I would like to recommend a post that has been locked.

[screembloodymurder]

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Time%20for%20change

The author deserves some recognition for his efforts.

[Name removed]

1. Deleted message

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[Taxloss]

2. Skinner says no more Johnson threads, poster posts Johnson thread, thread

gets locked. What's so ridiculous?

[Junkdrawer]

3. I think the post was about the use of "conspiracy theory"...

as a way of silencing uncomfortable views.

As for Johnson, the poster states:

Now, lets consider Senator Johnson’s recent episode of an arteriovenous malformation bleeding into his brain. I’m a physician, and I can’t even imagine that anyone would have the ability to produce an arteriovenous malformation (or a stroke) in another person, let alone do so without being detected. Therefore, any theory of foul play in this instance would have to involve the Senator’s doctors making up a false diagnosis, which also seems extremely unlikely to me at this time.

But what about people who have no special medical knowledge, who are considering the event at a time when little information is available? What do they have to go on? Number one, they know for a fact that a great many powerful people in our country have great motivation for having a Republican Congress. They also have reason to believe that a certain unknown proportion of those people would be willing to kill to attain that result. And last but not least, they have good reason to believe that our corporate news media might not report evidence of such a crime if it was available to them. After all, much of our corporate news media had evidence of Bush administration lies in leading us into war, and they failed to report on those lies for a very long time.

[Grateful for Hope]

5. That is correct

the subject matter was "conspiracy theories" -- it was NOT a Johnson thread.

[Taxloss]

6. Simply fuel to the speculative fire.

One wonders why the poster did not devote themselves to reassuring others that foul play was near-impossible, and instead found the time to offer intellectual basis for the propogation of unfounded and malicious falsehoods about the Senator.

[Junkdrawer]

9. But THAT'S his point...without speculation the Truth is easily buried...

Of course most speculation is wrong. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. I thought it was no more Johnson CT threads

I think we are still allowed to post about his condition and progress as long as it based on the known facts.

The thread that got locked was not promoting a CT about Johnson or anyone else.

[flyarm]

4. THANKS FOR BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION..EXCELLENT!!!

I AM BOOKMARKING AND SAVING!!

excellent..thank you timeforchange..

i have said many of these things over and over ..to many deaf ears..

it takes two people to create a conspiracy..

and real patriots question their government ...

thanks

fly

[Grateful for Hope]

7. Perhaps the poster

can be persuaded to re-post the body of the post, without mentioning Johnson or Skinner's decision. It was an excellent post, and should be seen.

[Junkdrawer]

8. I second that suggestion... n/t

[HamdenRice]

10. The post takes as its premise that conspiracy theories about the Sen are false

It's difficult to read this as a conspiracy theory post, inasmuch as the poster assumes that conspiracy theory posts about the Senator are false. The post is about the problem of the concept of "conspiracy theory," not itself a conspiracy theory -- whatever the hell that actually is, anyway.

[Broken_Hero]

12. Locking

Continuation of a previously locked thread.

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