...DEFEAT CONSPIRACY THEORIES WITH PERSPICACITY As usual, I went to work on Tuesday morning of September 11th. When I got to work, a few of my coworkers were already there including my boss. My coworker stomped into the office and said in a frighten voice that the World Trade Center (WTC) and the Pentagon were probably attacked by terrorists and it was all over the news. I was in shock and could not even comprehend what she said. My boss quickly turned the radio on and broke down in tears worrying about his only son who was Major of the Marine Corp that worked in the Pentagon at the time. The day went on dreadfully for my boss and everyone at work as well. For years, the combination of fear of the 9/11 attacks and the media evidence provided by conspiracy theorists has caused me to be paranoid not only whenever I was in a close distance with men from the Middle East, but also thinking that the U.S. government was behind the master ploy. While 1/3 of the American population believes that 9/11 is the inside job of the Bush government due to the psychological impacts of the national crisis upon their mind;...
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...article Popular and Official Responses to 9/11 in Germany and The United States written by scholar Peter Knight. The article critically analyzes the conspiracy theories that emerged in American society years after the tragic events of 9/11. Knight’s main assertion through out the article, is that 9/11 conspiracy theories have more in common with the official reports of the events of 9/11 than many people would assume. He does this my showing comparing and contrasting the two accounts, highlighting the similarities in their narratives. Firstly, the author supports his claim by showing how they both reinforce an essentialist framework of thinking. Firstly, there was a rejection of any blame or accountability, as president Bush...
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...9/11 Conspiracy Theories Hannah N. Powell Floyd Central High School 9/11 Conspiracy Theories On the morning of September 11, 2001, the terrorist attack in New York caused a shock to a vast majority of the United States. We have all seen the terrible footage of the twin towers collapsing and the crash of the plane at the Pentagon and in the field in Pennsylvania. It seems almost unthinkable for our own government to potentially control the awful events of 9/11. Around 8:00 am on September 11, 2001, Flight 175 from United Airlines departed Boston carrying two pilots, seven flight attendants, and eighty-one passengers. Within five minutes, the plane’s identification transponder was shut off; it was hijacked and turned for New York (McConnachie, p.396). Also, at around 8:00am, American Airlines Flight 11 left for Los Angeles. A few minutes after the plane departed, it was hijacked and directed towards New York. Around 8:05 am, Flights 93 and 77 from American Airlines changed its course and headed toward New York. At 8:46am Flight 11 slams into the North Tower at the World Trade Center striking the north side, only fourteen stories from the top. 9:03am South Tower at the World Trade Center was plunged by Flight 175. 9:45am Flight 77 collides into the Pentagon. Flight 93 crashed in a field after passengers rush the hijackers. Around 10:10am the Pentagon, the North, and South towers collapsed (McConnachie, p.396). Evacuations had already begun in the South Tower when the...
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...Conspiracy Theories of September 11th There is a lot of speculation on who was actually behind what happened on September 11, 2001. On this date one of America's greatest tragedies occurred. In this tragedy, around three thousand people were killed, with a total of six thousand injured. On this day four planes were hijacked; two of them hit the Twin towers in New York city, one hit the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C., and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania, the intended destination of that plane is unknown. What happened on this day completely changed the world forever. (September11.archive.org.) The people who have been said to be responsible was a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. The United States citizens have been told to believe that there were 19 hijackers from Al-Qaeda who hijacked four United States commercial jets, and purposefully crashed them into The Twin Towers, and The Pentagon. After the attack happened, the United States responded with launching “The War on Terror” and invaded Afghanistan to eliminate the Al-Qaeda. The leader in charge of the attack was Osama Bin Ladin. This war is still going on to this day, and we still have not found Osama Bin Ladin. ("Formal Analysis, September 11 2001.") The world, specifically the United states, believe that this planned attack was unknown to the United States government.. Many conspirators believe that the government knew about the plans to attack The Twin Towers and The Pentagon,...
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...Conspiracy Theories of 9/11 Conspiracy Theories of September 11thThere is a lot of speculation on who was actually behind what happened on September 11, 2001. On this date one of America's greatest tragedies occurred. In this tragedy, around three thousand people were killed, with a total of six thousand injured. On this day four planes were hijacked; two of them hit the Twin towers in New York city, one hit the Pentagon in Arlington Virginia just outside Washington D.C., and a fourth one crashed in Pennsylvania, the intended destination of that plane is unknown. What happened on this day completely changed the world forever.(September11.archive.org.)The people who have been said to be responsible was a terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. The United States citizens have been told to believe that there were 19 hijackers from Al-Qaeda who hijacked four United States commercial jets, and purposefully crashed them into The Twin Towers, and The Pentagon. After the attack happened, the United States responded with launching “The War on Terror” and invaded Afghanistan to eliminate the Al-Qaeda. The leader in charge of the attack was Osama Bin Ladin. This war is still going on to this day, and we still have not found Osama Bin Ladin. ("Formal Analysis, September 11 2001.")The world, specifically the United states, believe that this planned attack was unknown to the United States government.. Many conspirators believe that the government knew about the plans to attack The Twin Towers and...
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...Professor Dana English 1101 March 30, 2016 9/11 Conspiracy Debunked Most people in a disturbed and extremely instable state of mind often will want to believe things that may or may not have actually happened in real time. The year was 2009, a moment that shook Americans grounds so drastically and changed so many peoples lives was September 11, at 8:45 am in New York City. In the blink of an eye, one of Americas most loved cities was attacked and reawakened to the real world. Conspiracy theorists have tried to debunk the theories and misconceptions about the horrific morning of 9/11. Fortunately, after 7 years of analysis and research we figured out that the conspiracy is true, science has undoubtedly debunked this mystery and everything finally makes sense. On September 11, at 8:45 am on a clear Tuesday morning, an American airliner Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City near the 80th floor. According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology the North tower was completely obliterated by a single commercial Boeing airliner jet. While studies show that the height of the impacts on the North tower to cause it to collapse is a complete fallacy. The truth is that the top 20 floors could not have possibly disemboweled the remaining sturdy 90 floors. Even though the Boeing was transporting 20,000 gallons of fuel, which certainly caused plenty of damage and fire to the initial impact...
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...After reading Fish’s essay, I arrived at the conclusion that a conspiracy theorist is an individual who seeks out the truth behind an event. A conspiracy theorist may also be an individual who researches alternative explanations for situations that may not be widely accepted. I think anyone can fit into this category because anyone can do thorough research to uncover the truth behind a certain event and draw conclusions about who or what caused that event. There can be a range of definitions for the term, “conspiracy theorist.” Most of these definitions include some sort of covert or secret planning by either an organization or the government of a country. The term has more negative connotations than positive connotations because most people...
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...People who believe 9/11 was inside job say that the not only did the FBI try to suggest that these phone calls were real, but that the call was scripted and recorded by the government in order to fool the public into thinking that 9/11 was the work of terrorists. The biggest assumption that the conspiracy theorists make, is that the government had a good reason to destroy the towers. In the article, the only theory they mention is that the towers cost a lot to keep running and that they destroyed them to save those expenses. This is incredibly vague and isn’t convincing. Despite this, I still wouldn’t say that the people who believe that the government played a part in 9/11 are completely unreasonable. I say this because there is a lot of holes in the government’s summaries about what happened in 9/11. This could be for only two reasons, they are hiding their involvement with the tragedy that is 9/11. Or they sincerely don’t know who was behind the attacks. The possibility that an outside party could have caused this sounds unlikely. The United states placed the blame on terrorists but the terrorists don’t seem to give all the answers to the mysteries that occurred during 9/11. So the only people left who have the knowledge, and resources to go through with this...
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...Conspiracy is a word used to describe the secret planning of a group to do something that is usually illegal and causes harm to many people. There are several conspiracy’s that surround some of the most well-known events in history however, there is one conspiracy in particular that has been heard by many throughout the nation. This conspiracy is that homeland security was behind the attack on 9/11. The reason that this conspiracy is thought to be true is because certain aspects of the 9/11 attack such as the Air force not intercepting the hijacked planes, the way in which the towers fell and the fact that an amateur pilot was able to crash into the pentagon so easily do not coincide with the logistics of building structures nor should it have been that easy to crash into a military building. The more these irregularities have become evident to the public the more questions have arose, each one leading more people to believe that 9/11 was an inside job....
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...Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and power in American culture is a book that analyzes conspiracy theories and how they affect life in America. This book was written by Mark Fenster who is a professor at the University of Florida Law School. He graduated from several schools with several different degrees. These are a J.D. from Yale Law School, a Ph. D. from the University of illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the institute of Communications Research, M.A., University of Texas at Austin, Department of Radio/television, film, and a B.A. from the University of Virginia. This book was the first book Fenster ever wrote, but is said to have helped establish the cultural study of conspiracy theory. This book has also been quoted by many scholars. This book analyzes different conspiracy theories in our society. Some examples that the book features are the very popular 9/11 conspiracy theories and even stories of different christian conspiracy theories. Fenster explains many different type of conspiracy theories that come about from people. Some can be a little crazy such as the one that planes never actually hit the twin towers and that they...
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...the development of a conspiracy theorist (Prooijen 1). Conspiracies often circulate around people or events of great magnitude. Theorists try to explain this imbalance of power with the existence of a powerful and evil enemy. By creating the “man behind the curtain,” someone who pulls on the strings of fate, everyday people have a reason for why things...
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...The world as we now it today has suffered a great deal of tragic events,natural casaulties and wars.But have you wondered,what if everything is a lie?That's when conspiracy theories come in hand. A conspiracy theory is a belief that,when a tragic event happens,a secret conspiracy has actually been decisive in producing an evil outcome. Let's take a look at some of the most controversial theories. [list]1.[i]9/11[/i][/list] This tragic event happened on 11 September 2001 when four planes were hijacked by al-Qaeda and two of them were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, killing 2,996 people.There are many theories surrounding 9/11.One is that aluminum planes can’t penetrate steel structure Of World Trade Center...
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...While conspiracy theories have existed since the beginning of media in one form or another, they have been especially prevalent in the last few decades. Ever since the invention of the internet, the spread of self published ideas has been easier than ever, resulting in the growing number of skeptics. Conspiracy theories have been widely accepted more than ever since the previous presidential election, as mainstream media outlets picked up several theories regarding the two main candidates. So to understand this broadening phenomena, one must know the kind of people who believe conspiracy theories, why they are inclined to believe them, and what effects they are having on the world. Identifying the people who tend to believe conspiracy theories...
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...Conspiracy theories fascinate and open people's mind to strange, but potentially true possibilities. Conspiracy theories have been around since the beginning of time, and have had an influence on the lives of skeptics. But why do people believe in them? What makes them so interesting? People that study human patterns have discovered that humans believe in conspiracy theories because of human gullibility. Human gullibility is seen mostly through conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories happen because skeptics believe there is more to know about a specific event that has happened. Also, humans lack trust in their governments which has affected the way people act and think. Scientists have researched the human brain and have discovered patterns in the human brain. One of the patterns is human gullibility/curiosity. Humans are a curious species. They...
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...The author states that some New Yorkers still can’t help thinking of as a 9/11 day. In particular, 9/11 is described as a glorious morning, a blue sky with wisps of clouds over Columbia University. This is an example of descriptive assumption because the author, Anna Quindlen, is describing her belief of what kind of day 9/11 was. It is implied that she does not think of a day of tragedy is a nice day with good weather. Also, the author’s perception of New York City appears to normally be pleasant. Another descriptive assumption Quindlen state is: The Columbia undergraduates mimicking the blue sky with their blue gowns. The author provides her assumption since September 11 we have become more like the terrorists from that day. Since she uses these comparisons it...
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