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Originally posted by lonegurkha
Why do so many people think that the isrealies and the jews in general are responsible for all the ills if the world.I'll grant you the fact that they are involved in some things ,but then so are we.What makes you think that they are all powerful in the world.
Originally posted by digginapony
reply to post by cybertroy
Hi Cybertroy! What do you think about the USS Liberty, the Lavon Affair, and the King David Hotel bombings?
What do you think about the five dancing Israelis that were apprehended after being seen celebrating the attack on September 11?
What do you think about the Federal Reserve refusing Congress the ability to audit it. In other words, The Fed, which a private bank of Rothschild, would not allow the government to count the gold that belongs to the people of the United States.
What do you think about the brutal murder of the Tsar Nicholas II and his entire family at the hands of the Zionists for his refusal to enslave his people to the Zionist banks?edit on 2-2-2011 by digginapony because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by notimportant
Interesting.
People who investigate history and current events and who put two and two together to deduce that virtually everything government\media\education says is a self-serving lie are "brainwashed" and nascent racists , yet folks who accept everything they learned in government indoctrination centers (public schools), or from government propaganda media (CBS\FOX\NPR\NYT), or from the millionaires in congress are logical and rational, and assumed, NOT "brainwashed".
Is that about the size of it?
Speaking for myself, I started in the same boat as the next American idiot...believing my alleged education was real, and that Democrats were the good guys (some believe Republicans are the good guys), and that America is an altruistic nation with the best intentions towards the rest of the world. I would absolutely assume someone who doubted any piece the holocaust story to be a Nazi-sympathizer, and criticism of Israel was equal to being "anti-Semitic".
There are endless examples of beliefs I held without really knowing WHY I held them...here are a few:
Hitler was the devil incarnate, even though I knew next to nothing about him.
If someone mentioned "6-Million", I knew immediately what they were referring to.
Americans had walked on the moon, I watched it on the TV.
WWII was a "good" war.
Propaganda only occurred in totalitarian countries, the US has the most free and open media on earth.
Etc, etc, etc...
But then came Gore's capitulation to Bush, followed by 911 and I started questioning what I thought I knew.
To do that, I started looking at places I used to avoid. I couldn't get an honest view of the world if I refused to look at certain information. The more I tried to look at competing information, the more sense the world started to make. I took the time to read history, news and opinion from all over the world; once I found myself reading an article by an author who's name I hadn't paid attention to...and when I was almost done with it, I thought to myself "wow, this guy makes a lot of sense, who is he?', so I looked at the byline and was horrified to see I was agreeing with David Duke!
Being of Jewish heritage, that really freaked me out.
But why does the name David Duke have almost the same impact as Adolf Hitler?
Why do we feel a visceral, knee-jerk reaction to reject anything that might shine a positive light on those two characters, even though most people know very, very little about them other than what they learn from the media or our version of history?
Why? Well, because of "BRAINWASHING".
I was brainwashed BEFORE I started doing my own research you see, not after. I was indoctrinated to think a certain way, I did not indoctrinate myself to think otherwise.
People who don't question, who blindly accept, and who refuse to look at information contrary to their accepted beliefs are the brainwashed ones, not the folks who took the time to challenge everything they already believed, and came to a different conclusion afterward.
Here's a definition of indoctrination from Wikipedia:
Indoctrination is the process of inculcating ideas, attitudes, cognitive strategies or a professional methodology (see doctrine).[1] It is often distinguished from education by the fact that the indoctrinated person is expected not to question or critically examine the doctrine they have learned.[2] As such it is used pejoratively, often in the context of political opinions, theology or religious dogma. Instruction in the basic principles of science, in particular, can not properly be called indoctrination, in the sense that the fundamental principles of science call for critical self-evaluation and skeptical scrutiny of one's own ideas, a stance outside any doctrine.[3] In practice, however, a certain level of non-rational indoctrination, usually seen as miseducative, is invariably present.[4] The term is closely linked to socialization; in common discourse, indoctrination is often associated with negative connotations, while socialization refers to cultural or educational learning.
Here's Miriam-Webster's take on BRAINWASHING:
brain·wash·ing
noun \ˈbrān-ˌwȯ-shiŋ, -ˌwä-\
Definition of BRAINWASHING
1
: a forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up basic political, social, or religious beliefs and attitudes and to accept contrasting regimented ideas
2
: persuasion by propaganda or salesmanship
Can you explain to me how I forcibly indoctrinated myself to be the racist I am today? Do you assume I was racist to begin with...that I was born that way, and that the decades of school, history and media exposure just couldn't override my hard-coded hatred for Jews (my own people according to my Grandfather), and that all it took was a little Nazi sympathetic propaganda to wake up the true me? Sounds silly, but that's what I'm hearing you say.
Please wake up.
Originally posted by forklift
reply to post by Hongkongphooey
Don't compare stones and home made fireworks with apaches, tanks and fighter jets. Palestinians are living in a cage while israel keeps expanding with illegal settlements.
Before you start rambling on about how 'evil' the palestinians are, than here's a good thread which nails the issue on whose the REAL agressor:
Palestinians conflict by numbers
Zionist Jews own the top banks, own 90% of media, own 80% of multinational corporations and israel is a tumor in the Middle East and as this tumor grows from nile to eupharates, it will bring on more death and destruction.While the American tax payers fund this zionist state and if required the ameircan mothers will sacrifice their young children for the protection of the god'schosen people.
Why do you think israel wants hosni mubarrak to stay in power? mubarrak didn't make $40 billion from thin air you know?
Originally posted by digginapony
reply to post by Hongkongphooey
"As for Egypt, Israel just wants peace..."
Yes.
It was nice meeting you Hongkong. "Israel just wants peace." Yes.
Originally posted by Hongkongphooey
Originally posted by digginapony
reply to post by Hongkongphooey
"As for Egypt, Israel just wants peace..."
Yes.
It was nice meeting you Hongkong. "Israel just wants peace." Yes.
Didn't Israel give back the Sinai and beach resorts (completely built up with hotels) back to Egypt in return for peace and they have had peace with Egypt.
If Israel wanted this so called 'greater Israel' they would have kept that land. If they wanted war they would never have made peace with Egypt and Jordan. If these Palestinians are so peaceful why did Jordan and Kuwait kick them out??? They are are the (Jordanian & Egyptian) refugees that no one in the Arab world wants other than as a political and hatred focal point against Israel. If you knew anything about Arabs you would know they all hate each other and the only thing keeping them from killing each other is there hatred of Israel.
have you ever spoken to Israeli's? The majority want peace, not to be attacked everyday. The settlement zionists are a minority lunatic fringe element who most Israeli's don't agree with.
Whilst you point out that Zionists are to blame and not all Jews, you both (diggin as well) drop your guard at times and use the word Jews, like when you describe the Jewish bankers as opposed to Zionist, so anyone reading can see your true biggotry.
I have said I am anti zionist. I just know where your going with all this and its the majority of blameless Jews that get the brunt in the end.