Dear 9/11 Truth Movement,
I would like to start out by commending you for standing up so harshly for what you believe in, despite the amount of political opposition against you. That takes balls, and I can respect that. I also feel that your argument even has some merit to it. I don’t trust the government in any way, shape, or form, and there is not a thing that I wouldn’t put past them. Am I sold on the argument that the government blew up the twin towers? No. Do I think it’s possible that they had a hand in it? Sure.
I am not an expert on explosions or demolition, and odds are you aren’t either. I don’t care how many experts you have lined up to support your cause, because there’s just as many experts on the other side. You are not going to win me over, it is not worth my time or effort. I’m not interested in hearing about melting points of steel or temperatures of kerosene. I’ll agree, it’s very suspect. A lot of things about it don’t make sense about it on the surface. I’ve heard all the arguments before, and don’t really need to hear about how “impossible the whole thing is” again. I work with computers, I see things that shouldn’t happen, don’t make sense, are irrational, etc. on a daily basis. This is nothing new to me.
I do however, support you and your right to continue to investigate and find out the truth, if that is what you are really interested in.
I have supported many theories in the past. I’m a firm believer that we are not alone in the universe. I believe that genetic engineering has all sorts of interesting (and potentially comic book-like) things in store for us. I can even find some logic in some parts of scientology’s dianetics (although that’s another thing that I will not completely research. There are much better things to do with my time).
But I have some big problems with the 9/11 Truth movement. Here they are:
I remain completely and entirely unconvinced that you are after truth.
I look at many of you and see people that are just as bad as those on the other side.
There are three different kinds of passionate people on this issue.
To get this out of the way, there are the conspiracy Muslims, who feel that the Jews hijacked the planes on 9/11 to frame and destroy them.
On another hand, you have your patriotic American who is convinced that Muslims are his sworn enemy. He is completely behind the US military action and believes that everything happened the way the MSM (mainstream media) has reported it. He doesn’t see any merit in the 9/11 truth argument, and all of his arguments are completely one-sided, without any kind of respect for the other side, and if it was proven that his government was involved, he still wouldn’t believe it.
Then you have the people that claim to seek the truth. However much like their mainstream counterparts, they take a completely one-sided look at things. They don’t believe anything the MSM says could ever be true and sees no merit in the argument that things happened the way that was reported. All of his arguments are completely one sided, without any kind of respect for the other side, and if it was proven that this was the work of terrorists and the government was not involved, they still wouldn’t believe it.
Never have I encountered a group of people who have claimed to be about truth and been so one sided at one time. You say you pursue truth, yet you advocate only one theory. That is was makes you lose credibility and makes nobody want to listen to you. To the rest of us, you become no different than the hacks on Fox news, rambling on about the same tired shit that you’ve been rambling on about for years now that most people have been uninterested in.
Saying the same things over and over again isn’t going to drill the idea into our heads, just use the example I gave above. Watch Hannity and Combs for a week straight and see if you’re over on their side about anything. Odds are you will just become more pissed off and anything you might have seen eye to eye on them with you will now completely appaul. Welcome to the world of the rest of us.
I have concluded that you are more after proving that the government was involved than anything else. I can see why you call yourselves a truth group, it makes you seem less crazy. But it’s not true. You are not a truth group, you are an anti-government group. Please stop bullshitting us.
If I am uninterested, please leave me alone
Even the people who protest the abortion clinics just yell and move on. You guys just keep trying to chat me up as though you are only inches away from converting me, which I haven’t given you the impression that I am nor was I interested in talking to you to begin with. Yet you continue to walk up to me, handing me business cards for Alex Jones or a flier discussing the “Fall of Babylon”.
The conversation is tired enough, but everyone in viewing distance flocks away, leaving me and you pretty much alone, me victim to what you have to say. Why do they flock? There’s all sorts of people handing things out, so how to they know that you are the one handing out 9/11 propaganda.
Gee. Let’s think. Maybe you’re not all that hard to spot in ANY crowd.
That picture was taken last tuesday, April 15th 2008 at the Freedom/ Anti-Tax rally in Washinton DC. I know, I took the picture. Dress like a normal human being (or even normal for the event) and maybe I’ll be more inclined to talk to you. See the other 2 highlighted people? Ernie Hancock is a well respected radio personality. As such, he dresses like a well-respected guy.The dude in the back is demonstrating what a patriot he is, and obviously there to support the Freedom movement and the Ron Paul movement.
Your argument would have more merit if you didn’t think you were in bladerunner, or some other tangent alternative universe where you are the ones saving the day.
Stick to your own damn movement and leave mine alone
Everyone that is anti-government should not band together. We all have different goals, different aims, and different messages that are very different from everybody elses. Just because we share one similarity does not mean we want to listen to everyone else’s problems. We all have our own brand of crazy, and what doesn’t seem crazy to us is batshit crazy to everyone else.
If we had everyone speak at these rallies and protests that was anti government, here’s a small list of who might show up to speak
- The Ron Paul people
- The 9/11 Truth people
- The mormon/pro-polygamy sects
- Scientologists
- White Pride Worldwide
- The Black Panthers
- The Grey Panthers
- Communists
- Anarchists
- Militia Movements
- The NRA
- Anti-Abortionists
- Pro-Abortionists
- The Libertarians
- The ACLU
- PETA
- Rage against the Machine
- Even Anonymous might show up
Is the point I make here pretty clear? There are a lot of organization that feel the same way on some of these issues, but they shouldn’t mix.
For example, the 9/11 Truthers Support Ron Paul. The Ron Paul people support Ron Paul. The white supremecists support Ron Paul. Yet when the 9/11 Truthers come to Ron Paul rallies, they don’t do it to talk about Ron Paul, they do it to talk about 9/11. Yet I’m sure you would be just as pissed as the rest of us if White Pride World Wide showed up at a RP Rally talking about the strength of the white man. Seriously, go check it out. Go to their forum and search for Ron Paul, see what comes up. Even better, they support the 9/11 conspiracies as well.
Here’s a poll taken from their site, click it to go to the page.
The only thing that truely upset me about the Freedom Rally on the west lawn of the capital on April 15, 2008 was that towards the end there was a pretty lengthy speech from a man talking about 9/11. This pissed me off for a number of reasons.
This is NOT why we were protesting. This is not why we came here, and this is not what we want to hear. Stay on topic at least to a point or say something that will help us.
I don’t want to be seen on youtube.com in a video watching you spew this stuff. Sorry, but I got up and walked over to a “We the People” booth after a few minutes, I’m just sick of hearing it all.
The timing of the speech couldn’t be any worse. We were out there since 11am, yet it was around 5 that the person started talking. Right when people are getting out of work, kids are getting out of school, etc. And what do they all see? A bunch of Ron Paul signs and a guy talking about the mysterious explosion of Building7. That is not the kind of press we need.
Worse yet, giving this speech was pointless. It has literally 0 chance of doing any good. Everyone involved with the Freedom Movement has already heard all the arguments on 9/11 at some point, just from hanging around. So you’re not introducing any new points to us or getting any new converts out of us. Instead, you’re preaching to the world at large. The people walking by aren’t going to stop and listen to you, they’re going to think you’re nuts and keep going. Meanwhile, I’m seen publicly at such an event, listening to all of this.
If I want to be part of your movement, I will join your rallies, come to your protests and hear your speeches. I am proud to join the freedom movement, and if I cared to join the truth movement, I would be proud of that too, as I’m sure you all are. But I’m not.
Don’t damage the Freedom Movement or Ron Paul any more by doing this. You do a substantial amount of harm and very little (if any) good. Stick to your own flock and I’ll do the same.
I very much hope you would take this into consideration in the future. I wish you all the best of luck and hope that if you are after truth, you discover it. No matter what it ends up being.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely, On behalf of the Freedom Movement,
John Carlos Cruz
