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June 8, 2011

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5 Responses to “June 8, 2011”

1. # Mike.Bon 08 Jun 2011 at 9:01 am

   Have you interviewed David Ray Griffin about 911?

2. # Michael Son 08 Jun 2011 at 9:11 am

   This was one of the best interviews I have heard, very eloquent and thought provoking.

3. # Ishstradamuson 08 Jun 2011 at 9:28 am

   Jonathan Kay holds degrees in metallurgic engineering (McGill University 1994) and law (Yale 1997). I’m curious, on what grounds is he considered an authoritative voice on the psychological processes of “conspiracy theorists”?

4. # SFon 08 Jun 2011 at 9:44 am

   For what it is worth I am female, you would call me a truther/conspiracy theorists. I do not have any psychopathological compulsions and have an active personal life that does not involve obsessing over youtube videos.

   In my opinion the there is a lot of good evidence to support SOME conspiracy theories and they should not all be swept under the rug in one fell swoop. To be fair you should interview Richard Gage of architects and engineers for 9/11 truth. Of all the truthers out there, he and the 1300 other architects and engineers have some of the best physical evidence that would suggest the official story is not accurate.

5. # Larry`on 08 Jun 2011 at 10:05 am

   Thanks, Sonali, for this interview.

   I think if we are trying to find the truth (or whatever degree of truth there may be) about any issue/subject, we need to approach each one with neither ‘contempt prior to investigation’, or blind acceptance of whatever explanation is being proposed. It’s easy to either jump to whatever conclusions fit our political and emotional/spiritual beliefs, or dismiss whatever doesn’t fit our previous narrative. For myself I need to know whatever bias I bring, what I’m already inclined to believe; acknowledge that, and take that into account when assessing whether something is true, or have some degree of truth. I need to know whatever my own emotional ‘filter’ (prejudices) is that I bring to the information, and the hard part; be willing to accept whatever may go against my previous beliefs/feelings that give me a sense of security. The ‘truth’ may or may not confirm what I’m inclined to believe. We all have beliefs (right, left, or in between) that make sense of the world and give us a sense of security, and have an emotional need to hold on to those beliefs, to not have to feel what we all don’t like; the feelings of fear/anger and insecurity we all have to one degree or another. Whatever is true is independent of all that and may or may not fit our feelings/beliefs. I’m inclined to feel that the narrative/explanation/world view of the left/progressives is more truthful/moral and listen to Pacifica and not Fox, but need to be open to facts/truth that may be outside of my political inclinations, at least to understand what others I don’t relate to feel/believe, and try to see where we can find common ground. We all take refuge in the people/beliefs that reinforce what makes us feel secure.

   I have been inclined to feel there must be something to what the 9/11 theorists were saying, at least believing that we need to reexamine the original conclusions. The talks/videos seem compelling, but I recently saw a response to the theories by a man who has been in the field of controlled demolition for many years answering all the points being made, especially about building 7. His credibility and knowledge seemed valid and caused me to have to question at least what I was inclined to believe. If my whole life revolved around dedication to those beliefs that would be devastating.

   If we are really looking for what’s true we have to be willing to abandon our most cherished beliefs if the evidence and sense of truth about something proves those most cherished beliefs untrue.

   Sorry for this long post. It’s something I feel we all need to look at, especially if we feel, like I do, that whatever our political/social view (in my/our case is; the ‘progressive’ view), is more true/enlightened/compassionate and is a better solution to what’s wrong in the world.

   I would encourage Pacifica listeners to be open to a deeper awareness of our own emotional fears/anger/beliefs from our past (childhood pain mostly) we bring to the table and the need for awareness/healing around that. It’s not all about politics. If our own personal, unprocessed pain is running us we would still make a mess of even the most ‘enlightened’ political system and perpetuate more misery, I’m sure not as bad as the misery the right would create if they completely ran things.