Smytty

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[–] Smytty 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll take "Unsurprising But Disappointing Headlines" for $2k...

[–] Smytty 4 points 1 year ago

Feel free to believe the government, I guess and follow blindly into war.

I think it's smart to ask questions. Especially when the WMDs in Iraq were 100% incorrect.

Again, I don't believe most 9/11 conspiracies. But I do think it makes sense to ask questions when things don't align.

[–] Smytty 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Buddy. Calm down. I'm not making any argument here. I'm just saying given what the huge response was to 9/11 and how it seemed to largely miss the mark of who was involved - asking questions is a reasonable thing.

[–] Smytty 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Correct. And neither Afghanistan nor Iraq had anything to do with 9/11. It has been proven over and over that it was the Saudis, but we don't want to attack them.

9/11 was used as an excuse to attack Afghanistan for their Taliban and strict religious beliefs. Then 9/11 was used as an excuse to invade Iraq for the WMDs. Both were not involved at all with 9/11.

People and corporations made billions of dollars off these wars, and it's reasonable to ask why they were started in the first place.

[–] Smytty 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Not every conspiracy.

But ones that lead to starting baseless wars for oil and money are certainly worth asking questions about.

[–] Smytty 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Because the government is notorious for their transparency?

[–] Smytty 2 points 1 year ago

Okay. Not "force" but just encourage.

My impression is that there's tons of lurkers here who aren't contributing.

You can make a post without it being a shit post.

Go to your local community board and mention a great pizza joint. Or a hike. Or share a pic of an animal you've seen.

[–] Smytty -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's just a question of content quantity.

We should have a Lemmy Drive Day. Where every user is encouraged to make five posts and twenty-five comments.

It would be a kickstart.

[–] Smytty 25 points 1 year ago (19 children)

There's a big difference between "9/11 was a conspiracy" and "9/11 was fake."

I think lots of folks agree that we didn't get the entire story behind what happened that day.

I think no one who was alive that day believes it was "fake."

[–] Smytty 65 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Oh gosh this is absolutely terrible.

Where?

[–] Smytty 2 points 1 year ago

Welcome. Let's populate.

[–] Smytty 18 points 1 year ago

The gear is absolutely more expensive, from the pack to tent/hammock to stove to everything else.

It's a never ending game of compromise and expense.

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