For those who aren’t familiar with the term, it means believing something that probably shouldn’t be believed, or being influenced to believe something that’s not necessarily in your best interests.

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    3 days ago

    Hard pass. I can already tell what you are up to. Acting like an asshole isn’t the move you think it is.

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      3 days ago

      lol, calling me an asshole when you were the one who started acting all high and mighty, talking about how a normal person wouldn’t understand your special research.

      I won’t deny that my last reply was a bit assholish, but that was just a reply to you rudely implying that normal people wasn’t worth debating.

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        3 days ago

        I said you were acting like one. At any rate, I know when someone is trying to troll. This is a very touchy topic for a lot of people. I apologize if I offended you.

        Having spent a great deal of time studying this decades ago I really don’t want to talk about it unless you are someone who has an insight. I have had thousands of conversations online and in person about this topic and frankly I am over it.

        Ultimately, regardless of how much you do or don’t believe the government it sidesteps the real issue. And that issue is 9/11 was used to take away our rights and start multiple needless wars of aggression.

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          3 days ago

          Alright, it is absolutely fair to just be over a topic that has been talked to death and doesn’t mean anything anymore.

          I fully agree that the response to 9/11 was insane in terms of the US loosing freedoms, and I wonder how the country would be if that didn’t happen…