How do you shut up 9/11 "truthers"?

[Minimalist]

Tell them out front, that you believe everything the govt. and media tell you.
That your leaders would never lie to you.

Whether the government would or wouldn't is irrelevant.

Idiots like you lie constantly.

Produce evidence for your bullshit or STFU.

[Bob Kelso]

Whenever I see "inside job" conspiracy theories I generally post this video;

[Cato]

Tell them out front, that you believe everything the govt. and media tell you.
That your leaders would never lie to you.

You're right, "In God We Trust" is a fucking lie.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Tell them out front, that you believe everything the govt. and media tell you.
That your leaders would never lie to you.

See OP?

This is the kind of idiocy you have to deal with when talking to truthers.

An impossible task.

[Vox]

Aside from awarding them the ridicule they're asking for?

Not much, these are usually the same folks who belive in heavens gate or Area 51 having aliens.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

And how did it start? 911
Same story- different day. Same leadership.

No, actually. Bombing of USS Cole? What about foreign embassies in Kenya?

No, wait, what about the scorched earth operation by the USSR in Afghanistan and the rise of the mujahadeen?

No, wait, what about disenchantment from western ideals in both Egypt and Germany by the leader of the 9/11 attacks Mohamed Atta?

No, wait, hang on. What about the advent of Wahhabism in the Saudi Peninsula in the 1700s? Wait, wasn't that well before the US was even a thing?

So, OP. When confronted with the idiocy promulgated by folk like the professor here, just bear in mind that 99% of the time they know fuck all about context and about how events prior to the given event build a rich tapestry that can be de-constructed to give a much more believable and understandable backstory. Naturally the prof here can go onto wikipedia and do a quick search and conclude that none of the above are remotely linked to 9/11. But then again, he's an idiot, so it's cool.

[Zen Badger]

Hmmm, let's think about it this way......
If there is a conspiracy by the US government, they would not have been so clumsy as to go to all the trouble the 9/11 truthers claim they had.

They would have orchestrated it to play out exactly the way it did

All you would need is a high level plant in Al Queda to organise the attack.

I doubt that they would have expected the towers to collapse like they did, that would've just been a bonus.

And this way you would have at maximum, half a dozen people involved, not the hundreds that would be required for the truthers version of events.

[Jacob(smooth)]

Tell them out front, that you believe everything the govt. and media tell you.
That your leaders would never lie to you.

False dichotomy. Of course politicians lie. That's not the question. The question is did they lie THEN.

Is your wife cheating on you prof? No? So you're saying it's IMPOSSIBLE that she could cheat on you? That she's never lied to you?

Silly argument is silly.

[LostLocke]

Tell them out front, that you believe everything the govt. and media tell you.
That your leaders would never lie to you.

First, no one here is making that claim.

Second, you make it sound like a binary position.
Either you believe everything the government says, or everything the government says is a lie.
Both positions make a person an idiot as far as I'm concerned.

Basically you're saying.... If you believe 9/11 was not caused by our own government, then you believe everything our government says is 100% truth.
I know that's one of the logical fallacies, but I don't remember which one. Maybe someone can jump in and remind me....

[A Theist]

Bush did it....