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originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
a reply to: nullafides
If you prefer to put stock in the ridiculous claims of known liars, that's your prerogative. Most of us prefer to base our world-views on reality, and get our information from sources that haven't been proven to make up lies and hoaxes on a near-constant basis. But hey, we must just be closed-minded, right?
WE DO NOT APPROVE OF THIS SOURCE----
THE COLLECTIVE HAS DEEMED IT TO BE A BLACKLISTED SOURCE AND SHALL NOT EVER BE LOOKED AT,
THOUGHT ABOUT, ENTERTAINED FOR EVEN THE BRIEFEST OF MOMENTS....
GO BACK TO THE ALLOTTED GROUP THINK PROGRAM WE'VE APPROVED FOR YOU...
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
originally posted by: Argyll
a reply to: nullafides
WE DO NOT APPROVE OF THIS SOURCE----
THE COLLECTIVE HAS DEEMED IT TO BE A BLACKLISTED SOURCE AND SHALL NOT EVER BE LOOKED AT,
THOUGHT ABOUT, ENTERTAINED FOR EVEN THE BRIEFEST OF MOMENTS....
GO BACK TO THE ALLOTTED GROUP THINK PROGRAM WE'VE APPROVED FOR YOU...
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
Oh the irony.....
originally posted by: Argyll
a reply to: nullafides
WE DO NOT APPROVE OF THIS SOURCE----
THE COLLECTIVE HAS DEEMED IT TO BE A BLACKLISTED SOURCE AND SHALL NOT EVER BE LOOKED AT,
THOUGHT ABOUT, ENTERTAINED FOR EVEN THE BRIEFEST OF MOMENTS....
GO BACK TO THE ALLOTTED GROUP THINK PROGRAM WE'VE APPROVED FOR YOU...
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
Also, I REALLY freaking hate "group-think"......
So sorry, I choose to think for myself.
Oh the irony.....
originally posted by: Vroomfondel
I would remind everyone of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. The one time he was telling the truth - no one listened.
originally posted by: nullafides
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
originally posted by: nullafides
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
I see...And what about not thinking on your own and putting blind faith in the words of known liars/hoaxers on YouTube, without making even the slightest attempt to verify any of their claims? Equally as bad?
originally posted by: nullafides
GO BACK TO THE ALLOTTED GROUP THINK PROGRAM WE'VE APPROVED FOR YOU...
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
originally posted by: nullafides
Did I say the source was valid? Did I say you should blindly accept everything? No. To the contrary, what I said was actually on the flipside, that you shouldn't automatically regard or disregard sources just because the cool kids do.
What was intended by my statements was to say that you yourself should look to review a source and see what you actually think about it...good or bad.
originally posted by: Rocker2013
originally posted by: nullafides
GO BACK TO THE ALLOTTED GROUP THINK PROGRAM WE'VE APPROVED FOR YOU...
THINKING ON YOUR OWN IS BAD....
No, thinking on your own is not bad (presumably you do this all the time anyway? Most people do manage it) but believing in things when there is no evidence at all to support them, while ignoring all available evidence to the contrary, most certainly is, at the very least, stupid.
Some of us use logic, reason and actual evidence to come to our conclusions, and that means more than just some random YouTube video with obviously faked images and completely unsupported assertions.
originally posted by: nullafides
However, I basically believe that the day you automatically disregard a bit of information from this "newspaper", is the day that there could be a sliver of truth at the core of a story there.
originally posted by: AdmireTheDistance
originally posted by: nullafides
However, I basically believe that the day you automatically disregard a bit of information from this "newspaper", is the day that there could be a sliver of truth at the core of a story there.
Possibly, but for people/newspapers/groups with a running track record of zero, it's not worth the time to listen to what they have to say in the hopes that maybe one day they won't be lying. Even in the incredibly unlikely event that they do present some world-shaking story that isn't completely bogus, other sources will undoubtedly have the same story very shortly thereafter.
You're wasting your time with the liars.