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Dance, Kucinich, Dance!

Axiom_Blade

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Translation: "Your concerns are...concerning. Please vote for me!"

By the way: WTF is a "student scholar for 9-11 truth"?
 
I didn't hear anything in there that I had a problem with. Nothing he said was inconsistent with the basic facts - 19 Islamic terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into buildings which later collapsed.

Anything else I've got to say belongs in the Politics forum.
 
I think he played that quite well, to be honest. I'd probably say the exact same thing in his spot, "All questions based in fact and science deserve answers". I agree.
 
boloboffin said:
I didn't hear anything in there that I had a problem with. Nothing he said was inconsistent with the basic facts - 19 Islamic terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into buildings which later collapsed.

Anything else I've got to say belongs in the Politics forum.
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I didn't have a problem with any of it, either. I just think it's funny watching him try to get the kook vote, while not actually endorsing any of their theories.
 
Axiom_Blade said:
I didn't have a problem with any of it, either. I just think it's funny watching him try to get the kook vote, while not actually endorsing any of their theories.
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It's nice to see that the people who have "woken up" still can't recognize a BS politcal non-answer.

He should have asked him what 2+2 is, as a basis for comparison.
 
Well, there is a psychological element to most conspiracy theorists (above the obvious serious mental health issues) that goes to political cyncism and disaffection. Younger, uneducated, and politically disaffected are three of the biggest contributors to conspiracism. The feeling of political impotenance seems to be a common theme.

Making the left feel politically empowered will remove the vast majority of the psychological motivivation for conspiracy theories.

Kucinich may understand this, and may be trying to bring people who have abandoned politics for darker paths back into the realm of the rational with such an approach. While we may view it cynically, in the end, this type of hyper-rational yet politically empowering rhetoric is the only long-term solution to conspiracy theories.

Over time, this saps away the vast majority of the people and leaves them with just the people with actual mental disorders.
 
Anti-sophist said:
Making the left feel politically empowered will remove the vast majority of the psychological motivivation for conspiracy theories.
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Not at all. Most conspiracy people are confused white guys with right-wing leanings. Alex Jones calls himself "a real conservative." The boys over at StormFront are crazy about the inside job theory.

Real lefties are simply too smart to believe the Truther nonsense.

If 9/11 had happened under a Democratic President, the Truthers would be big stars. Their theory would be headline news every day. They'd be on Fox News every five minutes. The Right would give them unlimited, permanent, and eternal exposure on the media. Anything to smear a Democrat.
 
I just can't force myself to get the least bit angry at a guy who's nice, polite, well-spoken, careful, intelligent and moderate and who will never poll higher than 3%. Dennis is the Charlie Brown of Democratic politics.
 
PerryLogan said:
Not at all. Most conspiracy people are confused white guys with right-wing leanings. Alex Jones calls himself "a real conservative." The boys over at StormFront are crazy about the inside job theory.

Real lefties are simply too smart to believe the Truther nonsense.

If 9/11 had happened under a Democratic President, the Truthers would be big stars. Their theory would be headline news every day. They'd be on Fox News every five minutes. The Right would give them unlimited, permanent, and eternal exposure on the media. Anything to smear a Democrat.
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Aw, Perry-
Take it to politics.
Sweeping generalizations and condemnations based onparty affiliation are always wrong, and the antithesis of critical thinking. I wish you da*n Democrats would quit it.
 
Loss Leader said:
I just can't force myself to get the least bit angry at a guy who's nice, polite, well-spoken, careful, intelligent and moderate and who will never poll higher than 3%.
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But just imagine if he spent some bread.

He's now Chairman of the Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform, by the way. The Truthers are no doubt hoping he's a dummy like them.
 
I simply can't vote a vegan into the White house. I'm sorry, I just can't.
 
PerryLogan said:
Vegaphobe!
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Well, Perry...

The root of the issue is that Kucinich may be out of his gourd. Let's vegetate on this a minute. Certainly, Kucinich has a good bean. He knows his onions. But if his views stem from veganism, they could mushroom into absurdities begging to be squashed. And that ain't gonna butter no parsnips when he's a' peeling for the green stuff during his campaign. Now I'm a meat-and-potatoes guy myself, but if Kucinich peppers his campaign with cornball rhetoric, I won't hold out a carrot for him any longer. Then he'd be in a pickle. And other Dems would refrain from even extending an olive branch out to him. Whaddya gonna do? Beets me.
 
ConspiRaider said:
Certainly, Kucinich has a good bean. He knows his onions. But if his views stem from veganism, they could mushroom into absurdities begging to be squashed....Whaddya gonna do? Beets me.
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Are you fried? Everyone is entitled to his own onion, but this is getting pretty corny.
 
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