The Political Spectrum and 9/11 Truth
I thought this was a great write up by Shumonik over at Truthaction.org (YT aka Cosmos' site)--reproduced without permission because... yeah. Good stuff, wonder what people think!
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:14 am
Post subject: Political Bias and its relationship to 9-11 Truth
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I was thinking that although the left-right divide has been used to divide and conquer us as a nation and a world, there are real differences to the way that people perceive politics and the way it plays out in understanding 9-11.
all of these following statements are generalizations
the radical left understands the word imperialism in the form of neo-cons and israel and resource domination. They understand from their economic/social analysis these guys are not incompetent so you just have to hone in on facts and the power of 9-11 Truth to undo Empire
progressive/liberals also understand the word imperialism but are much more sensitive about the israeli issues involved and are focused on the massive hegemon of domination headed by the Bush regime. They are still stuck in the idea that these guys are incompetent and just messed up 9-11 and th Iraq War. Show them through the ideas of cui bono that everything is going according to plan for this regime and thaty 9-11 truth is the only thing that can end this war, stop the Iran War and shame this regime effectively. facts, faqcts, facts. if you can get them to grapple with questions about the anthraxing of democrats it can open them up to the overwhelming 9-11 evidence. show them repeatable MO's with wargames in the 7-7 london bombings.
The moderates can be the most easily persuaded with facts and logic. There very willing to dialogue if you dont go to quickly and are willing to be vulnerable about your own theories of what might f happened and the fact that you dont know everything. Remind them of what Bob Bowman says "The truth about 9-11 is that we dont know the truth about 9-11, and we should." Or what the "father of reagonomics" Paul Craig Roberts focuses on, the fact that millions of people exist in this country who believe the government is hiding something about 9-11. TRhat alone should be reason enough to clear up the matter for a well-reasoned moderate.
Right-Libertarians cn clearly understand the NWO/global police state talk. Treason talk is powerful with them. Show them tyhat even just a cover-up of any level involving 9-11 is aiding and abetting the enemy who attacked us, thus treasonous. They can deal with Israeli talk and understand that our murky relationship with some ill element inside Israel are not healthy for America.
Right-Religious can understand the demon talk. In fact, at some point they need to grapple with the fact that Bush is more clearly Satanic than Christian in order to really get the picture. Use the idea that Jesus was anti-empire and that Empire as an idea is anti-christian at its core. remind them that if, as the Bible says, the line between good and evil, exists within a man's heart, then it must exist within a country. Remind them that evil is drawn to reservoirs of power such as what exists in the USA and that it makes sense that the greatest power will attract the greatest evil that will attempt to corrupt it from deep within and the heights of its commanding power. Direct them to David Ray Griffin's book
"The Christian Faith and the Truth about 9-11" or something like that. It's very good. Just the fact that such a book exists is good grist for the Christian Right-leaners.
Work to hone your communication skills and along the way you'll probably hone your understanding skills as well and everybody wins.
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"We must speak the truth about terror. Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories... that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists, themselves, away from the guilty.â€â€”George W. Bush
Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11 by DRG
is a very good book, but I doubt it would go over well with the Christian righties. The people it is persuasive to are folks like my parents, who are progressive Christians. Religious righties don't want to hear anything about Jesus as an anti-imperialist and they aren't going to dig the theology (about the nature of sin, etc) either.
political spectrum
nice analysis and recommendations for approaching and advocating the subject. unfortunately, the other night over a few glasses of wine and pent up emotions on the subject with friends who refuse to do the research or even question the official story, i blew up and said "jews were involved" when i meant zionists! needless to say, they probably will not be speaking to me for a while. so much for being convincing. in other words, don't make my mistake. I do think it is so unfair, however, that everyone is cool with blaming Muslims all the time - in movies, MSM, books, talk shows, etc. Even Muslims were convinced it was Muslims who were the perpetrators. If I, as a Christian, am ready to look within and blame fanatical Christian elements, for whom I feel such shame and anger, then Jewish people also must be willing to self-examine and look within at the fanatical zionists who have infected our government. We should not have to tip-toe around this very important issue. Hell, my nephew risked his life as a marine for these people. For oil, empire and for Israel! He thought he was fighting to find Bin Laden and for democracy...what a shame. I pray every day that the truth will somehow break forth.
It is a consolation to find others who are likeminded and courageous. in peace, kioski
indeed
I was at a dinner party at a good friend's place a while back and after dinner conversation led to my involvement in 9/11 tryuth taht some people there knew a tiny bit about but not much, so they asked if I could give them the 2 sentence version. Wow, that's fair, I thought, but I went ahead and said that the towers and building 7 were demolished with explosives and that Arab muslims were not responsible. Immediately a guy at the table gives that poo poo laugh and says "oh what then, the JEWS did it?" The attitude pissed me off but I tried to stay civil and said well, some of the people probably WERE Jews, as a matter of fact. Just goes to show that there IS a double standard whereby it's accepted that muslims are prone to violence and extremism but Jews are simply not. How convenient for criminals who happen to be Jewsih huh? Now when arabs or muslims behave this way, and say that they simply could NOT be responsible for all the terrorism ascribed to them, people laugh and say oh those poor blind people trying to defend their own kind. When Jewish people do the same thing most people would probably be on their side and say "yes, what shameful accustaions are levelled at your people!" Could this be because of all the hype given to historical crimes against Jewish people as opposed to the no less significant historical crimes commited against arabs and muslims? I think maybe!