No!
I want to go on holiday there in the near future, and it's a real mission getting mindless drivel out of clothes.
What to do about the truth movement?
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No!
I want to go on holiday there in the near future, and it's a real mission getting mindless drivel out of clothes.
DGM
Skeptic not Atheist
We could sponsor a rally for them (get them all to go) in western Pakistan. That should take care of them.
timhau
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Why do you hate Zanzibarians so?
Confuseling
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How about Crete?
That would presumably make them Cretins. Or Cretians, in which case whenever they leave they become ex-Cretians.
[my apologies to any Cretans out there; I mean you no harm, but I could not resist.
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GreNME
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I voted that it doesn't matter either way.
Even if, tomorrow morning, somehow incontrovertible evidence popped up displaying every truther group to be a fraud, there are a certain subset of individuals for whom the necessity to gravitate toward paranoid outlooks takes precedence. With the increase in communication over the internet and the unrest in the US and other nations since 9/11, these paranoid messages have become more convincing for more people. You're not going to change that.
On the other hand, I fully support pointing out the errors in wild and unrealistic claims made, not only by truthers or UFOlogists or the like, but by politicians or businesspeople or by those who are more personally known to you. It doesn't always have to be an argument, either, though sometimes it may come to that. I feel that we all need to be challenged more often on our preconcieved notions, even if we don't believe we have preconcieved notions. It keeps us intellectually fit.
Even if, tomorrow morning, somehow incontrovertible evidence popped up displaying every truther group to be a fraud, there are a certain subset of individuals for whom the necessity to gravitate toward paranoid outlooks takes precedence. With the increase in communication over the internet and the unrest in the US and other nations since 9/11, these paranoid messages have become more convincing for more people. You're not going to change that.
On the other hand, I fully support pointing out the errors in wild and unrealistic claims made, not only by truthers or UFOlogists or the like, but by politicians or businesspeople or by those who are more personally known to you. It doesn't always have to be an argument, either, though sometimes it may come to that. I feel that we all need to be challenged more often on our preconcieved notions, even if we don't believe we have preconcieved notions. It keeps us intellectually fit.
Clippy
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Shipping all members of a certain group to an island? What a novel idea. Oh wait, someone else thought of that a while back...
EeneyMinnieMoe
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I normally have a reasonable to middling tolerance level for idiots and their stupid BS, and I think of myself as a generally easy-going person, but I think not an inch should ever be given to truthers.
Most conspiracy theories are stupid and silly but not offensive. They are offensive, their methods are offensive and the potential consequences of their actions are much more harmful than, say, the potential consequences of the moon landing conspiracy theorists.
They need to be confronted at every turn they take.
Most conspiracy theories are stupid and silly but not offensive. They are offensive, their methods are offensive and the potential consequences of their actions are much more harmful than, say, the potential consequences of the moon landing conspiracy theorists.
They need to be confronted at every turn they take.
aggle-rithm
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Q: What's the difference between the truth movement and a bowel movement?
A: One is odiferous and often frustrating, the other is usually confined to the restroom.
A: One is odiferous and often frustrating, the other is usually confined to the restroom.