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8/4/2019 Top 10 Photographs 9-11 Conspiracy Nuts Hate http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/top-10-photographs-9-11-conspiracy-nuts-hate 1/9 Top 10 Photographs 9-11 Conspiracy Nuts Hate Don't really want to go through the whole 9/11 nonsense here, but inspired by my general annoyance at the topic, I thought I'd present a little run down of the top ten photos conspiracy theorists don't want to deal with (click the photos to see larger versions). I don't claim that this page somehow proves the official story to be right, nor that it proves conspiracy theories wrong, but it gives some neat examples of why it's hard to take some of these people seriously. 1. Flight 77 wreckage (from the landing gear) at the Pentagon. Conspiracy theorists used to argue that no plane ever hit the Pentagon, claiming that there was no visible debris at the site. They seem to have retreated from this claim in the last couple of years.

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Top 10 Photographs 9-11 Conspiracy Nuts Hate

Don't really want to go through the whole 9/11 nonsense here, but inspired by mygeneral annoyance at the topic, I thought I'd present a little run down of the top tenphotos conspiracy theorists don't want to deal with (click the photos to see larger

versions). I don't claim that this page somehow proves the official story to be right, northat it proves conspiracy theories wrong, but it gives some neat examples of why it'shard to take some of these people seriously.

1. Flight 77 wreckage (from the landing gear) at the Pentagon. Conspiracytheorists used to argue that no plane ever hit the Pentagon, claiming that there was novisible debris at the site. They seem to have retreated from this claim in the last coupleof years.

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2. Debris from the Twin Towers falling onto WTC7. Many conspiracy theorists stillbelieve that fires and debris couldn't have reached WTC7 (the tall building lower-right)to inflict significant damage, claiming that WTC7 must have been subjected to acontrolled demolition.

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3. WTC6 lies in ruins. Conspiracy theorists have also argued that WTC7 couldn't havebeen struck by debris since WTC6 - which lies between the twin towers and WTC7 -"wasn't that damaged". Note that the center has entirely collapsed. In spite of evidencelike this, and reports from fire-fighters, who used instruments to measure the gradualmovement and distortion of WTC7's structure over several hours up until its collapse,Truther’s still prefer to believe that a controlled demolition occurred.

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4 & 5. Fires rage in WTC5 and WTC6. Many conspiracy theorists refuse to acceptthat fire could have spread to WTC7, even though fires clearly raged across much of the WTC complex.

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6. Plume from the Flight 93 Crash. As witnesses looked on, Mrs. McClatchey took this shot from her porch. Ever since, conspiracy theorists have harassed and threatenedher, even anonymously posting her phone number and photos of her home on blogs.They claim that the evidence must be faked, as it is inconsistent with their theory that amissile brought down the aircraft. (which would have resulted in fragments of the planecoming down over a wide area), and have subjected Mrs. McClatchey to a torrent of abuse.

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7. A seatbelt from the wreckage of Flight 93. Hundreds of volunteers spent daysand weeks combing the area, collecting wreckage amounting to virtually the entireplane, now in the possession of the airline (with the exception of the black boxes whichare held by air safety officials. Some conspiracy theorists believe that all of the localresidents in the area are liars, along with all the airline workers, local police andemergency services, coroners, and air safety experts involved in the operation torecover the aircraft, and the analysis of flight data and materials recovered.

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8. Sagging floors in WTC2. As the heat in the towers increase, steel supports wereweakened causing buckling, as evidenced by the sagging floor visible here. Thisweakening led to the structural failure of the building. Conspiracy theorists claim thatthe buildings should have survived these structural failures, and believe that thousandsof explosive charges were rigged inside the building, with a control system to detonatethem somehow surviving the impact and fires.

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9. Workmen cutting beams in the wreckage. Conspiracy theorists are for somereason obsessed with the idea that thermite was used in 9/11, in spite of the fact thatthermite is used for cutting and welding, and never in demolitions (indeed, it would bepractically impossible to set it up). They cite neatly cut beams as evidence of thermitebeing used, but ignore the fact that beams were neatly cut up by workmen operatingafter the collapse.

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10. Debris out-paces the collapse of the tower. Many conspiracy theorists claimthat the World Trade Center towers fell equal to (or ludicrously faster than) free-fallspeeds. Many photos clearly show falling debris out-pacing the collapse of the building,proving that the structures fell at well below free-fall speeds.

Ultimately this sort of blogging is an exercise in futility. There is no evidence, no matter

how convincing, that will ever be accepted by the 9/11 "Truth" Movement's hardcore

evangelists. The irony is that the people who claim to be searching for the truth are so

willing to ignore evidence and react angrily to those with conflicting evidence and

testimony. A bigger irony is that if there is a conspiracy, Truther’s with their deluge of 

disinformation are doing more than anyone else to help cover it up.