BeFree is a new face in the Dungeon. He/she/it has started several threads there, all on 30 JAN 2010. Apparently he/she/it dissapiered for a time, but now is back. Here are the OP for BeFree's super smart thinking threads...
BeFree (1000+ posts) Sat Jan-30-10 09:17 PM
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What Happened?
Bush knew. And bushco could have stopped it.
Which leads to: Why didn't they stop it?
Which leads to: If bushco knew, and they didn't stop it, then maybe they had a hand in it?
Fairly logical avenue of thought, don't you think?
BeFree (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-29-10 06:35 PM
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The Greatest Conspiracy Theory Ever Told
There was this guy, about 2010 years ago, who was a radical liberal.
He fed the poor, healed the sick, and railed against the establishment.
So a few nameless leaders gathered together and had him eliminated.
They conspired together to get rid of this fine man. And they did. And they got away with it. But today, their conspiracy is widely recognized.
And some people to this day still deny conspiracies exist. Gawd.
BeFree (1000+ posts) Wed Apr-08-09 09:31 PM
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Official Conspiracy Theory Bible Chptr 1
In the beginning the word was Bush, and Bush looked around and saw it was good time to raise hell.
On the first day Bush made votes go away and kept the rest of the votes from being counted.
On the second day he made Cheney his puppetter.
On the third day he told Afghan that they had a choice of gold or bombs.
Fourth day he made Cheney the lord over terrorists.
Fifth day he got his daily briefing and waved off the warning.
On the sixth day he read the book Petgoat as America was attacked.
And on the seventh day he went shopping and declared he had hit the trifecta.
BeFree (1000+ posts) Fri Dec-11-09 02:48 PM
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Honest Discussions-- 10 Steps
1. Do not overstate the power of your argument.
2. Show a willingness to publicly acknowledge that reasonable alternative viewpoints exist.
3. Be willing to publicly acknowledge and question one’s own assumptions and biases.
4. Be willing to publicly acknowledge where your argument is weak.
5. Be willing to publicly acknowledge when you are wrong. Those selling an ideology likewise have great difficulty admitting to being wrong, as this undercuts the rhetoric and image that is being sold.
6. Demonstrate consistency. A clear sign of intellectual dishonesty is when someone extensively relies on double standards.
7. Address the argument instead of attacking the person making the argument.
8. When addressing an argument, do not misrepresent it.
9. Show a commitment to critical thinking.
10. Be willing to publicly acknowledge when a point or criticism is good.
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