Goebbels was born in the wrong century. In today's media environment, he could have convinced the world Jews were gassing Nazis and eating their babies.
Israelis (disguised as Hamas) invaded Israel and killed Israelis so Israel could justify the killing of Palestinian children. Makes total sense. Case closed. Clear as day.
This is sort of what happens when you ask "Would a government sacrifice its own people so the ruling class can gain more power and reach a goal?" and you can't say definitively no. Whether we're talking the US, Israel, Hamas, or any number of other governments, the situation is the same globally. People no longer trust that our ruling class is in it for anyone but themselves, and given that people are right not to trust and that's the caveat to every single discussion we have when we cannot have direct knowledge of a situation ourselves . . . here we are.
Amazing the scumbaggery people are capable of. I say this already being intensely aware of the cruelty and violence people are capable of, from a full career of having witnessed it up close and personal.
It is imperative that supporters of Israel and the truth put as much effort into providing truthful content as these demented souls file lies.
Debunking is fine as far as it goes but it is by nature always reactionary and thus playing catch up.
Our side needs to present to the general public the demonic deeds of Hamas RELENTLESSLY and stop wasting so much time and energy correcting their lies.
The Israeli government needs to step up their Information War Department because they are losing on that front.
Point taken... but you're cherry-picking your sources here.
I think you could find false precision and obfuscatory fog on both sides, if you cared to look. And all the other standard rhetorical dirty tricks.
You can also, with effort, find people across the spectrum trying to be honest and compassionate and trying to figure out what's really happening. That's maybe not going to further your core narrative about nihilism destroying everything good, but hey, just putting it out there.
Oct 24, 2023·edited Oct 24, 2023Liked by Chris Bray
This comment on Astral Codex Ten links to a google document in which a lot of the graphic photos and videos are collected, with archival links, with evidence to support their authenticity, including geo-location and confirmation from other sources.
(Not according to me, but to those who fund writers such as the ones you quote.)
It's a loyalty-test.
Will you take the knee? Will you salute the flag? Will you wear the mask? Will you say [insert phrase here]? Will you pay homage to [this weeks cause]?
Will you, in short, obey without thinking?
PS: That "expert in totalitarianism" you were hung up on a while back - the name escapes me - hasn't it had anything to say about all of this?
Goebbels was born in the wrong century. In today's media environment, he could have convinced the world Jews were gassing Nazis and eating their babies.
i know where the 830 children are ! they are with the 214 indigenous children buried in Canada. Ask Turdeau .
And Auschwitz and Dachau were just nice hostels run by the Israelis with defective showers
Israelis (disguised as Hamas) invaded Israel and killed Israelis so Israel could justify the killing of Palestinian children. Makes total sense. Case closed. Clear as day.
This is sort of what happens when you ask "Would a government sacrifice its own people so the ruling class can gain more power and reach a goal?" and you can't say definitively no. Whether we're talking the US, Israel, Hamas, or any number of other governments, the situation is the same globally. People no longer trust that our ruling class is in it for anyone but themselves, and given that people are right not to trust and that's the caveat to every single discussion we have when we cannot have direct knowledge of a situation ourselves . . . here we are.
I was wrong again. I predicted that, by the end of the month, the media would be blaming the Israelis for the Hammas attack.
Amazing the scumbaggery people are capable of. I say this already being intensely aware of the cruelty and violence people are capable of, from a full career of having witnessed it up close and personal.
I don’t believe anything from anybody anymore. Am I wrong?
Chris is on fire today.
This level of blatant manipulation and lying is why it's so easy to get weary of Twitter within a minute of going there.
If it didn't work, they wouldn't do it.
It is imperative that supporters of Israel and the truth put as much effort into providing truthful content as these demented souls file lies.
Debunking is fine as far as it goes but it is by nature always reactionary and thus playing catch up.
Our side needs to present to the general public the demonic deeds of Hamas RELENTLESSLY and stop wasting so much time and energy correcting their lies.
The Israeli government needs to step up their Information War Department because they are losing on that front.
Point taken... but you're cherry-picking your sources here.
I think you could find false precision and obfuscatory fog on both sides, if you cared to look. And all the other standard rhetorical dirty tricks.
You can also, with effort, find people across the spectrum trying to be honest and compassionate and trying to figure out what's really happening. That's maybe not going to further your core narrative about nihilism destroying everything good, but hey, just putting it out there.
This comment on Astral Codex Ten links to a google document in which a lot of the graphic photos and videos are collected, with archival links, with evidence to support their authenticity, including geo-location and confirmation from other sources.
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-299/comment/42370946
It's a test mr Bray, and you just failed it.
(Not according to me, but to those who fund writers such as the ones you quote.)
It's a loyalty-test.
Will you take the knee? Will you salute the flag? Will you wear the mask? Will you say [insert phrase here]? Will you pay homage to [this weeks cause]?
Will you, in short, obey without thinking?
PS: That "expert in totalitarianism" you were hung up on a while back - the name escapes me - hasn't it had anything to say about all of this?
Thanks for this post, Chris.
You don’t understand the root causes of this conflict, obviously. If you just connect the dots it all becomes clear:
Netanyahu! Mossad! Trump! Climate Crisis! Reproductive Health!
Genderqueer! Exclamation points!
I hope that clears up the confusion for you deplorables.