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I was hoping to hear some stories about how the skeptics became skeptics.
I’ll get the ball rolling…
I was not a ‘conspiracy person’ until 06, so 9/11 sailed right by for me without any real thought. I hadn’t heard a single thing about the controversy over 9/11. If I did, it went right past me…
Like anyone else, I knew about the corruption, we’re getting reamed, the media was mostly bs, etc, but that was it. I thought people who took it to the conspiracy side were a little loopy.
I remember watching the buildings come down that day and thinking ‘whoa, that looks like a planned demolition.’ Even the news was saying it as I channel surfed…
I didn’t even notice, though I saw it fall that day, that tower 7 disappeared from the news… I completely forgot about it.
I was behind the WOT, the Afghan war, and even (gulp) Iraq. This all happened in passing, while consumed with my own life. I was barely paying attention…
I saw the Patriot Act signed, thought nothing of it. Didn’t even know what it was about (except the WOT). I heard about the wiretapping thing, and wasn’t surprised they wanted to do it – though I thought they should have done it legally…
I didn’t follow the 9/11 investigation, or even know when it was.
I was basically an ignoramus when it came to 9/11. I bought the official story, hook, line, and sinker… :3oops:
In 2006, someone handed my wife a burnt copy of the first loose change (sigh, I know). All I knew was it was about 9/11. It sat on the table for at least 2 weeks. Finally, I had some time to kill, so I popped it in and gave it a look.
The first thing I noticed was the kids, so it immediately dropped a few notches as far as seriousness went. I watched it like I would watch a cartoon. When it was over, I felt defiant, maybe even threatened. Stupid kids. I went to my computer immediately to find proof of some of the things they said. I was finding it – and more.
I spent 6-8 months looking into it in my spare time. Some probably know where that leads… The banks… The whole enchilada… After 6-8 months. I stopped looking, and sat on it for about 2 weeks. Up until this point, I had spoken of this to nobody.
I started asking people things like ‘did you here anything about the suspicious trades, or the warnings to certain people not to fly commercially?’ Some people had heard stuff, but most hadn’t. I didn’t push it.
I know it’s kind of fromage, but it was an awful 2 weeks. I struggled whether I was crazy, I felt pissed and duped, I was scared to bring it up for fear of ridicule, I didn’t want to be ‘one of those people’, was I kidding myself into thinking it was true, was I kidding myself into thinking it wasn’t, and (quite honestly) I was scared. I’ve never been more unsure of myself than at that time.
Never having been to an online discussion forum, I signed up and started talking about it. I had no idea skeptics were so hated. The venom. At first I wondered if I was out in left field, but as I tried to dialogue with people, it seemed like most everyone had gone retarded. How DARE I question the official version of things.
That’s when I knew I wasn’t in Kansas anymore.
As an aside:
Three of us were outside for lunch where I worked. There were a few other people there. We were tossing around questions and possibilities about 9/11, just a normal discussion, nobody was foaming at the mouth or anything. Later that day we got hauled in and warned not to discuss 9/11 because we were an American company. (A company unrelated to anything to do with 9/11 or WOT, as far as I knew)
Now, I’ve heard some of the sickest shit I’ve ever heard at lunch. Not a peep about people getting completely disgusting in mixed company. (which is fine) I’ve even heard people discuss other conspiracy stuff…
But discuss 9/11, banned. I was so shocked that I was speechless. ME. I was very close with the people telling me to shut up. I didn’t object, or make a peep – not like me at all. I was just so stunned.
The 3 of us talked about it later. All 3 of us were convinced there was something to these 9/11 questions…
Peace
I’ll get the ball rolling…
I was not a ‘conspiracy person’ until 06, so 9/11 sailed right by for me without any real thought. I hadn’t heard a single thing about the controversy over 9/11. If I did, it went right past me…
Like anyone else, I knew about the corruption, we’re getting reamed, the media was mostly bs, etc, but that was it. I thought people who took it to the conspiracy side were a little loopy.
I remember watching the buildings come down that day and thinking ‘whoa, that looks like a planned demolition.’ Even the news was saying it as I channel surfed…
I didn’t even notice, though I saw it fall that day, that tower 7 disappeared from the news… I completely forgot about it.
I was behind the WOT, the Afghan war, and even (gulp) Iraq. This all happened in passing, while consumed with my own life. I was barely paying attention…
I saw the Patriot Act signed, thought nothing of it. Didn’t even know what it was about (except the WOT). I heard about the wiretapping thing, and wasn’t surprised they wanted to do it – though I thought they should have done it legally…
I didn’t follow the 9/11 investigation, or even know when it was.
I was basically an ignoramus when it came to 9/11. I bought the official story, hook, line, and sinker… :3oops:
In 2006, someone handed my wife a burnt copy of the first loose change (sigh, I know). All I knew was it was about 9/11. It sat on the table for at least 2 weeks. Finally, I had some time to kill, so I popped it in and gave it a look.
The first thing I noticed was the kids, so it immediately dropped a few notches as far as seriousness went. I watched it like I would watch a cartoon. When it was over, I felt defiant, maybe even threatened. Stupid kids. I went to my computer immediately to find proof of some of the things they said. I was finding it – and more.
I spent 6-8 months looking into it in my spare time. Some probably know where that leads… The banks… The whole enchilada… After 6-8 months. I stopped looking, and sat on it for about 2 weeks. Up until this point, I had spoken of this to nobody.
I started asking people things like ‘did you here anything about the suspicious trades, or the warnings to certain people not to fly commercially?’ Some people had heard stuff, but most hadn’t. I didn’t push it.
I know it’s kind of fromage, but it was an awful 2 weeks. I struggled whether I was crazy, I felt pissed and duped, I was scared to bring it up for fear of ridicule, I didn’t want to be ‘one of those people’, was I kidding myself into thinking it was true, was I kidding myself into thinking it wasn’t, and (quite honestly) I was scared. I’ve never been more unsure of myself than at that time.
Never having been to an online discussion forum, I signed up and started talking about it. I had no idea skeptics were so hated. The venom. At first I wondered if I was out in left field, but as I tried to dialogue with people, it seemed like most everyone had gone retarded. How DARE I question the official version of things.
That’s when I knew I wasn’t in Kansas anymore.
As an aside:
Three of us were outside for lunch where I worked. There were a few other people there. We were tossing around questions and possibilities about 9/11, just a normal discussion, nobody was foaming at the mouth or anything. Later that day we got hauled in and warned not to discuss 9/11 because we were an American company. (A company unrelated to anything to do with 9/11 or WOT, as far as I knew)
Now, I’ve heard some of the sickest shit I’ve ever heard at lunch. Not a peep about people getting completely disgusting in mixed company. (which is fine) I’ve even heard people discuss other conspiracy stuff…
But discuss 9/11, banned. I was so shocked that I was speechless. ME. I was very close with the people telling me to shut up. I didn’t object, or make a peep – not like me at all. I was just so stunned.
The 3 of us talked about it later. All 3 of us were convinced there was something to these 9/11 questions…
Peace