Methinks you missed the point...
To be fair I think the thread has strayed a bit, and that what Greening said is in line with what we're discussing.
To me the flaws of the truth movement are primarily a reflection of the greater society, rather than a nutty fringe being incapable of coherent thought.
There are many otherwise reasonable people in the truth movement. I know very intelligent people who have been taken in by films like Zeitgeist etc. I should mention that when I say "otherwise reasonable" I am not implying that it is unreasonable to consider a 9/11 conspiracy, but rather the chronic inability or unwillingness to do either of the following:
A. Admit fault when part or all of their theory is shown to be false.
B. Consider their sources of information
and actively try to improve the quality of them.
In my opinion, these aren't "truther" symptoms, they're "people symptoms". You'll find these intellectual/emotional characteristics and much, much worse in every day life, and especially within other sub-cultures. People don't read. People have difficulty sitting still and
thinking for more than a few seconds at a time.
If truthers are interested in a banking conspiracy they should study history and economics.
If truthers are interested in collapse dynamics they should study structural engineering and physics.
But, as has been pointed out, it looks like most of them aren't even willing to read the books which establish and defend their belief-set in the first place.
I feel like the "Truth Movement" itself could potentially be a very respectable thing, partly a reaction to the political corruption of recent years in general. Instead we have a group of underachieving, sometimes very narcissistic people screaming at the top of their lungs before they've really learned their ass from their elbow. The result is bad for
everyone.
Yes there are exceptions to this admittedly generalized description.
No, I do not blame ANYONE for considering a LIHOP or MIHOP 9/11 conspiracy theory.
I was a "truther" for a few months and it inspired me to learn, not to pretend I knew. The entire experience beautifully demonstrated my own susceptibility to flimsy or outright false items presented as rock solid evidence, quotes taken far from their context, ability to assume my interpretations of the situation were correct and that all I needed to do was to "fill in the blanks" and the facts would surely prove my case etc.
