# Were We Told the Truth about World War Two? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 29, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269 "2013-03-29T15:53:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/21 "2013-03-29T16:24:48Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > This is a list of some of the tactics that government disinfo agents use. > [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222) > > There’s a tactic that’s not on that list. They try to fill up the thread with BS and trash posts to make the additional info posted by serious posters harder for the viewers to come across. The way to thwart that tactic is to post all of the important info in post #1. That way they can’t bury it to keep the viewers from seeing it. Man, you come right out of a comic book. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/22 "2013-03-29T16:26:24Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > I just wanted to talk about it That’s the very last thing you wanted to do as you have never had an original thought in your life and just want to push some stupid conspiracy theory nonsense. People would take you more seriously if you would advance even one original thought instead of this wall-o-biased-links style (most of them dead to boot). ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/23 "2013-03-29T16:27:18Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > This is a list of some of the tactics that government disinfo agents use. > [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222) > > There’s a tactic that’s not on that list. They try to fill up the thread with BS and trash posts to make the additional info posted by serious posters harder for the viewers to come across. The way to thwart that tactic is to post all of the important info in post #1. That way they can’t bury it to keep the viewers from seeing it. Why would you link to a citation that doesn’t include the tactic you want to discuss? Are you compelled by the voices in your head to include at least one moronic link in every post? While you’re here, and I expect it won’t be long, take a look around. Look at Great Debates for a while. Does it really appear to you that serious posters are being drowned out or buried by trash posts? This is a moderated board where that crap is not tolerated. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/24 "2013-03-29T16:28:12Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > This is a list of some of the tactics that government disinfo agents use. > [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222) > > There’s a tactic that’s not on that list. They try to fill up the thread with BS and trash posts to make the additional info posted by serious posters harder for the viewers to come across. The way to thwart that tactic is to post all of the important info in post #1. That way they can’t bury it to keep the viewers from seeing it. So there are no poor debaters, only government disinformation agents. Huh. You learn something new every day. All right, I’ll bite: yes, we were told the truth about World War II, at least for the most part. The desire to suppress incovenient truths was overwhelmed by the first-hand eyewitness accounts from multiple independent sources, which have to a large degree been compiled and thus corroborated by journalists and academics. The conspiracy theories you believe are a type of contemporary legend, and therefore any attempt to critically analyze the content of a story you believe will only make you defensive or angry, since it is perceived as an attack on your identity. Therefore, you are incapable of rational debate on the subject, as you are heavily invested in its truth value. The “conspiracy” element means that you have access to elaborate arguments which allow you to dismiss any data which threatens your ideas. This is all assuming you are genuine and not a troll. So, if you like, yes: you’ve totally convinced us. You’ve done your job here, and made this corner of the internet aware of these dangers. Thank you, brave saviour; we’ll never see the world the same way again. As you ride off into the sunset, _ **never to return** _, know that we will always remember you as the one who showed us the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/25 "2013-03-29T16:28:27Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > This is a list of some of the tactics that government disinfo agents use. > [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222) > > There’s a tactic that’s not on that list. They try to fill up the thread with BS and trash posts Great Ghu, you mean my tax dollars are paying you to JAQ off here?? ---
**Author:** ![Doughbag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Doughbag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doughbag)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/26 "2013-03-29T16:37:09Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > Have you people even looked at the info? I said I hadn’t taken a firm stand on anything and that I just wanted to talk about it. Why don’t you address the actual issues in the video instead of just spouting empty rhetoric? Empty rhetoric only sways people with an IQ of ninety or lower. You are an idiot for even making this OP!!! You fucking retard! I hope you are getting banned - the sooner the better. This is just insulting! Questioning about the reality about the Holocaust, this not even funny. I don’t care what YouTube Video you post – My Grandma was in a KZ as a prisoner and I take her word over your delusional-wanna-be-fact- conspiracy-theory anytime. Fact is, that the Nazi regime not just imprisoned and killed Jews in those camps – they imprisoned anyone that was against the Nazi regime. Gay, Gypsy, Political opposition, etc….. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/27 "2013-03-29T16:39:02Z")
**Were We Told the Truth about World War Two?** Let’s play this another way, asshole. My father was in the US Navy and took part in the Normandy invasion as a crewman on the USS LCI(L) 319, which disembarked troops at Utah beach. He told me a few things about his experiences, among which was that he spent several weeks after D-day “playing touch football and burying people.” I am pretty sure he told me the truth. Now it’s your turn. Type something in sentences of your own words that you were told that about WWII you think is not the truth. No links, just your words. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/28 "2013-03-29T16:40:21Z")
Oh, for fuck’s sake. Anyone still entertained by this waste of electrons? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/29 "2013-03-29T16:40:38Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > Empty rhetoric only sways people with an IQ of ninety or lower. So maybe you’d have better luck in a forum with more of those? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/30 "2013-03-29T16:43:24Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > So maybe you’d have better luck in a forum with more of those? I already tried that approach with him in another of his threads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269/31 "2013-03-29T16:58:47Z")
> [@Cosmored](#): > > This is a list of some of the tactics that government disinfo agents use. > [Opposingdigits | Discover the magic in everyday moments.](http://www.opposingdigits.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1222) > > There’s a tactic that’s not on that list. They try to fill up the thread with BS and trash posts to make the additional info posted by serious posters harder for the viewers to come across. The way to thwart that tactic is to post all of the important info in post #1. That way they can’t bury it to keep the viewers from seeing it. You’ve been asked this question before but I’ll ask it again… How is it, in a world filled with government disinfo agents, that after years of trying to bust open these conspiracies in such a public manner, you’ve not woken up one morning with a bullet in your head? Are you so much smarter than all the government agents that you’ve managed to elude them all, with your IQ of 90+? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-we-told-the-truth-about-world-war-two/654269.md?page=1)