Why 'Debunkers' Help The 911 Truth Movement

Two kinds of 9-11 truth deniers (debunkers) exist today:  Those who
deny our government has the expertise to carry out the 9-11 attack,
and those who deny our government is diabolical enough to do it.  Both
are sadly mistaken. If you present them with the many suspicious
anomalies of 9-11, they demand your proof. If you present them with
proof, they deny it with scarcely a glance. If you mention the
scientific laws that were broken on 9-11, they claim you are no
authority. If you quote an authority, they claim he is no expert in
that particular field. All truths passes through three stages, said
the philosopher Schopenauer. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is
violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Debunkers, those people who adamantly deny government involvement in
the 9-11 conspiracy, who adamantly deny such a conspiracy could even
occur, are stuck in the first and second stages.

 At first it may seem we are battling an insurgency here. The
debunkers are strong, well-organized and well-funded. They are smart.
They have strength and numbers; cunning and clever intelligence. They
use persuasive power and intimidation, propaganda and a network of
allies. Their strongest attribute is their sincere belief that to
"debunk" your every argument--no matter how sound--is the purest form
of patriotism. Indeed, Saul of Tarsus believed he was a pure,
patriotic warrior for God, persecuting the early Christian believers.
That is, until he reportedly got knocked off his horse and changed his
name to Paul and became a believer himself. The saddest part of our
struggle with this insurgency is that many of these debunkers appear
to be honest but misguided patriots. They range from diehard
conservatives, believers in the US government's version of 9-11
events, to the so-called, "Left Gatekeepers," the strident liberal
critics of an increasingly dictatorial state who nonetheless believe
every key component of the 9-11 attack as told to them by their
government. The exact same government they loudly criticize for lying
to them in every other facet.

Debunkers, not content in their core beliefs, slam those of us who
question any facet of 9-11. They deride us as conspiracy nuts and
loonies. Or worse, desecraters and traitors. We in the 9-11 Truth
Movement are battling a desperate insurgency. Desperation is the key
word; time is not on their side. They recognize the rising danger of a
well-informed American citizenry. From Leftists Alexander Cockburn and
Noam Chomsky to Neocon apologists and 9-11 debunkers Tucker Carlson,
Hannity & Colmes and Condi Rice, they have shouldered the government's
propaganda burden to suppress the rising tide of information and
clarion calls that clamor for a true investigation of 9-11 events.
Recently a new columnist at Counterpunch.com attempted to debunk and
defuse the many 9-11 inconsistencies in a feature, In Defense of
Conspiracy: 9/11, in Theory and in Fact.  Diana Johnstone wrote, "Who
profits from the crime?"---but without really acknowledging any of
those rich and powerful people who profitted immensely. I emailed her
and she responded about a week later.

"Dear readers and critics, Thank you for your comments on my 9/11
piece...Please understand that I have been snowed under by responses
-- over 50,000 words, plus attachments and web site references, still
coming." Ouch. The surging tidal wave of the 9-11 truth movement had
engulfed another debunker.

But just why are debunkers good for the 9-11 truth movement? Because
they serve a great purpose. And as mentioned, many of them are true
patriots, good, conscientious citizens. They want what we want. Good
honest government.

Perhaps the greatest benefit of so-called debunkers is that they prod,
goad, ridicule and agitate. They challenge us--and who doesn't like a
good challenge?---to get our 9-11 facts straight. Prodding us to dig
deeper and sift the truth from the fiction. Goading us to devise more
convincing arguments. Ridiculing us for embracing whatever rumor we
may have heard as scientific fact. Agitating us to such a degree we
stubbornly redouble our efforts. I have one such agitator. His name is
Jan Burton. I had considered spamming Jan but what he writes refreshes
me, challenges me. And much of what he writes has a great deal of hard
truth based on facts. Jan is no troll, intent on simple provocation.
He dares me to call those involved. He prods me. He agitates and
exasperates me. If every one of us in the so-called Truth Movement did
as much prodding and goading of our local newspaper editor, US
Representative or local structural engineer, would we or would we not
eventually wear them down?

As Paul wore down his critics. I believe--and I may be wrong--that
behind most 9-11 deniers, most debunkers are good and decent people.
Should half of them ever became convinced 9-11 was an inside job, they
would become as forceful as Paul. A more powerful force for change
than most of us have been.

Footnote:  In my last column, "OKC & WTC: The Case For Controlled
Demolition,"  I noted the many suspicious fires that ignited in WTC-7
(but did not ignite in the other two buildings alongside WTC-7).  The
FEMA report at www.WTC7.net is an interesting read.  The report
emphasizes the fires on floors 11-13, the Security & Exchange offices.
Directly beneath the SEC were two floors of Secret Service offices
(also on fire). FEMA deduces: "It is likely that fires started as a
result of debris from the collapse of WTC 1."  Yet no fires were
reported below the seventh floor and NIST reported no debris had
struck the roof. To conclude that the fires may have been purposely
set--ARSON-- does not appear to dawn on these government detectives.
NIST also notes that one of the first fires reported occurred---where
else---at mayor Giuliani's command post on the 23rd floor, the OEM,
Office of Emergency  Management. I suspect certain operatives were
torching the building--as any GOOD detective or insurance investigator
would have concluded.
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