Don > it hasn't been kept secret, otherwise it wouldn't be possible for so many of us to know about it.
We know, but only by dint of our own analysis. And, even then, we don't know what actually happened -- only what we think happened. Those who were actually involved are always at risk they could be found out even if they took great pains to cover their tracks. But it's clear that no-one "official" wants anything to come out -- and that is what is so extraordinary to me -- the extent of the tacit collusion -- even by those who were not involved. A cover-up extraordinaire!
> it's far more comfortable for them to stay fooled than it is to admit something very terrible happened, especially if it's something terrible enough that something has to be done about it.
You've put your finger on it. Denial. Self-deception. Control of reality by the imagination. Call it what you will. But there's no doubt that people are perfectly happy to accept and to believe that bin Laden and his bunch of terrible jihadist killers did it rather than confront the reality that it was done (or even could have been done) by a bunch of nice Christian and Jewish boys -- in fact, people -- JUST LIKE US. And why? Simply to make trouble for the Muslims so that we could go into their countries and kill them and steal their oil. No, for most people to accept that is just too much to ask for. It cannot be true. Nice people like us don't do things like that.
> think the real issue is there is a great deal of unjustified faith in the media
I think it's more about faith in anything "official", and the media is "official". That's why most people think that any information gleaned from the internet is the equivalent to a fish caught in a sewer -- rotten and tainted. Likewise those who purvey it. As for those who frequent the internet --- yeccch!
> a person almost has to wonder if there would actually be a market for news that told the truth
Eureka! As an extension of that, consider how many people are prepared to die for a "god" that exists only in their imagination. If someone were to try to convince them that there is no such thing as "god", they simply couldn't/wouldn't believe it. Likewise, if their president who, in fact, is their "god" proxy, tells them that bad Muslims killed our people on 9-11 because they "hate our freedoms", they believe it like they believe the sun will rise tomorrow --- and they will die in defence of that belief --- and the president.
Now that's called mind control.
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