An excerpt from Matt Taibbi's book

[Par]

Indeed. It seems that TruthByDecree is trying to make the following argument, or something very like it:

• If something is fringe, then it will be or should be completely ignored.
• 9/11 conspiracy theories are not completely ignored.
• Therefore, they are not fringe, but rather mainstream.
• Therefore, they are legitimate.

It is an obvious non sequitur, however. (Holocaust denial, for example, is undoubtedly fringe pseudohistory. But it is not completely ignored*; nor necessarily should it be. This doesn’t mean, however, that Holocaust denial is somehow mainstream or legitimate.)

* Of course, it is ignored – and probably rightly so – by the vast majority of mainstream academia, just as are 9/11 conspiracy theories.

And please give the holocaust a rest already... What I would like to know if it’s so fringe then who is sending him the massive amounts of email he claims? And did you check out the comments under his articles on 9/11? I guess that’s all one guy too?

People who oppose Holocaust deniers also receive plenty of comments and email from lunatics.

 

[Par]

What’s that your lame attempt at pretending to be Taibee? Is he your new hero?

So, you’re essentially saying that I’m “gay for Taibee”. Well, all right. (Incidentally, I thought that you’d been banned.)

 

[abenja1]

Taibbi runs circles around any truther who claims to be a journalist.

 

[albion]

In case anyone missed it, Matt was on the Daily Show a couple of days ago:

 

[LashL]

In case anyone missed it, Matt was on the Daily Show a couple of days ago:

"Before or after the movie night?"

 

[Orphia Nay]

"Before or after the movie night?"

Classic!

Thanks for the clip, albion.