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The JFK Assassination - Discussion & Debate / Re: DiEugenio Promotes Prayer Man Scam To Congress
« Last post by Lance Payette on Today at 03:42:07 PM »Rod Stewart had a hit song titled "Reason to Believe". CTs should have an anthem titled Reason to Disbelieve. They seem to have no interest in figuring out who was responsible of the JFKA . Their whole focus seems to be on coming up with reasons not to believe the WCR. That's why we have so many inanities like Prayer Man, One Glove Cop, Huge Gates, etc. They search High and low for things for which there is no apparent explanation and to them, that is reason enough to dismiss the WC finding that Oswald fired the shots that killed JFK and that there was no credible evidence he had even a single accomplice. It's like they're panning for gold and they get really excited when they find one shiny little yellow flake, not realizing it is fool's gold.
What I never quite "get" is that there seems to be some unwritten rule whereby, no matter how wacky someone and his arguments may be, one must attempt to logically counter those arguments for the 494th time when the appropriate response is "That's absolute nonsense. If you believe that, there is something wrong with your cognitive faculties. You are NOT THINKING CLEARLY AND RATIONALLY." Yes, that does kind of shortcircuit the discussions, but many of them should be shortcircuited. Instead, the absolute worst nonsense, such as Royell's and even MTG's stuff, is humored to the tune of hundreds of responses. I guess that's the "game," and both sides must enjoy it or they wouldn't perpetuate it, but it's truly weird. "Let's go down to the institution and try to convince Fred he's not really Napoleon for the 494th time because ... well, because we have nothing better to do, I guess?" A grasp of the basics of epistemology, logic and logical fallacies, and the psychological literature regarding the conspiracy-prone mindset would make 97% of what CTers say on forums such as this simply go poof. The absurdity is that, just like Napoleonic Fred, they insist YOU are the one who can't think clearly and see the deep truths they see - even though this too is symptomatic of the conspiracy-prone mindset. I think I've now actually said all this 494 times! What the hell is the matter with ME???

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