He didn't say it was off-limits, he said it was off-topic. It's called poisoning the well -- a logical fallacy, and Elliott does it all the time. Whatever Gilbride's views on an unrelated subject are, they have no bearing on the argument presented here. Just like Michael Griffith's former writings on the civil war have no bearing on his arguments about the acoustical evidence.
CTers want a double standard. Certainly, when Gerald Posner got into trouble with over plagiarism, no CTer argued that none of these articles he was accused of plagiarizing had anything to do with the JFK assassination, therefore, this talk about plagiarism should be “off topic”. Nor did any LNer argue this.
Question:
Can any one point out a post on this forum or any forum where someone made the claim that bringing up Posner’s plagiarism is “off-topic”?
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If a LNer ever stated somewhere else “I know that whatever the government tells me, I know this is true” that referring to this statement is “off-limits” or “off-topic”? Couldn’t a CTer point out that their views about the Warren Report are questionable because of this statement?
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Why should the views of LNers, not directly connected to the JFK assassination, be considered “off-limits” but the views of CTers are? And I should also point out, that Mr. Gilbride’s views about the U. S. Government’s involvement with, and covering up of, transactions with space aliens, is not a view of his that is unrelated to the JFK assassination. Because he believes that this was the reason, or a principle reason, for the government assassinating the President. So, it cannot be considered “off-topic”.