Y'know, I read this thing one time, about project "Something or Other" that was supposedly run by today the CIA, but created long ago...
It was a mass-mind control program originally developed right after WW1 to convince young men to go off to war, and have the population support war efforts-- fed to the people via mass media...and I totally believe it.
As media evolved into more attention grabbing and engrossing forms utilizing active imagery (Motion Pictures-Television)- The program became completley effective on your human psyche.
IT even said in the paper I read about this program "...did you ever notice how mass shootings increase right before congress votes on gun control measures?..."
Kinda like Manchurian Candidate shit, only for the masses.
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm definitley [red]NOT[/red] a ]foil hat guy.
At all.
But I totally believe that the media and those who run it directly shape the beliefs of the masses as it realtes to guns, race, internatioial affairs, and every single other issue.
Example?
When the Davidians were holed up in Waco, even though I was realitively young, and still in school, I vividly recall the media calling Koresh a "child mollestor"...
As soon as they did, I saw public opinion shift from
"[b]J[/b]ust leav[b]e[/b] those poor people alone"
to
"Go in and get the bastard"
A couplea [b]w[/b]eek[b]s[/b] later?
They did.
It's only when an individual sees first hand that all he has been fed through the television is incorect on a certian topic does he begin to realize [b]j[/b]ust how po[b]ew[/b]rful the media and tho[b]s[/b]e who run it truly are.
When you [i]know[/i] you are right on a particular issue...but the masses have been mindwiped otherwise. All they do is call you "ignorant", and continue on with thier spoon-fed beliefs.
Are you a Gun Owner?- [b]The masses call you a "Ignorant Redneck", because that's what the media tells them to.[/b] After all. It's
[b][i]"COMMON SENSE GUN CONTROL[/b][/i].
Are you a Realist as it relates to racial issues?- [b]They will call you "Ignorant"[/b]
Are you a religious man, and believe children should be taught the word?- [b]They will call you a "Zealot" or "Right Wing", because THOSE ARE THE WORDS THE MEDIA TELLS THEM TO USE!![/b]
Whether you are religious or not, there is a huge shift against Christians in the modern perception as of late...
What never ceases to amaze me is how some dudes can be so savvy on one issue, and so fucking brainwashed on another.