:11:05.176-07:002010-09-13T19:11:05.176-07:00Why do intelligent people deride conspiracism such...Why do intelligent people deride conspiracism such as 911 Troof?<br /><br />Because there's absolutely zero positive evidence to substantiate it. All you have are suspicions, 2+2=5, etc<br /><br />If you had good evidence such that people couldn't ignore it, you might have cause to complain about being ignored and derided. Until then....dream on.<br /><br />911 Troof also has a major the_last_name_lefthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276770064991215910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-51520935725861845062010-09-13T08:15:44.795-07:002010-09-13T08:15:44.795-07:00Feedback from my mail box:
From: Professor Anthon...Feedback from my mail box:<br /><br />From: Professor Anthony Hall <><br />Date: Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 8:33 PM<br />Subject: Re: link about 911...<br />To: Denis Rancourt <><br /><br />Hi Denis.<br /><br />Thanks for this link. It seems you have done more research since we ran into an impasse in discussing our views of what brought down the three WTC towers.<br /><br />Why not Denis Rancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743375141824505606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-19147765707607421102010-09-13T06:24:36.137-07:002010-09-13T06:24:36.137-07:00There's an excrutiating example of a self-appo...There's an excrutiating example of a self-appointed member of the left-wing intelligentsia spouting an unrelenting torrent of psychobabble about 9/11 conspiracy theorists here...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.presstv.ir/program/142189.html" rel="nofollow">11 Sept. 2010</a>Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-73074030536675619422010-09-13T06:05:35.358-07:002010-09-13T06:05:35.358-07:00@activist reader
"That leaves us with the so...@activist reader<br /><br />"That leaves us with the sole question: why would our own government do this? What would be the benefit?"<br /><br />You personally might only have one question but who is this 'us'?<br /><br />And I have seen images of two planes crashing into two buildings<br /><br />Three buildings collapsed<br /><br />And what exactly do you mean by 'our own trollfinder generalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-54831979642318598562010-09-13T00:09:26.820-07:002010-09-13T00:09:26.820-07:00slightly less obvious...
INSIDER TRADING APPARENT...slightly less obvious...<br /><br /><a href="http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/sept11/londontimes_insidertrading.html" rel="nofollow">INSIDER TRADING APPARENTLY BASED ON FOREKNOWLEDGE OF 9/11 ATTACKS</a><br /><br /><a href="http://911research.wtc7.net/cache/sept11/bloombberg_BAamong38.html" rel="nofollow">Bank of America among 38 stocks in SEC's attack probe</a><br /><br />and then there'Stefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01467757421113856218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418581095311857454.post-92213219264035322592010-09-12T14:53:49.586-07:002010-09-12T14:53:49.586-07:00Hi Denis,
I was just speaking about this the othe...Hi Denis,<br /><br />I was just speaking about this the other night--9/11 (which hit close to home, not speaking only literally), and how it certainly appeared, from the way the buildings collapsed, to be an implosion. And yet, we all saw the two airplanes crash into the buildings. That leaves us with the sole question: why would our own government do this? What would be the benefit? I am of the Activist Readernoreply@blogger.com