I love when someone "explains" it to me.
Cause you know, 30 years as a steelworker, and I need someone to tell me how steel acts.
Having been in the building trades for a couple of years, you learn that a steel beam will last a quarter of the time that a wood beam of the same bearing capacity in a fire... and thinking that structural steel has to melt before it loses its machined temper and its rigidity begins to fail?
Fools!
This is what I say about a lot of conspiracy theorists I've met. I believe my share of conspiracies too, however I prefer to call myself a conspiracy analyst. While we may disagree on the specifics, we all have an innate distrust of the authorities, especially during an era where integrity and truth is in short supply in the ivory halls of our corporate and government overlords. When we have science text books saying that the ocean will rise 100 feet because of cows, are you surprised that people question that the Earth is flat?Lol, as crazy as some of the 9/11 conspiracies get, I'd still rather talk to somebody who believes in them than to someone who's so deeply indoctrinated that they can't fathom questioning the mainstream narrative on anything. I've met a few 9/11 conspiracy theorists, flat earthers, etc, and I used to get kind of bent out of shape over how crazy it was to believe those things, but after seeing how most of them have their head in a better place in their personal lives and political decisions than a lot of other folks I know, my reaction to these type of statements anymore is pretty much just:
Conan's father included?