That guy at the gun show who swore 9/11 was an inside job because of melting point of steel

I was at a show in Richmond last fall. This dude in a camo hat cornered me by the jerky booth and went off for a solid 15 minutes about how jet fuel cant melt steel beams. I asked him if he ever actually looked at the NIST report and he just said they were all bought off. I walked away but I still think about how he had zero interest in evidence. Anyone else run into someone who just wont engage with facts no matter what you show them?

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murray.robert17d ago

Did you try to actually agree with him on some small point first? I had a guy like that once and after I told him I thought the official story had some weird parts too he actually listened for a minute. Not saying it changed his mind but at least he stopped yelling.

charles72017d ago

Man I had a similar thing happen at a truck stop diner once. I just nodded and said "yeah the weather data from that day does look a little off" and he went from red faced to actually talking calm for a bit. Sometimes you just gotta give them one little thing to feel heard.

anthony76317d ago

Tried something similar with a guy at the local hardware store who was convinced the moon landing was faked. He was going on about flags flapping and shadows not matching. I just said "you know, I always wondered why the sky looks so black in those pictures, that part never made sense to me." He actually stopped and started talking about NASA's budget being a mess instead of yelling. Didn't change his whole belief system but we ended up having a normal 10 minute conversation about space stuff. Sometimes just meeting them halfway keeps things civil.