Why is it a conspiracy to ask questions pertaining to our Government and 9.11?

Question

It seems to me, and many other level headed, educated people, that there are a lot of questions regarding 9.11. Why, when you ask them, are you a conspiracy theorist? Are we so foolish to believe that people in government are honest and direct with their information? Why aren't more people asking more questions?

I can not believe someone would say asking a question is foolish and insulting.

It is important to remain open minded and thoughtful when considering things of such importance. Believeing something because someone says it is so to me is foolish and insulting. Trusting an instutution know to be full of "liars" (politicians) is foolish and insulting.
Wanting honest and truthful answers to questions deemed neccessary is neither foolish nor insulting.

And when I use the word conspiricy, i define it as an act of working in secret to obtain some goal, typically understood with negative connotations.

Answer 1

Many people get their news information from television which is used as the greatest propaganda tool ever invented. People are trained from little on to believe everything they are told on television is the truth.

Then the Internet came along.

Now the governments of many countries are blocking information. For instance, Google, in order to bring their business into China, agreed to let the Chinese government control what is shown online to subscribers. It is the same everywhere and the United States is no exception.

But there are still people who aren't afraid to speak the truth or question. And people who are honest and have nothing to hide will not object to that... Unfortunately, the government, using the media, will do everything it can to discredit those people making them look like crackpots, idiots, rebels, or unpatriotic citizens.

If someone really wants to know the truth, they will search and find it. Most people find it easier to go with the flow and never question. But there will always be people like you, who ask, search, and learn the truth for themselves.

Answer 2

The problem I have with such conspiracies is that people think its fine to question the government, something I have no problem with either. Yet if a person questions the conspiracy because it doesn't make sense then that person is said to no longer be a free thinker. Of course you just a foolish to believe those who created the conspiracy are honest as well. What if those people who are creating the conspiracy are not honest, then what of the conspiracy?

Hold those who create the conspiracy to the same regard as you do the government. People lie, it isn't just people in the government who lie, but others can to.

Answer 3

Conspiracy theories happen because some people are unable to mentally digest certain events--they are "too shocking" to be accepted as merely accidents or the extreme actions of one (or a couple of) people. When this happens, our brain is wired to seek out a solution and/or explanation, no matter how illogical or far-fetched that might be.

Most conspiracy theorists do claim that they are considering the available evidence logically and rationally--and indded they might be--BUT most theorists also have an agenda they are pursuing and/or a strong desire to be "correct"...or at least taken seriously. This causes them to arrive at the incorrect conclusions based on the evidence. Usually, though, they will examine the evidence (including adding facts that aren't there or excluding known facts) to support the conclusions they have already reached.

Conspiracy theories have the emotional content and force of religious faith--you cannot logically convince a true believer that Oswald acted alone and that no one dynamited the New Orleans levees.

Answer 4

It's NOT a conspiracy - not yet anyway. What we have are folks that think EVERYTHING is a conspiracy and it just isn't so. I SAW the second plane hit the second WTC tower. There was no internal explosion and if there were it was probably caused by the fuel in the first plane. There will ALWAYS be questions about 9/11, because 3,000 people lost their lives, but the government doesn't have to share anything they deem as classified to us - the average citizen. You mention education - yes I have an advanced degree but common sense has to prevail here. What's the point about asking a lot of questions (that have been asked before) no one has the answer to (or if they did, they aren't sharing it) ? We need to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan now, in fact, we should have never went - but we did, and today is a good day to start bringing our troops home. Americans need to stand tall and say with a loud informed voice - NO MORE WAR!

Answer 5

911 was an inside job. Only three buildings in the history of the world have collapsed do to fire, all three collapsed on 9/11. The buildings fell at free fall speed, which is impossible in a pancake collapse which is suggested by the 9/11 commission report. Investigate 9/11, don't let fox news speak for you!

Answer 6

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Answer 7

it is really just an obfuscation tactic.
just attack the questioner by using a lazy stereotype.

like all tactics there are many who sadly fall for it and parrot it (since they may be ungifted when it comes to original thought).

BTW azred_tx what did you pick up ALL that pseudo-psychobabble? The bbc "conspiracy files" perhaps?-the one that described Popular Mechanics" as " no nonsense" when it is total nonsense

Any objective examination of 9/11Truth can deduce that the vast majority doubt the official version for ENTIRELY RATIONAL reasons ! (those who aren't-- like the no planes theorists-- are probably planted )

Answer 8

Because people are ignorant and will believe whoever yells the loudest.

Asking questions is not wrong, it is a fundamental part of American Democracy. We're supposed to be able to question the leadership, we should be allowed the information to know if we're being lied to or not. I dont care what we find out eventually, but the questions need to be asked.

If the gov't stops hiding tapes, refusing the testify, etc, then it will be fine to most of us who question that day. We're not looking for what the US gov't did wrong, or trying to lay the blame on the gov't, we're just trying to get the complete story.

A secretive gov't (like the one Cheney has been trying to create for years) cannot be held accountable by the people. That is all that most of us have a problem with, the hypocrisy of spying while denying info to people, the hypocrisy of promoting democracy while taking away the ability of the American people to influence their own gov't, and just the inherent hypocrisy created by any heavily secretive gov't.

By the way, dont forget that all these policies will stay in effect when your boys are out of office. Do you really want a Dem president who isnt able to be held accountable? I know I dont.

Answer 9

It's not a conspiracy, it's actually lunacy to suggest that 9/11 didn't happen as it has been well-documented and proven to have happened.

I have seen a lot of the lunacy-theorists spew "truths" that are directly contradicted by unimpeachable facts, testimony and evidence. People who eschew the truth are lunatics, IMO.

Answer 10

It would be called a conspiracy as it fits the basic definition:

con·spir·a·cy –noun, plural -cies.
1. the act of conspiring.
2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
3. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
4. Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.