A lot of websites thrive on sensationalism and need it to get "hits".
I blame low self esteem and lack of vitamins as children for how gullible some folks are. :)
not just websites, MSM also, most notably perhaps CNN
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Remember that propaganda works that way: inundate the populace with tons of DIS-information so that the truth, when it comes out, is obscured and difficult to discern.
You guys are pretty trusting. What is that thing that equates to bliss... ingomy?...no, hmmm, intransigence?... kinda close....
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Sat Oct 14, 2017 4:11 pm
soundmike
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not sure if this guy is FOS, but he seems to know his business
I can't say if Adams take is correct or not but I have a hard time buying him as an expert in acoustic analysis. He has a website on health and that is his expertise. Take it or leave it if the information he presents is sensible but I would like to see scientific analysis by people who actually work in this field.
Jonathan Brown wrote:
I think as a society, we are getting dumber and dumber. More and more gullible too. Our educational system is a joke, resulting in what we have now, and it's only going to get worse. The internet is to blame for much of the stupidity. It's a form of mind control for some. Feed people shit for long enough, and shit becomes normal, and they slobber all over it, begging for more.
No doubt society is getting dumber (at least in my opinion). Same goes for gullibility so I am with you on all you said here. You could add the addiction to smart phones, which now are smarter than their users.
However, I can understand it when nobody buys the line anymore after a shooting. The government and media are so quick to blame guns and gun owners that it appears as if something is going on behind the scenes. It is not as if we do not have precedent for illegal and unethical behavior from both government bureaucrats and big media. It is too bad that some jump to conclusions and theories without basis (or not enough evidence) but the system has brought this on us.
Just a few examples are Fast and Furious (not the movie), Benghazi, Operation Gladio (declassified decades ago and reported in NYTimes, etc), the coup to overthrow Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran by CIA/Kermit Roosevelt, Iran-Contra (both gun and drug running) and the CIA admitting they started the crack cocaine epidemic by running it into poor black neighborhoods. It does not take a conspiracy theory to prove that there have been and will continue to be some bad people in positions of power that will do things to get power, to keep power, or to control others. All it takes to see this is to read some history and this tendency to corruption in government goes back to ancient times.
It would be nice to get some straight answers and I would believe the story if there were not so many holes and if the push for gun control (and targeted gun control) had not happened almost instantaneously. Heck, Hillary tweeted so fast her fingers were probably on fire. She went right after the one thing that was in Congress, suppressors. Whether something nefarious is going on or not with this shooting, this type of quick response to take more rights seems suspicious.
Glad at least someone knows about Mohamed Mossadegh and why Iranians hate us still. It always makes me chuckle when people say “they hate us for our freedoms.” No, it a little more intricate than that. There is a great book out there called “ legacy of ashes” a great read and will put a few thing into perspective.
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I forget where I saw it, but I also think there was a buy back option that was exercised shortly after the atrack...then again, I also read that Trump is the devil and the world was going to end on 9/26...
I forget where I saw it, but I also think there was a buy back option that was exercised shortly after the atrack...then again, I also read that Trump is the devil and the world was going to end on 9/26...
Yes but if you read it on the internet, it has to be true.
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I forget where I saw it, but I also think there was a buy back option that was exercised shortly after the atrack...then again, I also read that Trump is the devil and the world was going to end on 9/26...
Yes but if you read it on the internet, it has to be true.
Even better, I just read headlines, or the text of the click bait link. That's all I need to know.
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