I have to say that I am a bit surprised to see the recent discussion here on 9/11 and even more surprised to see a level of tolerance that until now had previously been unknown.
After all, zero tolerance has been the working policy on all things tinfoil in regards to 9/11 and the official story. Many have been TR and banned for saying exactly the kinds of things that today can be found squarely on the recommended list. LIHOP, MIHOP all being thrown around with added comments to the effect of "I don't care if I get banned, but I have to say it..."
So what has happened? Are there just too many here that will no longer defend the policy because it's no longer simply tin-foil territory? Are there too many seeds of doubt after living under this neocon admin for the past 7 years that makes it harder and harder to defend the official line they produced for us? Maybe too many here have family members or friends that have serious doubts and maybe they themselves have additional questions than they did a few years ago. I don't know myself -- but unless there is a massive banning of members with much lower UIDs than mine starting now, this appears to be a major shift here.
I remember when serious questions surrounding the anthrax attacks finally surfaced here on the rec list and thinking "Ok so many people here get that part, but no discussion of the rest of the story?" In my opinion you cannot separate the anthrax attacks which came just one week after 9/11 from 9/11 itself.
But this diary isn't meant as a discussion of those things, it's meant to point out potentially a major shift in the dialog on this subject and a surfacing of serious questions that many of us have that remain unanswered.
There are plenty of people out there claiming to know exactly what happened and who was involved and at what level with details of how this was done with that, etc. and many of them are people I wouldn't trust to sell me a hot dog. But I do know this - the official story on 9/11 does not add up. LIHOP, MIHOP -- I have no idea, but the only may we are going to get to the bottom of some of this and get the answers we are searching for is to ask the question in the first place.
So if this marks a shift towards more tolerance at Daily Kos of discussion on 9/11, I'm all for it. I'd like to hear what others think.
(And yes, the 'hot dog' reference means it's spring because I've got baseball on my mind.)