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Now here is an actual example of a very, very common strategy > Hyperbolic statement to push a narrative > "Please back that statement up" > Silence, or "Not
by orf 8y ago
Now here is an actual example of a very, very common strategy
> Hyperbolic statement to push a narrative
> "Please back that statement up"
> Silence, or "Not exactly full of examples up to this very minute"
- tedunangst 8y agoWe know the conspiracy is real because all the evidence has been covered up.
- fromthestart 8y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Washtub_(Nicaragua) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Washtub_(Nicaragua... Why people continue to put such blind faith in government is beyond me.
- tptacek 8y agoNone of those are cyberattacks, which is what I was responding to. I'm not even a little interested in the debate about whether (for instance) Tonkin was a false flag.
- wybiral 8y ago> Why people continue to put such blind faith in government is beyond me. This attitude seems really misanthropic to me. Government is people. Elected people here in the US. Yeah, there have been mistakes and there will continue to be mistakes, but this "burn it all down" response to that fact of reality isn't going to make anything better.