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Originally Posted by SpitfireIX
I've made the same point in private discussions with a couple of the moderators, including Duane. Perhaps he would like to give the same list of reasons he gave me, or allow me to quote from his PM. Although I somewhat accept the rationale given (basically, that a lot of people who believe in conspiracy theories, either casually or as true believers, don't really know how to debate, and that requiring them to do so would be unfair, and discourage them from participating), I think there should be at least some AtM-like rules that apply to CT.
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I'm not sure how "you have to answer questions" is necessarily following strict debating rules, but okay. After all, "I don't know" is still a perfectly valid answer--but I think that if you don't know how the evidence fails to contradict the mainstream and instead support your theory, you really need to do some more studying before you're equipped to proclaim your theory.
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