It's Not Often We Agree With 9-11 Deniers

But there was an interesting segment in a recent roundtable (MP3 file) on the 9-11 "Truth" Movement in the UK that had me nodding my head in stunned agreement.

The moderator's last question to the roundtable was for people to mention their favorite movies, books, websites, etc., for 9-11 information. There are the predictable suggestions of Press For Truth and Loose Change and 9-11 Blogger. But one of the panelists (at about 68:20) says:

I would suggest the debunking sites. Go to 9-11 Myths (crosstalk), go to Screw Loose Change.

Now of course, we have come up many times on Truther podcasts and broadcasts, but usually the context is less than complimentary. Not this time:

Look at all those sites; there's no point on campaigning on them. If they can be debunked, why would you campaign on them?... The point is that too many people do campaign on the points that are debunked. People hear this information from the campaigners, and then go to 9-11 Myths and go, "Oh, well that's all a load of nonsense." Really, really educate yourselves. Don't go campaigning until you've done six months of research on what is cast-iron solid evidence.

Oh, Lord, if only we could get people to agree to stop talking about the silly stuff like "faster than freefall" or "squibs" or "fire can't melt steel"! I'm not quite sure what he means by cast-iron solid evidence; at one point the panel spends a hilarious couple minutes talking about the put options and how they were never cashed in, which betrays an economic illiteracy that is perhaps not surprising from a panel which is skewed far left with lots of talk about the importance of economic justice (i.e., socialism). Put options in the money are automatically cashed in at maturity. Ask a broker and then stop talking about the put options not being exercised, mmmmkay?