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Originally posted by MamaJ
reply to post by stdscf12
Whats cool to me is I had just posted the same sentiments on my FB just seconds before I read this thread.
I agree. They want to keep us divided. If people would turn their tv off and or not buy into the bs we would all be better off.
Money is the root of the greed and power hungry beasts that ravage this earth and consume the light and life of all who become slaves to it.
Originally posted by jiggerj
I have as much mistrust of the government as anyone else, but I couldn't disagree more with your sentiment. We don't need a government to drive a wedge between those of opposing views; we do that pretty well on our own. The government doesn't need to brainwash good citizens into suddenly hating homosexuals. The media didn't need to put guns into the hands of the kids at Columbine, or the theater killer or any other lunatic. Those that hate people of a different color do so without any help from anyone. Islamic extremists learned to hate Christians and Jews and infidels all on their own. The truth is that bad people do bad things without a government agenda. Insane people do insane things simply because they're insane. Stupid people do stupid things because they're stupid. No, the government and the media may play up or play down certain events, but we the people are our own worst enemy.
Man is basically good, and neither stupid nor dangerous
Originally posted by darkbake
Exactly, people are easily manipulated, even (especially) liberals these days. Just twist around a few things here and there and show it to them, and they will fully support going into a police state!
All of a sudden many will fully support martial law and federal powers being abused as long as it is being used for something they believe in -
But these people (liberals in this case) are being tricked -
The very precedents they set will be used against them in the next cycle.
Why did Martin Luther King, Jr. want peaceful protests? Because he knew that being the better man was beneficial to the credibility of his movement in the end.edit on 15-7-2013 by darkbake because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by canDarian
Man is basically good, and neither stupid nor dangerous
What,I need to confirm your in the same dimension as the rest of us lol.Man is ridiculously petty,shallow,egocentric,greedy this is just human,if your statement was true then the world wouldn't be the cesspool it is now.
Originally posted by giugliot
Originally posted by canDarian
Man is basically good, and neither stupid nor dangerous
What,I need to confirm your in the same dimension as the rest of us lol.Man is ridiculously petty,shallow,egocentric,greedy this is just human,if your statement was true then the world wouldn't be the cesspool it is now.
How about reading my whole post rather than quoting me out of context.edit on 18-7-2013 by giugliot because: spelling