Info request on debunking "9/11 was an inside job" baloney

[BuckyRea]

I'm not too well versed in conspiracy lore. I tend to avoid it like I would any other psychotic display I might run into in the streets. But now I have a couple of kids in my classes who like to talk about how 9/11 was an inside job and even, on casual dress Fridays, wear tee-shirts saying as much.

Does anyone here know of any teenager friendly, quick read websites out there in the intertubes debunking this malarkey?

I hope no one finds this request offensive. I just don't happen to be impressed, as a history teacher, with the plotting and planning skills of Messrs Bush, Cheney, or Rumsfeld--presumedly key parties in any such "inside job" attacking the WTC. For the record, I'm looking for resources online, not a full 9/11 debate, although some competing discussions may be enlightening to me. Nor am I adverse to looking at pro-conspiracy sites--but for crazy stuff the shorter, the better.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I`m pretty sure there is an American magazine called "Popular mehanics" that did a brilliant debunking of 9/11 conspiracy theories

 

[FriendlyFire]

Its called "dont attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence"

 

[Formaldehyde]

I agree that the Popular Mechanics article is an excellent starting point:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military/news/1227842

Here is a 4 minute youtube video that does an excellent job explaining the collapse of the WTC:


Link to video.

 

[emzie]

It blows my mind that the kids you're teaching were in kindergarten when 9/11 happened.

I'll toss in a glowing recommendation of Popular Mechanics.

 

[Azale]

Alternatively, you could offer this as a counterpoint.

 

[emzie]

Alternatively, you could offer this as a counterpoint.

ED has a better summary, but I think it might get a teacher fired.

 

[kulade]

This should put things in perspective for them:


Link to video.

 

[Masada]

The ATHEISTS did it with a white icebreaker!

 

[Karalysia]

What makes you think that they're wrong?

 

[Archbob]

There is the fact that Al-Queda like claimed they did it.

 

[Karalysia]

And so did a dozen other organizations.

 

[civver_764]

I used to think that it was a few years ago but popular mechanics convinced me otherwise.

 

[Miles Teg]

What makes you think that they're wrong?

Because every verifiable claim the truthers make has been proven to be complete garbage?

 

[civ_king]

Its called "dont attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence"

And we know Bush had plenty to go around (I'm not implying that it was Bush's fault since terrorist attacks take a while to plan and execute)

 

[Pwnzerfaust]

Take a look at this guy's YouTube channel. Roughly 50 videos debunking just about every claim made by 9/11 conspiracy nutters.

 

[Airstrike92]

This is the same thing as Holocaust Denial, but in a new form.

 

[civ_king]

This is the same thing as Holocaust Denial, but in a new form.

Except no Nazis or Jews involved


OT: When did you get Gender reassignment surgery?

 

[Airstrike92]

Except no Nazis or Jews involved


OT: When did you get Gender reassignment surgery?

Both are denying mass murder. 9/11 denial and holocaust denial


lol, I've been stealing people's signatures.

 

[SG-17]

OP, beat those children as hard as you can. You won't be able to convince (most of them) that it wasn't an inside job. Making them fear you is a better alternative for the most part.

I got suspended for 5 days in high school because some loudmouth was going on about how the attacks were an inside job and how the people who died deserved it as punishment from God, I knocked most of his teeth out as soon as I heard that. I think I broke his nose and fractured some of his ribs too. It felt so good.

Luckily no charges were pressed because there was visual and audio recording equipment in all hallways (where it happened) and it caught him yelling the aforementioned things.

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