Disinformation: How It Works
Mar 15, 2014 00:09:16 #
I find it interesting that a lot of things I see posted here are straight out of this article. It would seem that we are being overrun by Alinskys Strategy and his influence is much greater then anyone thought possible until Obama came into play. Since then, Alinskys Strategy: Win At Any Cost, Even If You Have To Lie has dominated most forums and are being taken over in a few cases or just run into the ground so that people leave. That is just as good for them, since they win in any case. The following article by Brandon Smith, while a little long is still a great read. It opens many peoples eyes to just what these trolls are up to and why...
Article by; Brandon Smith
There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation.
Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. Rules were enforced with the threat of property confiscation and execution for anyone who strayed from the rigid socio-political structure. Those who had theological, metaphysical or scientific information outside of the conventional and scripted collective world view were tortured and slaughtered. The elites kept the information to themselves, and removed its remnants from mainstream recognition, sometimes for centuries before it was rediscovered.
With the advent of anti-feudalism, and most importantly the success of the American Revolution, elitists were no longer able to dominate information with the edge of a blade or the barrel of a gun. The establishment of Republics, with their philosophy of open government and rule by the people, compelled Aristocratic minorities to plot more subtle ways of obstructing the t***h and thus maintaining their hold over the world without exposing themselves to retribution from the masses. Thus, the complex art of disinformation was born.
The technique, the magic of the lie, was refined and perfected. The mechanics of the human mind and the human soul became an endless obsession for the establishment.
The goal was malicious, but socially radical; instead of expending the impossible energy needed to dictate the very form and existence of the t***h, they would allow it to drift, obscured in a fog of contrived data. They would wrap the t***h in a Gordian Knot of misdirection and fabrication so elaborate that they felt certain the majority of people would surrender, giving up long before they ever finished unraveling the deceit. The goal was not to destroy the t***h, but to hide it in plain sight.
In modern times, and with carefully engineered methods, this goal has for the most part been accomplished. However, these methods also have inherent weaknesses. Lies are fragile. They require constant attentiveness to keep them alive. The exposure of a single t***h can rip through an ocean of lies, evaporating it instantly.
In this article, we will examine the methods used to fertilize and promote the growth of disinformation, as well as how to identify the roots of disinformation and effectively cut them, starving out the entire system of fallacies once and for all.
Media Disinformation Methods
The mainstream media, once tasked with the job of investigating government corruption and keeping elitists in line, has now become nothing more than a public relations firm for corrupt officials and their G*******t handlers. The days of the legitimate investigative reporter are long gone (if they ever existed at all), and journalism itself has deteriorated into a rancid pool of so called TV Editorialists who treat their own baseless opinions as supported fact.
The elitist co-opting of news has been going on in one form or another since the invention of the printing press. However, the first methods of media disinformation truly came to fruition under the supervision of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who believed the t***h was subjective and open to his personal interpretation.
Some of the main tactics used by the mainstream media to mislead the masses are as follows:
Lie Big, Retract Quietly: Mainstream media sources (especially newspapers) are notorious for reporting f**grantly dishonest and unsupported news stories on the front page, then quietly retracting those stories on the very back page when they are caught. In this case, the point is to railroad the lie into the collective consciousness. Once the lie is finally exposed, it is already too late, and a large portion of the population will not notice or care when the t***h comes out.
Unconfirmed Or Controlled Sources As Fact: Cable news venues often cite information from unnamed sources, government sources that have an obvious bias or agenda, or expert sources without providing an alternative expert view. The information provided by these sources is usually backed by nothing more than blind faith.
Calculated Omission: Otherwise known as cherry picking data. One simple piece of information or root item of t***h can derail an entire disinfo news story, so instead of trying to gloss over it, they simply pretend as if it doesnt exist. When the fact is omitted, the lie can appear entirely rational. This tactic is also used extensively when disinformation agents and crooked journalists engage in open debate.
Distraction, And The Manufacture Of Relevance: Sometimes the t***h wells up into the public awareness regardless of what the media does to bury it. When this occurs their only recourse is to attempt to change the publics focus and thereby distract them from the t***h they were so close to grasping. The media accomplishes this by o**r-r****ting on a subject that has nothing to do with the more important issues at hand. Ironically, the media can take an unimportant story, and by reporting on it ad nauseum, cause many Americans to assume that because the media wont shut-up about it, it must be important!
Dishonest Debate Tactics: Sometimes, men who actually are concerned with the average Americans pursuit of honesty and legitimate fact-driven information break through and appear on T.V. However, rarely are they allowed to share their views or insights without having to fight through a wall of carefully crafted deceit and propaganda. Because the media know they will lose credibility if they do not allow guests with opposing viewpoints every once in a while, they set up and choreograph specialized T.V. debates in highly restrictive environments which put the guest on the defensive, and make it difficult for them to clearly convey their ideas or facts.
TV pundits are often trained in what are commonly called Alinsky Tactics. Saul Alinsky was a moral relativist, and champion of the lie as a tool for the greater good; essentially, a modern day Machiavelli. His Rules for Radicals were supposedly meant for grassroots activists who opposed the establishment and emphasized the use of any means necessary to defeat ones political opposition. But is it truly possible to defeat an establishment built on lies, by use of even more elaborate lies, and by sacrificing ones ethics? In reality, his strategies are the perfect format for corrupt institutions and governments to dissuade dissent from the masses. Today, Alinskys rules are used more often by the establishment than by its opposition.
Alinskys Strategy: Win At Any Cost, Even If You Have To Lie
Alinskys tactics have been adopted by governments and disinformation specialists across the world, but they are most visible in TV debate. While Alinsky sermonized about the need for confrontation in society, his debate tactics are actually designed to circumvent real and honest confrontation of opposing ideas with slippery tricks and diversions. Alinskys tactics, and their modern usage, can be summarized as follows:
1) Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.
We see this tactic in many forms. For example, projecting your own movement as mainstream, and your opponents as fringe. Convincing your opponent that his fight is a futile one. Your opposition may act differently, or even hesitate to act at all, based on their perception of your power. How often have we heard this line: The government has predator drones. There is nothing the people can do now This is a projection of exaggerated invincibility designed to elicit apathy from the masses.
2) Never go outside the experience of your people, and whenever possible, go outside of the experience of the enemy.
Dont get drawn into a debate about a subject you do not know as well as or better than your opposition. If possible, draw them into such a situation instead. Go off on tangents. Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty in your opposition. This is commonly used against unwitting interviewees on cable news shows whose positions are set up to be skewered. The target is blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address. In television and radio, this also serves to waste broadcast time to prevent the target from expressing his own position.
3) Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.
The objective is to target the opponents credibility and reputation by accusations of hypocrisy. If the tactician can catch his opponent in even the smallest misstep, it creates an opening for further attacks, and distracts away from the broader moral question.
4) Ridicule is mans most potent weapon.
Ron Paul is a crackpot. Gold bugs are crazy. Constitutionalists are fringe extremists. Baseless ridicule is almost impossible to counter because it is meant to be irrational. It infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage. It also works as a pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
5) A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
The popularization of the term Teabaggers is a classic example; it caught on by itself because people seem to think its clever, and enjoy saying it. Keeping your talking points simple and fun helps your side stay motivated, and helps your tactics spread autonomously, without instruction or encouragement.
6) A tactic that d**gs on too long becomes a d**g.
See rule No. 5. Dont become old news. If you keep your tactics fresh, its easier to keep your people active. Not all disinformation agents are paid. The useful i***ts have to be motivated by other means. Mainstream disinformation often changes gear from one method to the next and then back again.
7) Keep the pressure on with different tactics and actions, and utilize all events of the period for your purpose.
Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. Never give the target a chance to rest, regroup, recover or re-strategize. Take advantage of current events and twist their implications to support your position. Never let a good crisis go to waste.
8) The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
This goes hand in hand with Rule No. 1. Perception is reality. Allow your opposition to expend all of its energy in expectation of an insurmountable scenario. The dire possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.
9) The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.
The objective of this pressure is to force the opposition to react and make the mistakes that are necessary for the ultimate success of the campaign.
10) If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through into its counterside.
As grassroots activism tools, Alinsky tactics have historically been used (for example, by labor movements or covert operations specialists) to force the opposition to react with violence against activists, which leads to popular sympathy for the activists cause. Today, false (or co-opted) grassroots movements and revolutions use this technique in debate as well as in planned street actions and r*******ns (look at Syria for a recent example).
11) The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.
Never let the enemy score points because youre caught without a solution to the problem. Today, this is often used offensively against legitimate activists, such as the opponents of the Federal Reserve. Complain that your opponent is merely pointing out the problems. Demand that they offer not just a solution, but THE solution. Obviously, no one person has the solution. When he fails to produce the miracle you requested, dismiss his entire argument and all the facts he has presented as pointless.
12) Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.
Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. The targets supporters will expose themselves. Go after individual people, not organizations or institutions. People hurt faster than institutions.
The next time you view an MSM debate, watch the pundits carefully, you will likely see many if not all of the strategies above used on some unsuspecting individual attempting to tell the t***h.
Internet Disinformation Methods
Internet trolls, also known as paid posters or paid bloggers, are increasingly and openly being employed by private corporations as well governments, often for marketing purposes and for public relations (Obama is notorious for this practice). Internet trolling is indeed a fast growing industry.
Trolls use a wide variety of strategies, some of which are unique to the internet, here are just a few:
1. Make outrageous comments designed to distract or frustrate: An Alinsky tactic used to make people emotional, although less effective because of the impersonal nature of the Web.
2. Pose as a supporter of the t***h, then make comments that discredit the movement: We have seen this even on our own forums trolls pose as supporters of the Liberty Movement, then post long, incoherent diatribes so as to appear either r****t or insane. The key to this tactic is to make references to common Liberty Movement arguments while at the same time babbling nonsense, so as to make those otherwise valid arguments seem ludicrous by association. In extreme cases, these Trojan Horse Trolls have been known to make posts which incite violence a technique obviously intended to solidify the false assertions of the think tank propagandists like the SPLC, which purports that Constitutionalists should be feared as potential d******c t*******ts.
3. Dominate Discussions: Trolls often interject themselves into productive Web discussions in order to throw them off course and frustrate the people involved.
4. Prewritten Responses: Many trolls are supplied with a list or database with pre-planned talking points designed as generalized and deceptive responses to honest arguments. When they post, their words feel strangely plastic and well rehearsed.
5. False Association: This works hand in hand with item No. 2, by invoking the stereotypes established by the Trojan Horse Troll. For example: calling those against the Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists or lunatics; deliberately associating anti-g*******t movements with r****ts and homegrown terrorists, because of the inherent negative connotations; and using false associations to provoke biases and dissuade people from examining the evidence objectively.
6. False Moderation: Pretending to be the voice of reason in an argument with obvious and defined sides in an attempt to move people away from what is clearly true into a grey area where the t***h becomes relative.
7. Straw Man Arguments: A very common technique. The troll will accuse his opposition of subscribing to a certain point of view, even if he does not, and then attacks that point of view. Or, the troll will put words in the mouth of his opposition, and then rebut those specific words.
Sometimes, these strategies are used by average people with serious personality issues. However, if you see someone using these tactics often, or using many of them at the same time, you may be dealing with a paid internet troll.
Stopping Disinformation
The best way to disarm disinformation agents is to know their methods inside and out. This gives us the ability to point out exactly what they are doing in detail the moment they try to do it. Immediately exposing a disinformation tactic as it is being used is highly destructive to the person utilizing it. It makes them look foolish, dishonest and weak for even making the attempt. Internet trolls most especially do not know how to handle their methods being deconstructed right in front of their eyes and usually fold and run from debate when it occurs.
The t***h is precious. It is sad that there are so many in our society who have lost respect for it; people who have traded in their conscience and their soul for temporary financial comfort while sacrificing the stability and balance of the rest of the country in the process.
The human psyche breathes on the air of t***h. Without it, humanity cannot survive. Without it, the species will collapse, starving from lack of intellectual and emotional sustenance.
Disinformation does not only threaten our insight into the workings of our world; it makes us vulnerable to fear, misunderstanding, and doubt: all things that lead to destruction. It can drive good people to commit terrible atrocities against others, or even against themselves. Without a concerted and organized effort to defuse mass-produced lies, the future will look bleak indeed.
Article can be found here; http://www.alt-market.com/articles/964-disinformation-how-it-works
Article by; Brandon Smith
There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation.
Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. Rules were enforced with the threat of property confiscation and execution for anyone who strayed from the rigid socio-political structure. Those who had theological, metaphysical or scientific information outside of the conventional and scripted collective world view were tortured and slaughtered. The elites kept the information to themselves, and removed its remnants from mainstream recognition, sometimes for centuries before it was rediscovered.
With the advent of anti-feudalism, and most importantly the success of the American Revolution, elitists were no longer able to dominate information with the edge of a blade or the barrel of a gun. The establishment of Republics, with their philosophy of open government and rule by the people, compelled Aristocratic minorities to plot more subtle ways of obstructing the t***h and thus maintaining their hold over the world without exposing themselves to retribution from the masses. Thus, the complex art of disinformation was born.
The technique, the magic of the lie, was refined and perfected. The mechanics of the human mind and the human soul became an endless obsession for the establishment.
The goal was malicious, but socially radical; instead of expending the impossible energy needed to dictate the very form and existence of the t***h, they would allow it to drift, obscured in a fog of contrived data. They would wrap the t***h in a Gordian Knot of misdirection and fabrication so elaborate that they felt certain the majority of people would surrender, giving up long before they ever finished unraveling the deceit. The goal was not to destroy the t***h, but to hide it in plain sight.
In modern times, and with carefully engineered methods, this goal has for the most part been accomplished. However, these methods also have inherent weaknesses. Lies are fragile. They require constant attentiveness to keep them alive. The exposure of a single t***h can rip through an ocean of lies, evaporating it instantly.
In this article, we will examine the methods used to fertilize and promote the growth of disinformation, as well as how to identify the roots of disinformation and effectively cut them, starving out the entire system of fallacies once and for all.
Media Disinformation Methods
The mainstream media, once tasked with the job of investigating government corruption and keeping elitists in line, has now become nothing more than a public relations firm for corrupt officials and their G*******t handlers. The days of the legitimate investigative reporter are long gone (if they ever existed at all), and journalism itself has deteriorated into a rancid pool of so called TV Editorialists who treat their own baseless opinions as supported fact.
The elitist co-opting of news has been going on in one form or another since the invention of the printing press. However, the first methods of media disinformation truly came to fruition under the supervision of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who believed the t***h was subjective and open to his personal interpretation.
Some of the main tactics used by the mainstream media to mislead the masses are as follows:
Lie Big, Retract Quietly: Mainstream media sources (especially newspapers) are notorious for reporting f**grantly dishonest and unsupported news stories on the front page, then quietly retracting those stories on the very back page when they are caught. In this case, the point is to railroad the lie into the collective consciousness. Once the lie is finally exposed, it is already too late, and a large portion of the population will not notice or care when the t***h comes out.
Unconfirmed Or Controlled Sources As Fact: Cable news venues often cite information from unnamed sources, government sources that have an obvious bias or agenda, or expert sources without providing an alternative expert view. The information provided by these sources is usually backed by nothing more than blind faith.
Calculated Omission: Otherwise known as cherry picking data. One simple piece of information or root item of t***h can derail an entire disinfo news story, so instead of trying to gloss over it, they simply pretend as if it doesnt exist. When the fact is omitted, the lie can appear entirely rational. This tactic is also used extensively when disinformation agents and crooked journalists engage in open debate.
Distraction, And The Manufacture Of Relevance: Sometimes the t***h wells up into the public awareness regardless of what the media does to bury it. When this occurs their only recourse is to attempt to change the publics focus and thereby distract them from the t***h they were so close to grasping. The media accomplishes this by o**r-r****ting on a subject that has nothing to do with the more important issues at hand. Ironically, the media can take an unimportant story, and by reporting on it ad nauseum, cause many Americans to assume that because the media wont shut-up about it, it must be important!
Dishonest Debate Tactics: Sometimes, men who actually are concerned with the average Americans pursuit of honesty and legitimate fact-driven information break through and appear on T.V. However, rarely are they allowed to share their views or insights without having to fight through a wall of carefully crafted deceit and propaganda. Because the media know they will lose credibility if they do not allow guests with opposing viewpoints every once in a while, they set up and choreograph specialized T.V. debates in highly restrictive environments which put the guest on the defensive, and make it difficult for them to clearly convey their ideas or facts.
TV pundits are often trained in what are commonly called Alinsky Tactics. Saul Alinsky was a moral relativist, and champion of the lie as a tool for the greater good; essentially, a modern day Machiavelli. His Rules for Radicals were supposedly meant for grassroots activists who opposed the establishment and emphasized the use of any means necessary to defeat ones political opposition. But is it truly possible to defeat an establishment built on lies, by use of even more elaborate lies, and by sacrificing ones ethics? In reality, his strategies are the perfect format for corrupt institutions and governments to dissuade dissent from the masses. Today, Alinskys rules are used more often by the establishment than by its opposition.
Alinskys Strategy: Win At Any Cost, Even If You Have To Lie
Alinskys tactics have been adopted by governments and disinformation specialists across the world, but they are most visible in TV debate. While Alinsky sermonized about the need for confrontation in society, his debate tactics are actually designed to circumvent real and honest confrontation of opposing ideas with slippery tricks and diversions. Alinskys tactics, and their modern usage, can be summarized as follows:
1) Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.
We see this tactic in many forms. For example, projecting your own movement as mainstream, and your opponents as fringe. Convincing your opponent that his fight is a futile one. Your opposition may act differently, or even hesitate to act at all, based on their perception of your power. How often have we heard this line: The government has predator drones. There is nothing the people can do now This is a projection of exaggerated invincibility designed to elicit apathy from the masses.
2) Never go outside the experience of your people, and whenever possible, go outside of the experience of the enemy.
Dont get drawn into a debate about a subject you do not know as well as or better than your opposition. If possible, draw them into such a situation instead. Go off on tangents. Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty in your opposition. This is commonly used against unwitting interviewees on cable news shows whose positions are set up to be skewered. The target is blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address. In television and radio, this also serves to waste broadcast time to prevent the target from expressing his own position.
3) Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.
The objective is to target the opponents credibility and reputation by accusations of hypocrisy. If the tactician can catch his opponent in even the smallest misstep, it creates an opening for further attacks, and distracts away from the broader moral question.
4) Ridicule is mans most potent weapon.
Ron Paul is a crackpot. Gold bugs are crazy. Constitutionalists are fringe extremists. Baseless ridicule is almost impossible to counter because it is meant to be irrational. It infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage. It also works as a pressure point to force the enemy into concessions.
5) A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.
The popularization of the term Teabaggers is a classic example; it caught on by itself because people seem to think its clever, and enjoy saying it. Keeping your talking points simple and fun helps your side stay motivated, and helps your tactics spread autonomously, without instruction or encouragement.
6) A tactic that d**gs on too long becomes a d**g.
See rule No. 5. Dont become old news. If you keep your tactics fresh, its easier to keep your people active. Not all disinformation agents are paid. The useful i***ts have to be motivated by other means. Mainstream disinformation often changes gear from one method to the next and then back again.
7) Keep the pressure on with different tactics and actions, and utilize all events of the period for your purpose.
Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. Never give the target a chance to rest, regroup, recover or re-strategize. Take advantage of current events and twist their implications to support your position. Never let a good crisis go to waste.
8) The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
This goes hand in hand with Rule No. 1. Perception is reality. Allow your opposition to expend all of its energy in expectation of an insurmountable scenario. The dire possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.
9) The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.
The objective of this pressure is to force the opposition to react and make the mistakes that are necessary for the ultimate success of the campaign.
10) If you push a negative hard and deep enough, it will break through into its counterside.
As grassroots activism tools, Alinsky tactics have historically been used (for example, by labor movements or covert operations specialists) to force the opposition to react with violence against activists, which leads to popular sympathy for the activists cause. Today, false (or co-opted) grassroots movements and revolutions use this technique in debate as well as in planned street actions and r*******ns (look at Syria for a recent example).
11) The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.
Never let the enemy score points because youre caught without a solution to the problem. Today, this is often used offensively against legitimate activists, such as the opponents of the Federal Reserve. Complain that your opponent is merely pointing out the problems. Demand that they offer not just a solution, but THE solution. Obviously, no one person has the solution. When he fails to produce the miracle you requested, dismiss his entire argument and all the facts he has presented as pointless.
12) Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.
Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. The targets supporters will expose themselves. Go after individual people, not organizations or institutions. People hurt faster than institutions.
The next time you view an MSM debate, watch the pundits carefully, you will likely see many if not all of the strategies above used on some unsuspecting individual attempting to tell the t***h.
Internet Disinformation Methods
Internet trolls, also known as paid posters or paid bloggers, are increasingly and openly being employed by private corporations as well governments, often for marketing purposes and for public relations (Obama is notorious for this practice). Internet trolling is indeed a fast growing industry.
Trolls use a wide variety of strategies, some of which are unique to the internet, here are just a few:
1. Make outrageous comments designed to distract or frustrate: An Alinsky tactic used to make people emotional, although less effective because of the impersonal nature of the Web.
2. Pose as a supporter of the t***h, then make comments that discredit the movement: We have seen this even on our own forums trolls pose as supporters of the Liberty Movement, then post long, incoherent diatribes so as to appear either r****t or insane. The key to this tactic is to make references to common Liberty Movement arguments while at the same time babbling nonsense, so as to make those otherwise valid arguments seem ludicrous by association. In extreme cases, these Trojan Horse Trolls have been known to make posts which incite violence a technique obviously intended to solidify the false assertions of the think tank propagandists like the SPLC, which purports that Constitutionalists should be feared as potential d******c t*******ts.
3. Dominate Discussions: Trolls often interject themselves into productive Web discussions in order to throw them off course and frustrate the people involved.
4. Prewritten Responses: Many trolls are supplied with a list or database with pre-planned talking points designed as generalized and deceptive responses to honest arguments. When they post, their words feel strangely plastic and well rehearsed.
5. False Association: This works hand in hand with item No. 2, by invoking the stereotypes established by the Trojan Horse Troll. For example: calling those against the Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists or lunatics; deliberately associating anti-g*******t movements with r****ts and homegrown terrorists, because of the inherent negative connotations; and using false associations to provoke biases and dissuade people from examining the evidence objectively.
6. False Moderation: Pretending to be the voice of reason in an argument with obvious and defined sides in an attempt to move people away from what is clearly true into a grey area where the t***h becomes relative.
7. Straw Man Arguments: A very common technique. The troll will accuse his opposition of subscribing to a certain point of view, even if he does not, and then attacks that point of view. Or, the troll will put words in the mouth of his opposition, and then rebut those specific words.
Sometimes, these strategies are used by average people with serious personality issues. However, if you see someone using these tactics often, or using many of them at the same time, you may be dealing with a paid internet troll.
Stopping Disinformation
The best way to disarm disinformation agents is to know their methods inside and out. This gives us the ability to point out exactly what they are doing in detail the moment they try to do it. Immediately exposing a disinformation tactic as it is being used is highly destructive to the person utilizing it. It makes them look foolish, dishonest and weak for even making the attempt. Internet trolls most especially do not know how to handle their methods being deconstructed right in front of their eyes and usually fold and run from debate when it occurs.
The t***h is precious. It is sad that there are so many in our society who have lost respect for it; people who have traded in their conscience and their soul for temporary financial comfort while sacrificing the stability and balance of the rest of the country in the process.
The human psyche breathes on the air of t***h. Without it, humanity cannot survive. Without it, the species will collapse, starving from lack of intellectual and emotional sustenance.
Disinformation does not only threaten our insight into the workings of our world; it makes us vulnerable to fear, misunderstanding, and doubt: all things that lead to destruction. It can drive good people to commit terrible atrocities against others, or even against themselves. Without a concerted and organized effort to defuse mass-produced lies, the future will look bleak indeed.
Article can be found here; http://www.alt-market.com/articles/964-disinformation-how-it-works
Mar 15, 2014 00:54:59 #
MrEd wrote:
I find it interesting that a lot of things I see p... (show quote)
That was a good article. Thanks for sharing.
Mar 15, 2014 05:34:17 #
lpnmajor
Loc: Arkansas
ginger wrote:
That was a good article. Thanks for sharing.
There are a good many people who do, indeed, use such tactics. There a number of people who do not. There are also a great many people who simply don't want to hear anything, other than their own ideas echoing back at them.
The number of posters, educated enough to use such tactics, is rather low. Most of them do it by accident.
Mar 15, 2014 08:42:38 #
lpnmajor wrote:
There are a good many people who do, indeed, use such tactics. There a number of people who do not. There are also a great many people who simply don't want to hear anything, other than their own ideas echoing back at them.
The number of posters, educated enough to use such tactics, is rather low. Most of them do it by accident.
The number of posters, educated enough to use such tactics, is rather low. Most of them do it by accident.
As stated in the article Many people who use these methods have serious mental issues but never heard of Alinsky. Liberalism is a mental disorder or they are Stupid & Ignorant Useful I***ts. ONE OR THE OTHER. In either case they are basically evil having an aversion to t***h
Mar 15, 2014 08:52:58 #
Thanks Mr Ed added to favs.
This is a good one too.
http://www.angelfire.com/emo2/republican/Manual.htm
They are also using the complete removal approach. Look what I found to an article I read last night.
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"Russia says intercepted US drone over Crimea: arms group
Moscow (AFP) A United States surveillance drone has been intercepted above the Ukranian region of Crimea, a Russian state arms and technology group said Friday.
"The drone was flying at about 4,000 metres (12,000 feet) and was virtually invisible from the ground. It was possible to break the link with US operators with complex radio-electronic" technology, said Rostec in a statement.
The drone fell "almost intact into the hands of self-defence forces" added Rostec, which said it had manufactured the equipment used to down the aircraft, but did not specify who was operating it.
"Judging by its identification number, UAV MQ-5B belonged to the 66th American Reconnaissance Brigade, based in Bavaria," Rostec said on its website, which also carried a picture of what it said was the captured drone.
The photograph appeared to show an apparently armed drone in flight, rather than debris.
The Crimean port of Sevastopol is home to Russias Black Sea Fleet, which is believed to be equipped with detection equipment.
Crimea, where pro-Kremlin forces have control, is to hold a referendum on Sunday on the peninsula joining Russia, in what Moscow says is a fair expression of self identity but the West views as an illegal annexation of sovereign territory.
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This is a good one too.
http://www.angelfire.com/emo2/republican/Manual.htm
They are also using the complete removal approach. Look what I found to an article I read last night.
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"Russia says intercepted US drone over Crimea: arms group
Moscow (AFP) A United States surveillance drone has been intercepted above the Ukranian region of Crimea, a Russian state arms and technology group said Friday.
"The drone was flying at about 4,000 metres (12,000 feet) and was virtually invisible from the ground. It was possible to break the link with US operators with complex radio-electronic" technology, said Rostec in a statement.
The drone fell "almost intact into the hands of self-defence forces" added Rostec, which said it had manufactured the equipment used to down the aircraft, but did not specify who was operating it.
"Judging by its identification number, UAV MQ-5B belonged to the 66th American Reconnaissance Brigade, based in Bavaria," Rostec said on its website, which also carried a picture of what it said was the captured drone.
The photograph appeared to show an apparently armed drone in flight, rather than debris.
The Crimean port of Sevastopol is home to Russias Black Sea Fleet, which is believed to be equipped with detection equipment.
Crimea, where pro-Kremlin forces have control, is to hold a referendum on Sunday on the peninsula joining Russia, in what Moscow says is a fair expression of self identity but the West views as an illegal annexation of sovereign territory.
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Mar 15, 2014 09:25:50 #
MrEd wrote:
I find it interesting that a lot of things I see p... (show quote)
Thanks, I had to study Alinsky in grad school and I see his approach in operation constantly in the current White House.
Mar 15, 2014 09:51:15 #
http://beforeitsnews.com/global-unrest/2014/03/russia-intercepts-us-drone-uav-mq-5b-flying-over-crimea-2458280.html
Hopefully the downed one is the older technology since they have flown since 1996.
Hopefully the downed one is the older technology since they have flown since 1996.
Patty wrote:
Thanks Mr Ed added to favs. br br This is a good ... (show quote)
Mar 15, 2014 10:44:45 #
Mar 15, 2014 11:33:41 #
We should all thank you for admitting FOX is usually right on the money.
Kevyn wrote:
How on earth did you get ahold of a copy of the Fox News handbook?
Mar 15, 2014 16:09:56 #
lpnmajor
Loc: Arkansas
bmac32 wrote:
We should all thank you for admitting FOX is usually right on the money.
They are right on the money. They know where EVERY penny goes. They're a little hazy about where it comes from.
Mar 15, 2014 16:31:36 #
Sam has a printing press in the back room. No hazy here, my pocket, your too.
lpnmajor wrote:
They are right on the money. They know where EVERY penny goes. They're a little hazy about where it comes from.
Mar 15, 2014 16:49:06 #
lpnmajor
Loc: Arkansas
bmac32 wrote:
Sam has a printing press in the back room. No hazy here, my pocket, your too.
Haha! Hopefully no drug dogs will be h*****g around the bank when the deposits are made. :lol:
Mar 15, 2014 16:58:01 #
Likely pit bulls for take out only.
lpnmajor wrote:
Haha! Hopefully no drug dogs will be h*****g around the bank when the deposits are made. :lol:
Mar 15, 2014 17:23:10 #
lpnmajor wrote:
There are a good many people who do, indeed, use such tactics. There a number of people who do not. There are also a great many people who simply don't want to hear anything, other than their own ideas echoing back at them.
The number of posters, educated enough to use such tactics, is rather low. Most of them do it by accident.
The number of posters, educated enough to use such tactics, is rather low. Most of them do it by accident.
I don't know, Major---I see a lot of evidence that they--the Alinskyites--are indeed following these rules. The article states that "Sometimes these strategies are used by average people with serious personality issues."--But I think most are Alinskyites.
Mar 15, 2014 21:06:36 #
Steve700 wrote:
As stated in the article Many people who use these methods have serious mental issues but never heard of Alinsky. Liberalism is a mental disorder or they are Stupid & Ignorant Useful I***ts. ONE OR THE OTHER. In either case they are basically evil having an aversion to t***h
So, it's never occurred to you that the stuff you are filling your head with might be blown out of proportion by people that are trying to start major conflict?
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