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Diomedes
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Message 16 of 710 (799899)
02-17-2017 1:24 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Faith
02-17-2017 12:32 PM


Re: Questioning Faith
Do you check with
Drudge Report
Breitbart
Newsmax
World Net Daily
Infowars
Frontpage Mag
I can't speak for others, but I have read the Drudge Report before.
With regards to Breitbart and Infowars, those are not news Faith. They are tabloids. Alex Jones is a complete conspiracy nut. This is a guy that talks about gay frogs, that Lady Gaga's Superbowl halftime show was some Satanic Ritual and that inter-dimensional aliens are controlling the New World Order. And no, I did not make that last one up. Take a look for yourself:
Oh lots more. The stuff you all just dismiss, that gets called "fake news" by the REAL fake news.
We don't dismiss things. We analyze data and draw conclusions. Individuals such as yourself draw conclusions and then work backwards from them. As evidenced by your copious other posts pertaining to science, the bible, etc.
There ARE conspiracies out there. Why is that so hard to accept? It's not that hard to organize a conspiracy if you have a mind to and a source of funding, and there are plenty who have both.
In actuality Faith, it is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to organize a conspiracy. It requires a massive apparatus, a whole slew of individuals and an air-tight security model. And as we all know, keeping secrets is virtually impossible in this modern day and age.
Incidentally, if an individual is seeing conspiracies everyone, there are only two possible logical conclusions one can draw:
1) Conspiracies abound and we are all beholden to the NWO and the Inter-dimensional aliens
-or-
2) That individual is delusional
Now which is more probable?

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Diomedes
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From: Central Florida, USA
Joined: 09-13-2013


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Message 27 of 710 (799913)
02-17-2017 5:50 PM
Reply to: Message 23 by Faith
02-17-2017 5:04 PM


Re: Questioning Faith
What's needed is regularly checking out such sites as an antidote to Leftist propaganda.
There is no 'leftist propaganda'. There is only the dissemination of information.
And I am curious: do you watch MSNBC on a regular basis to ensure you are receiving an effective 'antidote' to right wing propaganda?
I'm a Christian, I know Satan is real and that there are people into witchcraft -- there are lots of levels of witchcraft and I've unfortunately had some experience of it myself -- so if someone says Lady Gaga is, or Hillary etc., I know it's possible and I don't dismiss it. I also didn't watch the halftime show to see if I recognize it in the act, so I don't know for sure.
You 'experienced' witchcraft? What happened? Did a Harry Potter enthusiast scare you on Halloween? Or did somebody actually cast a spell on you?
But that's SUCH a small part of Infowars' reports, you pick on that and dismiss the whole show? Typical.
Actually, its a large part. Alex Jones has mentioned it on numerous occasions. And the point is to look at ALL their positions in their entirety. If you refer to some and ignore the others, it is actually you that is cherry picking.
Yes, there are huge conspiracy theories too. Lots of people with lots of money working together. Did you ever listen to the Norman Dodd interview at YouTube on the conspiracy by the big foundations to teach Communism to Americans, that I've mentioned a number of times?
I actually have seen it. I have also seen similar conspiracies relating to the moon landing, 9/11 being an inside job, vaccines causing autism, the New World Order, the Roswell alien landing, the power of crystals and pyramids. And a slew of others. You know what they all have in common? They are horseshit.
Infowars focuses on NEWS STORIES found in a huge variety of sources, NEWS stories; they don't make it up, they take their stuff from the published accounts of the MSM among others
So the inter-dimensional lizard people really are running the New World Order?
What's even rarer than conspiracies is a delusional mindset. You guys sling that around to explain anything you've been brainwashed into dismissing.
quote:
Psychological Projection
Is a defense mechanism people subconsciously employ in order to cope with difficult feelings or emotions. Psychological projection involves projecting undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else, rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings.
You really need to check in frequently with the sources I listed if you want to understand how Trump supporters think.
I actually know several Trump supporters. A neighbor of mine is one. You want to know something? They don't think anything like you. In fact, most admit that one of their primary reasons for voting was simply being dis-illusioned by both political parties and they wanted to try something different. They don't believe in sinister plots. They don't believe in conspiracies. They simply were not enamored with the establishment and they viewed Hillary as a flawed candidate. Which by the way, many of us 'liberals' also agreed with.
know what they think and I agree with the MAIN stuff they say -- I don't agree with EVERYTHING anybody says. And I meant it when I said this stuff makes me cry a lot. What the LEFT says makes me cry every day.
May I offer a bit of advice that may come across as being harsh but I am merely stating based on what I am reading between the lines? If you cry 'a lot' and now cry 'every day', please seek professional help because what I suspect is that you are suffering from some form of clinical depression. Once again, I am not saying this to be harsh or judgemental. I am saying this as someone who is pretty perceptive and is seeing evidence of a behavior that I do not believe is healthy.

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