Debate a non-believer

0  2015-04-22 by Username_Available_

Big brother is watching blah blah the man is evil blah blah government is bad blah blah george bush 911 blah they're going to kill us and harvest our souls blah blah ancient alienss blah. i don't buy conspiracies, try to convince me otherwise NO YOUTUBE VIDS

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Oh no, members of government and intelligence are completely legit. They never lie.

They care about the little guy. Thats why your homeless are so well looked after and the rich are given such a hard time.

Stupid conspiracy theorists.

I sense sarcasm. I've been homeless I don't blame the government at all infact I got tons of help through welfare, EDD, and workforce. If you were rich from working hard learning alot wouldnt you be pissed for having to pay for lazy homeless people to continue to be homeless. you dont see the problems you just complain about them

Sarcasm, because nobody is going to waste their time trying to convince you of anything when you have already come in here with a firm belief in the legitimacy of the establishment and are already mocking.

To admit that we are right therefore, would be calling yourself an idiot. So its just not gonna happen.

Browse our front page, hit the subscribe button, and come to your own conclusions. You'll get there eventually but it wont be from us shoving it down your throat.

you have not even tried to convince me so how is you time being wasted. you immediatly started mocking me not the other way around

Oh dear.

Ok, I am going to mock you now. Clearly your intelligence is already lacking, which gives us even less reason to bother with you.

Good day.

????? Im so confused Good day anyway

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but the government hid that they were spying on us. Do you really believe the government is telling us the truth for everything? I do believe that they are hiding some information (I don't know what, but they are lying about somethings and that's for certain).

so you want to know every detail about what the government does even if it jeopardizes our safety but when i comes to you, you want complete and total privacy? sounds to me like you might be a terrorist

so you want to know every detail about what the government does

Straw man argument. I simply said I believe the government is not telling us the truth on everything and they are definetly hiding some stuff. Whether it be this stuff that "conspiracy theorists" believe or something else, they are definitely hiding some stuff.

sounds to me like you might be a terrorist

Again, you built a straw-man and then attacked it.

I believe the government is not telling us the truth for everything and they are definetly hiding some stuff. Whether it be this stuff that "conspiracy theorists" believe or something else, they are definitely hiding some stuff.>

ofcourse they do for if it was public it might jeopardizes our safety.

sounds to me like you might be a terrorist>

because i disagree with your logic

ofcourse they do for if it was public it might jeopardizes our safety.

Just because something is held from us doesn't necessarily mean it jeopardizes our safety. There could be plenty of things that they are not telling us that have nothing to do with the preservation of our safety, for example they can be an anagram of non-nefarious sociopolitical/economic factors.

couldnt you say that about anything?

So if the government is hiding information about the effects of GMO foods and making it the mass product to depopulate the earth (just an example), would you think they aren't telling us to jeopardize your safety?

well in that case of course they aren't. but thats not the case, where are you getting this information?

where are you getting this information?

I even said in parenthesis that it is just an example. And if you think your government is all goody tissue and wouldn't do something like that then you have some serious problems. Search up the Tuskegee syphilis experiment and the CIA torture reports.

(just an example) if someone had your family hostage and the only way to free them is to torture the hostage taker would you? (just an example) would you give one person syphilis to rid the rest of the world of syphilis?

(just an example) if someone had your family hostage and the only way to free them is to torture the hostage taker would you?

What does that have to do with the government hiding things from us, you fail.

would you give one person syphilis to rid the rest of the world of syphilis?

LOL. You are trying to justify the Tuskegee syphilis experiment on African-Americans. And by the way, it was 600 people who were forced to get syphilis and forced to undergo tests with all sorts of different unethical procedures with chemicals.

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment was an infamous clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service to study the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama. They were told that they were receiving free health care from the U.S. government.

i just did what you did and used a "for instance"

But you failed. I was giving you an example of how the government can be deceptive because you believe they are so perfect and do everything in the peoples best interest. Yours had nothing to do with the topic.

thats not true i asked you reasonable question and you didnt answer

Can you prove to me that your question had anything to with conspiracy theories or the government hiding things from us for the benefit of us?

your argument is flawed. you did the exact same thing to me and i did not ask for prof of your argument

I gave you an example of how the government COULD be hiding something from us that is not in the best interest of the people. You brought up some personal matter circumstance with no relevance. Then I provided two real examples (Tuskegee and CIA torture reports).

it was very relevant. prove to me what they hid is not in our interest

They have lied to us before, what makes you think they wouldn't do it now? And If you think tracking our phones and spying on us is in our best interest, you are delusional. It violates the constitution - the ONE thing that Americans wave and brag about, freedom.

The US Public Health Service tricked people who were already down on their luck into becoming human lab rats.

It began when the US Public Health Service teamed up with the Tuskegee Institute to study the long term effects of syphilis on the human body. They contacted a group of 600 poor, African American men (399 of which had syphilis) and offered to give them free health care. However, this “health care” never involved treating the men for syphilis or even informing them they had the disease. Instead, the clinicians told the men they had “bad blood,” an ambiguous and unscientific term for a variety of illnesses. Making matters worse, by the 1940s, penicillin was a proven cure for syphilis—yet none of the men received it. Thanks to Peter Buxton, a 27-year-old employee of the US Public Health Service, the 40 year study was put to an end in 1972 when Buxton revealed information about the experiment to the Washington Star. He went public with the details after filing multiple complaints within his organization and didn’t receive a response. Unfortunately, dozens of men had died and many of their wives and children were infected by that time.In 1997, President Bill Clinton offered an official apology for the racist and inhumane study, but it seems the damage was already done.

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment was an infamous clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service to study the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama. They were told that they were receiving free health care from the U.S. government.

The government has illegally detained thousands of people, the most notorious example being the men at Guantánamo. The Center for Constitutional Rights has fought for the right to due process, filing countless cases on behalf of these men and others swept up in the so-called War on Terror.

Force feeding, water boarding, torturing in Guantanamo bay. Psychological abuse, physical abuse, medical abuse, sexual provocation, rape, harassment, religious/cultural abuse, pre-Guantanamo torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. http://ccrjustice.org/files/Report_ReportOnTorture.pdf

CIA Torture Reports

The list goes on. Stop sucking off your government. They are just as corrupt as Saddam was.

you have successfully convinced my that the people responsible for this were wrong. but what do officials from 1932 have to do with todays policies

The government is still the government. They haven't learned from their mistakes. They killed millions of innocent Iraqis and Afghans who had NOTHING to do with Saddam or Osama bin Laden. Innocent children. And what was the reason? We believed they had weapons of mass destruction. Then we found out there were no mass weapons of mass destruction. Next excuse they bring up to stay in Iraq "We have to get rid of Saddam! He is hurting the people!". First of all, Iraq was far better off under Saddam then they were under American occupations and sanctions. Second, after they killed Saddam what was their third excuse for staying in Iraq? "'The Taliban/al-qaeda/terrorist groups' are here!!!!" Well no duh, the terrorist groups emerged as a resistance group. I'm not going to defend their (the terrorist groups) actions because they're unjustifiable but it is important to realize that they arose out of over 30 years of war. Subject anyone to that much war and bloodshed and they'll go insane. The last Iraq war alone resulted in the deaths of 1.3 million innocent Iraqis. Look at the effects sanctions had on the Iraqi children:

Researcher Richard Garfield estimated that "a minimum of 100,000 and a more likely estimate of 227,000 excess deaths among young children from August 1991 through March 1998" from all causes including sanctions.

If Russia bombed your entire country and destroyed all of your towns and occupied your land and raped your mother and sister and held them as slaves and killed your father you would think that Russians are terrorists, and that you must join a resistance group to fight against them.

The American government is the direct cause of these terrorist groups in the east, whether you like it or not. This is not a conspiracy. Everyone knows it, heck, even professors in college classes openly say that the war was because we wanted oil, not to stop the atrocities happening in Iraq/Afghanistan. We invaded Iraq because they had something we wanted (oil). Answer this (my philosophy professor said this in class, I think it is well put):

Are there a lot of evil and terrible atrocities happening in Africa? Yes. Why don't we help them? Because they are not in our best interest; they don't have anything we want.

If you really think the U.S. Government cares about people and is fighting terrorists, think again. They work for their own benefit, the U.S. Government is selfish and corrupt.

why?

For oil.

is that a serious reply

Do you know what Operation Northwoods was?

The proposals called for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other US government operatives to commit acts of terrorism against American civilians and military targets, blaming it on the Cuban government, and using it to justify a war against Cuba. The proposals were rejected by the Kennedy administration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods

It does remind us that the Government would do ANYTHING. Even kill Americans, to get what they want.

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Nice job with the proof surrogate and attacking me. Why can't you be civil and not use ad hominem? You come off as an ignorant person and you expect your insults to cover up for your lack of evidence. It was drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed by Chairman Lyman Lemnitzer and sent to the Secretary of Defense and approved, then rejected by Kennedy. If that many people were willing to do such a thing that speaks volumes of the character of the government. You are probably the one in high school considering you open your arguments with "grow the fuck up" and "go to college" and "you're an imbecile". It looks like you are the one that needs to grow up buddy.

Sounds to me like you might be one of these guys.

Our government openly intends to deceive us and you are at best one of those it has deceived.

U.S. Military Launches Spy Operation Using Fake Online Identities

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/online-persona-management_n_837153.html

US military cyber force activated Operation Screaming Fist is go

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/19/24th_air_force_activated/

Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDxUniversityofNevada - [10:37] (youtu.be)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU&feature=youtu.be

JTRIG online persona's How Washington and its Allies Use Social Media to Topple Governments & Manipulate Public Opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqUztAX7ozw#t=12

Revealed: Pentagon spent millions studying how to influence social media

http://rt.com/usa/171356-darpa-social-media-study/

http://politicalblindspot.com/leaked-intelligence-agencies-running-mass-number-of-propaganda-accounts-on-social-media/

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

http://boingboing.net/2011/03/17/us-military-launches.html

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/18/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/16/945768/-UPDATED-The-HB-Gary-Email-That-Should-Concern-Us-All

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/22/exclusive-militarys-persona-software-cost-millions-used-for-classified-social-media-activities/

Air Force Releases ‘Counter-Blog’ Marching Orders http://www.wired.com/2009/01/usaf-blog-respo/

Persona management, Operation Ntrepid Operation Earnest Voice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntrepid

Glenn Greenwald: How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations

Glenn Greewld: Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internet

GCHQ’s “Chinese menu” of tools spreads disinformation across Internet- “Effects capabilities” allow analysts to twist truth subtly or spam relentlessly.

The Guardian: Internet Astroturfing

BBC News: US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

BBC News: Pentagon plans propaganda war

Buzzfeed: Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America

CENTCOM engages bloggers

WIRED: Air Force Releases ‘Counter-Blog’ Marching Orders

Military Report: Secretly ‘Recruit or Hire Bloggers’

The Guardian: Israel organizes volunteers to flood the net with Israeli propaganda

The Guardian: Israel ups the stakes in the propaganda war

Israel To Pay Students For Pro-Israeli Social Media Propaganda

BBC News: China's Internet spin doctors

Air Force ordered software to manage army of fake virtual people

HBGary: Automated social media management

NPR: Report: U.S. Creates Fake Online Identities To Counter 'Enemy Propaganda'

The Guardian: US spy operation to manipulate social media

The Guardian: The need to protect the internet from 'astroturfing' grows ever more urgent

Exposing Cyber Shills and Social Media's Underworld

[Turkey's Government Forms 6,000-Member Social Media Team http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323527004579079151479634742?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887323527004579079151479634742.html)

8 Traits Of Disinformation Agents http://planet.infowars.com/worldnews/8-traits-of-disinformation-agents-3-of-5

Disinformation Tactics: The Methods Used To Keep You In The Dark https://sites.google.com/site/allahiseloi/disinformation-tactics-the-methods-used-to-keep-you-in-the-dark

The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies (spooks, feds, etc.) http://cryptome.org/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm

Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation http://www.globalresearch.ca/twenty-five-rules-of-disinformation/24889

Dispelling Internet Disinformation Tactics – Debunking the Debunkers https://rebelsiren.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/dispelling-internet-disinformation-tactics-debunking-the-debunkers/

Excellent list.

I'm a shill now?lol i was told this is how /r/conspiracy[1] would react to us "zombies". i would like to have a conversation with someone who thinks the way you do.

I've had hundreds. One more would just waste my time. You cannot support your own position and have not to this point considered that you would ever need to.

Your kind just make endless demands for proof of whatever comes to your mind and are typically unreasonably belligerent.

Nothing proves anything for you. Looking up and seeing the sun doesn't prove it's daytime where you are.

You'll say that's just an assumption of mine.

You cannot be the least bit honest or rational and support your side.

There is no reasonable doubt that 9/11 was an inside job.

There can be no reasonable doubt that the government considers it's own people it's adversary, is run by sociopaths and psychopaths and CONSPIRES to gain more power over them.

There can be no doubt that the government completely ignores the will of the people and that they typically feel scorn against the majority.

No I won't argue the possibility that you are just a random inquisitive person because the chances are far too slim. Your tactics match a far too well worn pattern. Prove I'm wrong.

If any further communication is justified it will start with a complete description of what you believe and how you came to those conclusions without the inclusion of ad hominem statements about me rather than the subject at hand.

Continuous demands that I prove things to your satisfaction while you don't feel the need to reciprocate will not be tolerated because they are strictly a tactic to waste my time and energy.

I would like just once in my life to hear how anyone at all could possibly support the governments positions on anything we here discuss. I say it isn't reasonably possible.

Mary had a little lamb, his fleece was mighty dull. And anywhere that Mary went the twit was sure to go.

mary had a little lamb, his fleece was mighty sure. Until the day he found the truth and sure he was no more

Are there any you believe in? I am skeptical until proven

yes

Which are?

I believe the reason conspiracy theorist a starting to flood pop culture is because its a conspiracy to use it as a tool used by the enemy of the nation to separate people and law

hmmm, good one...maybe we should round them folks up. I here we got fema camps for their like .

Happy cake day BTW

no theyre for natural disasters

Ok i think I kinda understood you.

Have you heard of guy Fawkes and the official story around him?

ive seen the movie, good film

ok, well it is widely believed that it was set up by the English government for propaganda. Not what the official story is (pretty much what is in the start of V for Vendetta

now i know that, thanks for the reasonable response

its no problem. Of course if you were British you would probably be a lot more shocked

Guys... he obviously made this account to come here and argue/troll. Just ignore him so he leaves.

you dont know my intentions

I know you said no YouTube videos... but I just finished making a new film about 9/11. I'm curious to see what someone skeptical of conspiracy theories will think of my new film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxSkZjrbi4c