It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
reply to post by XxNightAngelusxX
It most certainly did not. The only argument anyone has for martial law in this country is New Orleans.
Wow, so none of that stuff happened?
Its not my opinion, its yours. If you are willing to do the same as them, to spite them, you are, in fact, the same as them.
Like I said, because your narrow minded opinion of me matters, and all...
Please go back and read my edit to my previous post. I do not wish to be dragged into this silliness anymore. If you wish to discuss on topic, thats great. Buts you have already said that you dont.
edit on 8-6-2013 by captaintyinknots because: (no reason given)edit on 8-6-2013 by captaintyinknots because: (no reason given)
Alrighty, so the boys in black swarming the streets and pulling people out of their homes at gunpoint doesn't count, then. Mmmm'kay. Your opinion, I guess.
I said I'd be willing to take money from a corporation, not start wars, kill millions, and organize Bilderberg meetings. Not the same thing.
I take it this is your admission that you will not discuss the topic?
So, feel released from the silliness, as of now.
The guys moving people out of their houses in Boston were SWAT team members: police, not military. I haven't seen any evidence that they 'forced people out at gunpoint' or 'pulled them out of their homes.'
They cleared the houses because an armed killer was on the loose and they had no idea where he might appear next or who else he might be working with.
If you're going to argue that martial law has taken place, it amazes me that you don't use the one relevant example that's out there....New Orleans. Funny how people like AJ have completely whitewashed that one, but focus instead on instances that were in no way true martial law events. Hmmmm...
You are willing to be underhanded to stop underhanded behavior.
Also, 'organize bilderberg meetings'?
I take it this is your admission that you will not discuss the topic?
Didn't I mention that one too?
You understand that this completely backs the argument of VOLUNTARY searches, right? That people would hardly cheer if they were under martial law....
Also, the reason Boston's police situation got so much attention from conspirators is because the men were being cheered and applauded as they were preforming their searches.
And way to try and marginalize it. You are willing to be underhanded to stop someone from being underhanded. The lengths you may go to are unclear. But you admit, yourself, that you would do it. Heck, not just admit it, you volunteered the information, as if it somehow made it ok that AJ did it.
Way to generalize the whole thing. I wouldn't do half the crap that they do. You can lump it all together all you want, it doesn't really matter.
Yeah? Do they NOT have Bilderberg meetings?
And I dont. You are very adept at turning conversations into chaos, rhetoric and sniping. I want no part in that. If you can discuss the topic without acting like its recess, then Id love to.
You're the one who said you "Didn't want to get dragged into the silliness again."
Nope, you sure didnt. But its ok, cuz AJ doesnt talk about it much these days....
You understand that this completely backs the argument of VOLUNTARY searches, right? That people would hardly cheer if they were under martial law....
And way to try and marginalize it. You are willing to be underhanded to stop someone from being underhanded. The lengths you may go to are unclear. But you admit, yourself, that you would do it. Heck, not just admit it, you volunteered the information, as if it somehow made it ok that AJ did it.
They sure do. Good buzzword for the moment, too.
And I dont. You are very adept at turning conversations into chaos, rhetoric and sniping. I want no part in that. If you can discuss the topic without acting like its recess, then Id love to.
I honestly thought I had mentioned New Orleans. That's my bad.
I wouldnt love it either, but it certainly wasnt martial law. There is a HUGE different between an over the top law enforcement response and martial law. And while I dont agree with the response and think it was way over the top, I dont think it is helpful in any way to sensationalize it as martial law.
Weather it was legally or technically martial law or not, SWAT flooding the streets and pulling people out of their homes would scare the hell out of me. And its certainly not something I would cheer for, regardless of the situation
Ive never used that, and never will. I think labels such as that are naive.
And as far as the topic goes--everyone's favorite anti-Alex Jones weapon of choice is Zionism.
Fair enough, I'm not inclined to disagree, as I said, I think such labels are foolish. Here's my question, though:
So, I'm digging on the topic, because I never believed that Jews ruled the world, and therefore, I don't believe Alex is some shady hand of deception for a dark Jewish elite. That's where the topic is going now.
Do you agree that the way the mass media portrays alex jones, and the way he carries himself, and the 'exaggerations' (if thats what you would like to call them), and whatnot, is harmful to the conspiracy theory community as a whole?
thats debatable, though. He has to see how it comes off. he has to see the way he is portrayed. He has to see that making these BOLD statements hurts his credibility. Yet he continues to do it.
Most definitely. But I don't believe its all Alex's fault.
This happens to any person that is in the public eye. The thing is, though, he WANTED to be the voice of the community. He ASKED to be it. But he fails to represent it in a proper manner. Whether that is by design or not, in my opinion, doesnt matter as much as the fact that he continues to do it. Not only that, but people cheer him on as he does.
There are things he could do MUCH better than he does.
But most people fail to see him as a person rather than an icon, and that's where they start seeing flaws bleeding into the conspiracy community, because people seem to be under the delusion that all conspiracy theorists look, act, and feel the same way Alex does. And that is a misinterpretation of the people, and the fault of the people.
Ill give you that, but it is dangerous to not look at the bigger picture as well. We're playing a game on the court that they built (mass media), with their ball (current political system). We cannot give them a reason to disregard us, and that's what AJ has become. Something to point to and say "hey look, conspiracy theorists are CRAZY"
There are faults on both sides, but the controversy regarding Alex, and people lumping all of us together with him is just too shallow of a topic. The flaws on both sides seem obvious to me, but people in general are under the impression that they must pick one side or another, rather than seeing it all objectively.
How can he be that naive? This is the man that is supposed to be informing us about whats really going on, and he doesnt even see the simple game they play in the MSM? Doesnt that bother you a bit?
After watching Alex on BBC earlier today, I can sympathize with you in the respect that he certainly does make the rest of us look like lunatics.
But the MSM is using him to do as such, and he, in my opinion, is entirely unaware of it.
I used to feel that way, but its a losing proposition. The enemy of my enemy cannot always be my friend. Not in the climate we are in right now. We have to be smarter than that.
Alex's intentions are the same as mine, and that's enough to keep me supporting.
thats debatable, though. He has to see how it comes off. he has to see the way he is portrayed. He has to see that making these BOLD statements hurts his credibility. Yet he continues to do it.
This happens to any person that is in the public eye. The thing is, though, he WANTED to be the voice of the community. He ASKED to be it. But he fails to represent it in a proper manner. Whether that is by design or not, in my opinion, doesnt matter as much as the fact that he continues to do it. Not only that, but people cheer him on as he does.
Ill give you that, but it is dangerous to not look at the bigger picture as well. We're playing a game on the court that they built (mass media), with their ball (current political system). We cannot give them a reason to disregard us, and that's what AJ has become. Something to point to and say "hey look, conspiracy theorists are CRAZY"
How can he be that naive? This is the man that is supposed to be informing us about whats really going on, and he doesnt even see the simple game they play in the MSM? Doesnt that bother you a bit?
Naw, he's a smart man. He HAS to see it. If not, Ive been giving him far too much credit.
I used to feel that way, but its a losing proposition. The enemy of my enemy cannot always be my friend. Not in the climate we are in right now. We have to be smarter than that.