Originally posted by converge
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” — Hanlon's Razor

Not to say that there aren't Government agents here purposely misleading and misinforming people, but let's not ascribe every blatantly misinformed post, every thread derailing attempt or every troll to the work of Government agents and disinformation artists.

There's ignorant, misinformed and brainwashed people everywhere. Including, yes, ATS.

Oh, and there's a lot of people that simply disagree with you. Accept it because that's not going to change.

[edit on 3-2-2010 by converge]

I think you have approached this issue in an extremely balanced fashion. It is easy to see conspiracy in things you disagree with, but to see conspiracy within the things you agree with, that is the true challenge! Only when we are able to take a step back and seperate our emotions from a given investigation, can we gaze upon a truth, or true form as Plato called it!

There was one fella posting here for a while who many of us are sure was an Iranian government disinfo agent. Actually, I think it was an account used by multiple people over there in the Iranian gov't .. probably agents in training .. learning how to propaganda 'the enemy'. That person 'signed off' a few weeks ago ... said he was 'moving on' .... actually, I'm thinking that since he(THEY) did such a poor job hiding the fact that they were agents and lots of folks here called him (THEM) out on it, they gave up and transfered the guys elsewhere.

Originally posted by mmiichael


There's more of an emphasis on creating shock value thread titles and getting those points. stars, flags, whatever - then actually exchanging ideas and alternative news stories.

Pity.

Just look at the crap on YouTube

I encourage CIA and FBI posts, there is no faster way to the Truth!

Simply the Opposite of whatever they say, Must be TRUE!!


In all seriousness,

The Government already has a disinformation program, the most successful in human history. It's simply called Mass Media.