UK Think Tank Wants School Teachers to Address “Conspiracy Theories”
By VC | October 4th, 2011 | Category: Latest News | 126 commentsHere’s a very interesting BBC report on British youth learning about conspiracy theories on the internet.
Is the internet rewriting history?
Osama Bin Laden is not dead; 9/11 was an inside job; and police were slow to tackle this summer’s rioters as an excuse to lock up a whole raft of young black men.
Conspiracy theories like these are nothing new; opposing views to the official line given by authorities are in fact crucial in exposing deceptions.
However, independent think tank Demos says that young people do not know how to navigate this information when it appears on the Internet.
“We have something like a Wild West on the internet,” says Jamie Bartlett, senior researcher at Demos.
“There’s a huge amount of very trustworthy, academic, good bits of journalism [on the internet], more than ever before, which is extremely liberating.
But at the same time, equal proportions of distortions, propaganda, lies, mistruths, half-truths and all sorts of rubbish. It can be very difficult, especially for younger people, to sort the wheat from the chaff.”
‘Trust’
As part of their research into the influence of the internet on young people, Demos teamed up with creative agency Bold for a workshop exploring digital literacy at a secondary school in Tower Hamlets, in East London.
Pupils were asked to rate various sources of information – the government, Twitter, the Guardian newspaper, their family – according to how much they trusted it. The results were telling.
Closest to the heading ‘Trust’ the pupils placed YouTube; somewhere near the heading ‘Distrust’, they placed the government.
As part of the exercise, the pupils were asked what kind of videos they had viewed online. A lot of discussion ensued about various conspiracy theories. All the pupils had seen videos about 9/11, but were not sure who had made them.
“Those ones are true,” said Aminul Islam, 16.
“There was a documentary, I forgot the name of the guy, but he presented evidence that 9/11 was an inside job. I saw it on the internet – I don’t know what website it was,” said Rizwan Choudhury, 16.
It is the same with news surrounding the death of Osama Bin Laden. Pupils said that they had found evidence showing that he was not killed when it was reported that he had been.
The pupils at this school are predominantly of Bangladeshi Muslim heritage, and stories relating to Muslim communities are a common theme in their internet research.
However, Demos say that this problem is not limited to one community, but is prevalent among deprived communities in general.
‘Digital literacy’At another school session – this time at Shorefields Technology College in Liverpool, the class is more ethnically diverse. Videos raising questions about 9/11 are still the first examples of conspiracy theories to be discussed.
Some pupils are more sophisticated in their knowledge. They point out a need to double-check facts and sources and not take information directly from sites such as Wikipedia. But there is still confusion about the way the internet operates.
“I was searching on Google,” said pupil Faye Barkley.
“I just believed the first answer that came up, to be honest. I know I shouldn’t do it, but Google’s like a trusted website; it’s a lot of people’s home page and you just automatically put trust in it.”
Demos’ report into digital literacy brings together existing research alongside a new survey of 500 teachers across England and Wales.
The report says that students did not verify sources, had poor understanding of how search engines work, and were not good at differentiating between propaganda and accurate information.
“These are the skills now that are so central to education and to broader life for young people, but it’s just not getting taught enough.”
What is needed, according to Demos, is ‘digital judgement’. The think tank says it should be a core part of the curriculum, alongside functional skills that are already taught.
At Shorefields Technology College in Liverpool, teachers say that they are already trying to improve their pupils’ internet skills, placing emphasis on research and interpretation of information.
“We’re no longer a knowledge-based industry, we’re about developing the independent learning skills of students.”
Associate head teacher Larry Wilson says that he is very aware of the power of the internet, but argues that it should be embraced.
“The impact of the internet is colossal but we sometimes dwell too much on the negatives and not the fact that it’s been so liberating.”
“I don’t welcome that people will be taken down the garden path so we [teachers] have to skill ourselves up to ask the right questions as well.”
‘Revisionism’
There is certainly plenty of confusion about who or what to trust at the school in Tower Hamlets. The pupils have recently been watching videos and reading about links between government figures and the News of the World, leaving them ever unsure about who is telling the truth.
“Why should we trust the government when everything that is being broadcast on TV could be misleading us as well… what are we supposed to believe?” said Reema Begum, 16.
A tough question, and not one that anyone in the classroom could answer completely.
“A lot of the information on the internet is radical historical revisionism,” said Jamie Bartlett.
“Without a common base of history that we all understand and accept and agree upon it’s very hard for people to have a shared understanding of where we are now.”
I wrote above that this BBC report was “interesting” – not for its content – but for the way it treated the issue. It is a classic case of double-speak as described in the novel 1984 (WAR IS PEACE, FREEDOM IS SLAVERY, IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH), where the definition of critical thinking is reversed. Critical thinking implies questioning the official version of a story, seeking alternate sources of information and processing everything to come to an independent conclusion. This is exactly what some of these young people have accomplished, yet the report concluded that they have not used critical thinking because they have believed sources that are not deemed trustworthy (not mass media). Instead of praising their resourcefulness, they are almost perceived as a threat.
There is no question that critical thinking and fact checking is absolutely necessary when researching information. There is indeed a lot of garbage and propaganda on the internet. But what about the #1 source of propaganda in the world: mass media? Why isn’t critical thinking towards the biggest information machine in the world being taught?
Let’s take this very report and apply some critical thinking to it. Who are the authors and what message are they trying to convey?
Logo of Demos: Keeping an "eye" on the people.
Demos is a think tank that is said to be “independent” but is, in reality, strongly connected with corporate media and the government. In fact, the Chair of Demos, Philip Collins was the Chief Speech Writer to the Prime Minister Tony Blair until 2007. As for the BBC, it is the biggest news network and is owned by…the Crown. So, chances are, the editorial view of these entities are “pro elite”.
How is this report treating “conspiracy theories” (I hate that term and I put it in quotes because that is the term used by the media)? Are they alternative explanations that deserve some attention or ridiculous stories invented by ignorant people?
At first, the little “theorists” are shown to be mostly Muslims, subtly implying that alternate views are usually accepted by those who naturally sympathetic to terrorists. The report then goes on to state that conspiracies are not only believed by Muslims but also poor people (and therefore not educated people).
“However, Demos say that this problem is not limited to one community, but is prevalent among deprived communities in general.”
Deprived communities?
The report closes with an odd statement from a Demos researcher:
“Without a common base of history that we all understand and accept and agree upon it’s very hard for people to have a shared understanding of where we are now.”
In other words, if the youth does not fully buy and agree with the official version of History – the one that was written by the elite – we won’t have the society we’re looking for. Is the report truly promoting critical thinking or the unquestioning acceptance of official propaganda?
New one
Their targeting the youths at an early age. Which is really bad, planting deception in schools is their next step.
High Rated Comment
97
THOUGHT CRIME
High Rated Comment
86
Next Step? Indoctrination has been the primary goal of public schools since they were invented. This is merely an example of refining and updating their methods.
High Rated Comment
33
Your taking this out of context.
They’re right to teach students how to critically analyse. For example in my ancient history class we were covering a topic on Egypt, and one of the students was discussing the evidence that the pyramids were built by aliens just because it was shown on National Geographic!
THATS what they mean by conspiracy theories being brought into the classroom.
A few weeks ago we were taught about 9/11 at college. Through the presentation we were taught to not believe in conspiracy theories blah blah blah.
Result: Big Failure. I guess once the truth is seen, no amount of false evidence is gonna change our views.
Mary, I might be misundertanding you, but it seems you think the kid should have known better that to discuss the idea of the pyramids being built by aliens? When the more coventional theory is completely baseless (slaves and sleds building something to that degree of precision we couldn’t build for $100 Billion today), wouldn’t it be wise to consider other possibilities?
It seems what they’re doing is co-opting the analysis of “conspiracy” and teaching kids to weed out those things which don’t fit what TPTB want the people to believe. Giving the example of Muslim children believing that bin Laden is not dead, when the more prevailing “conspriacy” theory out there is that he really did die of diabetes complications, as expected by top U.S. doctors in 2001, is a great example of this skewing. Much in the way Sarah Palin was plugged into the “Tea Party” movement to derail the head of steam the movement was building and send it in a wildly different direction than its original intent.
If Kids are taught to really think critically they will be able to empower them selves and not be enslaved to a system that has been built to entrap them mentally. True Critical thinking skills have been taken out of the schooling system by design. If you listen to any speech given by John Taylor Gatto and you will see what I mean. They teach children to not think, so they can become good busy bee workers. If they learn to ask basic skills like why, were, what, who,when and how, they might come to a real decisions based on facts not on emotions and they might even be able to see and understand the lies they thrown at them ever day.
High Rated Comment
82
the dumbing down of america which starts in schools i have read part of that book is sad to read it and even if you home school em they will give you a curriculum of what is to be thought also they have kids thinking that the old way is just the old way and its us parents that are left behing with our thinking so thy literally have the kids thinking the new way is the way and your parents are wrong!! so sad
Got a feeling the kids are young and havent drank enough rat poison yet and havent watched enough propaganda yet to be fully brain dead like many of their teachers, the truth is probly catching on like a fire in the schools. it did strike me odd at first that they showed so many musim looking kids but i didnt catch how it was subliminal untill you pointed it out, im gettin rusty…
my best friend the other day got frustrated with me and told me i look too deep into things and that i just parrot anything i hear on the interne and much of what i see are mear coincidences…
it kinda hurt but maybe sometday he will understand. people fail to understand that when we have added 1+1 to get 2 and then 3×3 to get 9, 100/10 to get 10, and so on and so on till we get the inverse square of 666 is 322 and oh yeah dude, remeber how i said this was gonna happen soon and you didnt believe me, well did you see the news today? IT ALL ADDS UP TO ONE ANSWER and the official answer is WRONG. I am so tired of people saying im crazy, gullible and parnoid, they are all blind, deff, or are too weak to get their heads out of the sand. *sighs* sorry guys im just real frustrated and needed to rant and get it out.
God help us…
High Rated Comment
86
i totally feel you Jdanger. i guess a lot of us are in the same boat.
High Rated Comment
23
hang in there buddy! We are all with you. We have to understand that we can only do the best we can during this time. It will be the majority of them believing in the system over minority of us still with faith. There just isn’t enough space in heaven for almost 7 billion of us. LOL. Let us give thanks to God for giving us his wisdom to be able to accept and understand his plans even in times like these where it would seem to be easier ignoring the truth. I mean no matter how hard we try to reveal their secrets the more we will end up looking like “crazy people” – to them. It can bring one’s soul down in the flames but in all actuality we must remember his love (only if you want and ask for it) will fill us with enough to be able to deal with the pressures of social acceptance. We say what we must in the name of Jesus and we marinate them as much as possible but one this is for sure. The prophecies will come true and complete the cycle of life sooner than later. More of us accused of being “crazy” each day? Then the closer we’re getting to our victorious eternity with our Creator. All I know is that I’m super grateful to be in the position of knowing and having enough strength to be truly independent of others/media. Let’s set an example to the ones around us and pray that they see the light before it’s too dark. Keep up the work VC! God bless you all!
I definitely understand what you’re going through. But trust me, eventually your friend will understand. One of my very close friends was the same way. He was so skeptical about everything I told him and sometimes made me feel dumb for telling him certain things. But now, he is actually telling me about things he notices that are taking place throughout the world. Trust me, once you plant the seed, they will eventually realize. It may take some time though. It took my friend almost one year to come around; and I’m glad he did!
Conspiracy theories were around before the internet. (ex. William Cooper)
“New players will exploit the disruptive power of the internet and change the form and function of television forever” – William Cooper
UGH! Leave our kids ALONE!
High Rated Comment
75
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
HEY! TEACHER! LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE!
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4SKL7f9n58
High Rated Comment
65
Home-schooling breeds critical thinking… no wonder the government is against it so much! LOL
High Rated Comment
50
I’ve been here for more than a year so I basically know what’s going on. I’m twelve and sort of a lone wolf, trusting no one. So of course, I came here to get educated and know what others do not. I’ve been up to date with all the conspiracy stuff since about 2005 or 2006. People at my school say this stuff makes you dumb yet I’m doing math with fifteen year old teenagers in high school and I’m still in middle school. I’m acing all my science quizzes and English assignments. I studied a lot of religions; Islam (the one I started with), Christianity (even though I had never seen the inside of a church, I just took the lessons and teachings), Reincarnation, and took from Buddhist teachings (like what I did with Christianity). I never really understood the purpose of “1337″ speak (short for elite speak which is fishy, I must say) and I don’t want to use it. Hope isn’t lost, trust me. I’m sure there are more out there like me.
High Rated Comment
26
Another logo that looks like an eye WTF?! We all should question everything, that is what they should be teaching pupils in schools. To think for ourselves!
High Rated Comment
63
These people do not know what critical thinking even is.
High Rated Comment
50
This video was hilarious.
They will just brainwash them into believing that all conspiracy theories are not true… one step closer to the new world order.
High Rated Comment
56
Hey!Nice propaganda!Nice to know that our kids are not safe from dis-infomation.
Ridiculous!
1st-time commenting;
I’ve been on this site since early last year in 2010 like around February or March when I was 16 but since then I’ve learned so much and being on this website has increased my researching skills, honestly. I think its ridiculous how BBC and these demos people are hatin just because society is educating itself without the governments help but from other people with the same situation over the internet(Just like VC). I think it’s good that people in my generation(I’m 18, born in 1993) and younger 1′s are taking their time to do self-research on these sorts of topics. I’m not saying I believe anything I read, I still have my own opinion about some things on VC and other stuff people say, but when you see these articles & videos with the cold hard facts in front of you, why not believe!?????????? The media is always trying to make something more than it is, like what demos did with these students, they’re not misguided but they have the ability to educate themselves, some may believe anything they see, I don’t know, but others might actually know what they’re researching and seeing. Another nice article from you VC, keep them coming and thanks.
High Rated Comment
87
There’s a reason DEMOS is doing this. The kids just watched a video on YouTube and called if factual. That’s not critical thinking. If they were using critical thinking they could’ve examined the videos and seen that they are blaming everything on the government. They probably could’ve looked up the sources used in said videos and discerned that a majority of them were probably misinterpretations of mainstream articles or just plain garbage written by a basement dweller. That’s critical thinking: thinking about thinking. Thinking about claims made by people and thinking about what type of claims they are and why they are made. It also is to look to see if there’s anything out there that can be used as evidence to refute the claim. Critical thinking isn’t just watching some video and calling it an education or factual. that’s called being a retard
The war on deception
So called freedom of information.govt wil alway find ways to hide d truth frm d masses
I am a little flabbergasted by their use of the term ‘critical thinking’. Wasn’t this practice outlawed by schools decades ago???
High Rated Comment
25
After eradicating critical thinking in education for decades it can now be brought in again, but this time with its meaning reversed (ie ‘double think’ – as VC explains).
But because people can’t think critically they aren’t able to grasp what is happening. They can’t even see that words are being redefined to mean the opposite, and that in the process reality itself is being turned on its head.
On a tangent…..
Here’s Mayor of London Boris Johnson talking about the need for a ‘controlled demolition’ of 9/11 conspiracy theories. He said this whileopening a memorial for 9/11 and launching a new website designed to teach the *official history* version of 9/11 to pupils of UK schools.
Absolutely sick! I have a feeling that quote will come back one day to haunt this ‘Bullingdon Club’ buffoon.
Here’s the website (go to Education/ The Program to get to the propaganda section designed for teachers to use)
http://911londonproject.com/
High Rated Comment
34
Ooops forgot the link!
Here’s Mayor of London Boris Johnson talking about the need for a ‘controlled demolition’ of 9/11 conspiracy theories. (see my comment above)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzQ1P4fWxqw
so sad. we are being deprived of everything. Now school isn’t a safe place either
Was school ever safe?
High Rated Comment
33
When schools are run by the community and not connected to government outside of paying teachers’ salaries, it was. Remember the one-room schoolhouse…
It wasn’t a mis’sile’ that hit the building. The missile is a cover story. Nothing hit the building. All 911 imagery(crowds,smoke,plane) is cgi/made for tv/meant to shock & awe/jumpers fake. go to septemberclues.
‘they’ had planned along time ago (jfk times)to stage fake memorials/victims ect in order to get people scared and support new stupid laws.
Scared people are easy to control and manipulate. That’s why the news is full of lies that keep us scared. The world in reality is never as bad as teevee says.
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool (singing)
I’ve noticed a huge number of people recently leaving comments all over the internet talking about the ‘no plane/ cgi theory’ and suggesting people watch this bloody september clues documentary!
This is an old documentary isn’t it? And hardly anyone goes for the cgi/ no planes theories these days (not that anyone ever did).
When I first started seriously looking into 9/11 about 6 years ago (I feel ashamed it was so recent) I remember youtube etc was full of orb theories, cgi fakery, stealth birds and loads of other crap.
But that all died out as people realized it was just idiots and shills pissing into the swimming pool.
Seems they are trying to piss everywhere all over again, what with the 10th year anniversary and the renewed interest it has sparked.
I am open to exotic (secret) weaponry being used on the twin towers and no missile/ no plane hitting the pentagon (but more likely it was a missile). But fake jumpers, fake crowd, fake smoke and fake planes…. ???
I’m calling BS one that theory and anyone who pretends to believe it.
Anyway piss all you like …. your pissing in an huge ocean now!
High Rated Comment
20
I totally agree with everything you said!
I’ve been reading VC for a couple of months now and it’s opened my eyes to a lot of things. I normally don’t comment, but thought I should in this case, only because I was there on 9/11 ( I worked two blocks away) and though I was on the subway when the second plane supposedly hit, I know when I came out of the subway (they passed the WTC stop “Due to a Minor Incident”) it looked like a ticker tape parade with all the papers flying in the air.
All I know is I saw with my own eyes the top halves of the building in flames. People were wondering how are firemen going to take this fire out. Whatever happened, it WAS real and people were REALLY jumping. That was no CGI dude. The first tower fell over from the bottom, that I remember because I saw it with my own eyes when we started walking the bridge and people started gasping and crying.
CGI jumpers? really? do these iditos realize that despite the fact that is was an inside job that they did kill people in those towers, it was a mass murder event, there were people trapped by fires, and in any high rise fire scenario it makes perfect sense that people would rather fall to their death than burn, have some respect for those who died, your not contributing to the movement in any way…
OK. Then my next question would be, “why did they create fake videos of jumpers for us to see? Some videos of them making impossible leaps?”
So far I assume that there was real smoke as an actual smokescreen to hide the reality of that day, which I also assume to be the demolition of 2 empty towers, as the area had been evacuated beforehand.
The purpose of the fake planes/jumpers being to create a shock and awe :0 in us.
The two towers were not empty. They were in the process of being evacuated. You also have to understand that there were subway trains still under the towers which had people coming up out of them as well. A co-worker of mine was almost trampled with everyone trying to come out from under there.
I don’t understand by what you mean by smoke screen.
I don’t deny that there is something wrong with the way events occured. However, I think that you seriously need to reconsider your source(s) on where you are getting certain parts of your information.
I know people who have had family members die. This was a real event, not a staged moon landing. I’m only being persistant because I am an eyewitness, not just someone who sympathizes. I still deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder due to this.
Also, have you ever been to New York? Too many people that have witnessed, been part of, affected, etc. Just regular people. Not elite. No actors, no figments of some tv show.
Believe what you want to believe. I can’t change that. All I know is I WAS there, didn’t hear it from someone who heard it, or watched videos repeatedly to “figure out” things.
I had no cell service, couldn’t call home. My dad was dying of emphysema, freaked out that he couldn’t get in contact with me, thinkin I was one of those people who could have been crushed. It was real dude, whether the government was part of it, that I cannot tell you because I don’t know. All I can tell you is what I saw.
oh wow! Talk about reverse psychology and disinformation.
High Rated Comment
21
Media is so corrupt. Turn the TV off and enjoy your life.
High Rated Comment
50
THATS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING! Those clever bastards always hide their real meanings behind their blind eye!
I applaud these children for not believing everything they see and hear from Mass Media… I wish more adults would use the tools in front of them and snap out of it! By listening to the video, it seems they have accomplished more than just the idea of students not so critical thinking but are also planning to control or “keep and eye” on what’s being put on the internet and read by the students! Which will soon lead to them trying to shut down the internet because it leads to “radical behavior” example: Egypt!
I can see what some of the point of the vid is. There is a LOT of BS on the internet. Kids also need to understand the difference between real news and people’s opinions. (But unfortunately we have Fox News which can’t seem to be able to tell the difference itself.) The best tenents of critical thinking, and even the rules of most research papers, is that you need to get the info from at least three different credible sources. And then you need to check the credibility of those sources as well.
Authority and governments have always targeted children, they are easily influenced and easy to manipulate, if you implant a thought into a childs head a young age they won’t doubt it and will see it as he ‘truth’. Education systems now are no better than the Hitler youths. At school you aren’t taught to think, you’re taught who to listen to and obey, who is higher and more powerful than you. Say VC, have you ever read ‘The End Of All Evil’ by Jeremy Locke?
WTF,they are saying that people who have opinions and are not a brainwash are conspiracy theorist and that a man is poor his opinion is not counted and that he is not knowledgeable???
ofcos A rich man can be ignorant and stupid and a poor man can be intelligent!
And oh ironically they only surveyed the muslim kids?! The kids r not sympathetic they jst thinking 4 themselves n r questioning people about what really happened,they are lookin 4 facts jst lyk every1 else,
so you could be following any religion but if u question the government and the big hands behind the government,u automatically not legible to give an opinion cos u mite be not a free thinker cos u a holy person? No matter what religion you follow,you know what is right and what is wrong,
so if you see a guy down the road wearing a suit and looks civilized and then suddenly he starts kicking a dog,what do you do?? Are gonna figure out the guys race and relgion and try to guess,what kind of a job he has,or are you gonna stop him and call the cops or just walk by him???
If you want to separate yourself from the mind-controlling dumbing-down agenda of people like Demos I suggest you stop typing in the neo-internet language. Look at what you just typed out: “thinking 4 themselves n r questioning.” Trust me, THEY want you to use numbers and single letters instead of words, you are already falling under their spell. Stop being lazy, stop making me translate what you are trying to say into English and start spelling those whole words out.
High Rated Comment
53
I never trust anything thhat DEMOS comes up with especially after they did a “survey” into taking of street drugs and claimed that those who took them were more successful at work. Even if this was true it wouldn’t be for long.
What they are trying to do is teach ‘critical thinking’ when it comes to the internet but not when it comes to the mass media.
It’s the same as those people who teach assertiveness but don’t want their students to be assertive with them. A therapist who encourages her clients to be ‘strong’ people but not with her.
once i got to the second paragraph i stopped reading the comment. lol. not worth the headache.
The fact that they continue to target the young ought to tell us that the plan of the power elite is a long one, do not count on aliens or WWIII to come and finish this age.
targeting the young was implemented long ago.
Heh. Just a little observation, but did anyone else notice that “Demos” is very similar to “Deimos”, the mythological greek representation of Terror. The word “deimos” itself means “dread”.
Just a lil’ observation I felt like pointing out.
High Rated Comment
33
it just reminded me of
Demons
they use words like that purposly its part of their f*cked up black magic or something, you know the less people catch on to their hidden meanings the more power it gives the name…
CONTROL FREAKS!
You can see right through the report. You can’t verify your information and facts if the media is controlling or suppressing part or all of the facts. Moreover, even the media can be misinformed and misleading. Case in point, VC’s earlier post “Reporter Gives Terrible Economic Advice (video)” wherein the reporter states that investing in the U.S. dollar is better than gold because at least the U.S. dollar is backed by the government (which is not true) and gold isn’t backed by anything (also not true). So these kids should just take the reporter’s advice because it is a “credible” information source. It’s a circular argument, trust credible sources because credible sources are credible and trustworthy. Rrriiiggghhht. Sometimes, going through “non-credible” sources is useful and informative because it opens up topics or points that traditional media sources don’t bother to mention or consider. Talk about freakin’ brainwashing the young masses. Luckily, there are people like us who can teach the youth that not everything that comes out of the mouth of mass media is true or credible and more importantly should be questioned. Funny, how the report doesn’t say anything about questioning mass media. REMEMBER KIDS, QUESTION EVERYTHING!
Thank you VC for this post and for your wise comments. Keep on the good job you’re doing. Nothing to do with this post… but have you seen the pics from last Rihanna video? she has a pyramid on her belly and the button is the eye.
i’m so grateful to my parents for largely keeping me away from a lot of the mass media growing up. when i was kid i often did wonder why they didn’t let me watch or participate or do a lot of the things that all the other kids were doing. now (i’m 24) i can see what they were getting at. and i’m grateful to them for not letting the tv babysit me growing up and helping me to think critically for myself, like these children in the article seem to be doing.
i just wish there were more parents that would think and do the same for their children….
High Rated Comment
30
Every single major historical event has been subject to a) propaganda b) doctored c) untruths made into truths and truths made into untruths. Its hard to find a major event in history that hasn’t been subject to this process. Keep up the GREAT WORK VC GOD BLESS YOU. You are doing a fantastic job. Critical and free thinking is essential to society. It seems that most people will be sheep and will be led to the slaughterhouse but maybe that 2% or 5%,,….whatever the number is, of people that understand there has and is and probably always will be in this material existence a battle between spiritualism and materialism, in the largest extent imaginable, it is seemingly unending? It seems this way at least. There is ALOT we DON’T KNOW living on planet Earth however the governments silly propaganda tactics are clear as the sky for those who choose to see. And the fact they used Muslims for another one of these useless propaganda stories, how predictable its getting old now. I’ve been reading a lot of foreign political and religious history recently and there seems to be a common underlying theme the truth prevails but only a FEW IN NUMBER can see it and the rest are blinded. We ALL HAVE FREE WILL so we all have numerous chances in life to free ourselves from the material chains which is essentially the worst possible slavery. Unfortunately many people have been deceived into thinking this is freedom or HAVE THEY REALLY? Question : Do we have free will ? YES….So sometimes people have pride, vanity, hate in their hearts or something or another that prevents them from emancipating themselves. Anyways VC 5* for reporting on this.
This has already started in my son’s school………… sorry they are too late – my son is wide awake and knows what is going on here.
God Bless
High Rated Comment
23
critically thinking about every frigin word that comes out of any teachers mouth is what we need to start with. can’t tell ya how many times i have embarrassed a teacher with superior knowledge. the class loved it. don’t be afraid to speak up.
Will there also be a class encouraging them to question what the mainstream media tell us
to go along with a class teaching them to question those who question the mainstream media?
Propaganda at its’ finest.
Straight out of “1984″. I’m listening to it on audiobook. Orwell knew what was coming.. a scary thought.. we’ve gotta be BRAVE in the NEW WORLD..
I’m 14 years old and I’ve been constantly checking on this website for a year now.
I have really begun to see all the crap in this world that I couldn’t see before.
This also reminds me that once in my history class we were speaking about money and someone asked about the occult symbols on the dollar bill. The teacher denied this and claimed these symbols meant nothing.
High Rated Comment
27
yeah the other day my friend was like, what if they just put the triangle there cause it looks nice, shocks me cause hes my bandmate and as an artist he should really take into consideration how intricate the design of the bill is period, when someone puts THAT much detail into an image there is a reason behind it, a method to the madness, its just plain thoughtless to assume some guy who was designing currancy would just throw an image on the bill CALLED THE GREAT SEAL that has never been used as a symbol for our country on it just cause it looks pretty, why go into that much detail without meaning behind it? prime example of what this artical says about critical thinking.
Critical thinking is good and essential, except when it takes you places your nefarious overseers dont want you to go.
Ive found the same issue at Uni, praised for critical thinking and fact checking unless it comes to a “conspiracy” then all of a sudden those rules dont apply;
“If its a conspiracy then you just need to discard it, its obviously not true.”
Ok teachers whatever you say, and seig heil!
Yeah, isn’t it great how they say ““There’s a huge amount of very trustworthy, academic, good bits of journalism [on the internet], more than ever before, which is extremely liberating.
But at the same time, equal proportions of distortions, propaganda, lies, mistruths, half-truths and all sorts of rubbish. It can be very difficult, especially for younger people, to sort the wheat from the chaff.”
Classic PsyWar here, in its clear implication that the mainstream media and academic institutions are those with “trustworthy” information, while most everything else on the inernet is what is being labeled as the “distortions and rubbish”. It is actually the other way around, and I think most who are paying attention totally get that.
I would suggest to you that the mainstream media and academic institutions worldwide are for more guilty of propaganda, distortions and deliberate, outright LIES than probably 90+% of the “truthseeker” blogs and websites, like my own and Vigilant Citizen.
We do our research and homework, my elitist critics. We tell it like it is and let the chips fall where they may – and we let people think and decide for themselves what the truth is. Hopefully, the readers are provoked into doing some independent research of their own to investigate and confirm for themselves the things we are saying – that is the goal, after all.
For our part, we are not getting paid by anyone to support any certain agenda – political, corporate or otherwise (Luciferian, Masonic, et al).
Do you really believe that anyone in the global mass media, corporate, political or academic elite can honestly say the same???
No, I don’t think so.
High Rated Comment
24
Good article VC! TPTB are losing a grip on the information, and desperate PR attempts like this only highlight that fact. Admittedly politics in the Middle East is not my forte, but after seeing some videos on what the ‘rebels’ are doing to the citizens and children of Libya, my heart is extremely heavy for their people. I would post the links but it is against my better judgement this time. A friend sent me this article below and it is really eye opening. Worth the read and watch (all videos). General Wesley Clark (2nd vid) wasn’t kidding when he exposes their plan to take out 7 countries in 5 years: Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan & Iran. I am reminded of Albert Pike’s Third World War and how these buggers are following their playbook to a T.
The Real Libya Before Rothschild’s New Army-NATO: See What Americans Are Missing – See What NATO Is Destroying / The truth about Libya under Qaddafi – NATO Ushers In The Death Of Democracy In Libya
http://truedemocracyparty.net/2011/09/nato-destroying-real-libya/
I’m so sick of the pyscho war-mongering, and beyond grieved for the innocent and peaceful people around the world that fall victim to the atrocities of the elite’s war games.
Sounds like that movie inception… Planting other thoughts in someones head
The name “Demos” itself is a pretty obvious subliminal psch trigger.
Just like the game where you read a sentence aloud to someone (or a group) and intentionally leave out some common words – those hearing it will involuntarily (subconsciously) complete the sentence, inserting the words to complete the sentence themselves.
Demo(n)s comes to mind…
On the bright side, this article’s use of words will insult many readers and probably get them to disagree by emotional reaction to those words.
…the movie/report is what I meant, not article. I remember when I was younger I would read something and my mom would point out that “something sounds racist”, at first I wouldn’t notice, but after thinking about it, I did notice it more often, especially in news reports/articles. It’s a relief because the news people are hurting themselves by insulting groups of people. The news people are destroying their own readership when they use condescending words. That means the mainstream story is less believable because of this obvious bias. I probably sound redundant, but I really am relieved by the thought of people thinking “this news offends me” and not buying into it.
This is quite disgusting. Kids aren’t as dumb as they think, they’re basically telling them “everything that’s on the internet that’s not basically on TV as well is false information”. Seriously?
Well ofcourse!
Pupil, eye, student. Hmmmm…..
well there is a bit truth in it..
I sometimes read some misinformation,,
even on this website i googled some stuff after reading.. and some things are way out of context, only focused on some sentences or something.. while seeing in the whole view it wasnt that bad.. so..
ok this is a bit dubblethinkish but also good that pupils learn how to use google to see how to check facts..
<3
This is just sad! But I’m hopeful one sweet day whether I’m still alive or not this will be stopped, our voices will be heard loud and clear. “they” will not be able to control us. Next generation it’s up to you now because the war is not over!
They (elite) tend to use the media to publicize their atrocities. How about if we also use these same means to advertise people the true of the world?
Making movies, music, videoclips, commercials, examples that demonstrate how global society is blinded and being manipulated, because of their own needs. Do you think they’ll chase us to death? Would not be giving much in sight?
Let me explain what I’m trying to say:
Why our society just don’t care if God exists or not? Answer: It was not God who created the U.S. dollar, it was satan who did it, to be able to entertain people on the side of survival and not on the side of persistence that we have natural values, in which we could explore in a natural way.
In my office I never heard anyone talking about God, or wondering who would be the nation beast, they don’t even read the bible how they’d know?? All they know is to read the service documents behind documents, so that in the end of the month have a salary and will still survive in life. However, for them the end of the world is when the person dies.
So we are living a life that God never intended for us. We are sacrificing so much to survive in life. Today, most people don’t use to study for pleasure or interest, but to have a good job and have a good salary.
These people must be informed and awake of the enchantment which was released to this currency (US Dollar), otherwise devil will have lot of company in hell.
Peace
”Telling students to think for themselves/critically and then telling them what to think” im sorry what!?
The video contains a deliberate (?) factual error. The item about foxes was not a “conspiracy theory” but a media prank that successfully exposed how gullible mainstream media can be when it comes to bizarre stories involving animals.
When I scrolled down after reading and saw the logo…I just laughed a little out loud.Come on!!! This is just typical. They induce the idea that only poor people, uneducated(by them,of course) believe alternative versions which oppose the officials and make those people seem silly and easily fooled, when it is exactly the opposite. Oh how I love George Orwell… doublethink people!It’s everywhere!…May God help us discern.
I’m studying to be a teacher, and I can tell you, I WILL teach kid’s to question things! In my uni course at the moment we actually got taught to teach kid’s that blindly appealing to authority is wrong and isn’t using higher order thinking or proper reasoning skills – I’m so glad that the education system I’m in still values this. From what I’ve heard from others, we are the only uni in my country in a primary education course teaching this. While I loved the subject, many of my peers would rather blindly appeal to authority and didn’t take in much out of the course; through this course I was shocked to see how little people actually THINK; Some even complained that they didn’t want to think…
Great catch, VC! I remember being in elementary school, having a session like this given by librarians. They showed us a site, “Beware Dihydrogen Monoxide!” showing how a supposedly poisonous chemical was used by companies everywhere, dumped into the environment, swallowed by people, etc etc. (You get the joke, right?) The lesson: don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Verify your sources.
But yes, a big gaping hole is that we are taught to believe everything stamped “official” (major media outlets). Though it sounds in this case like this was a grassroots movement, from the teachers up. And you certainly can’t insinuate that ALL teachers are working on this secret side, brainwashing our kids.
I’ll continue to paint a skeptic eye on everything, even you.
I tell you I don’t agree with everything you write, but almost every article is interesting enough. And sometimes, as with the music industry stuff, the evidence you’ve provided is nearly irrefutable to me. I can’t say I believe in Masons or Illuminati but I certainly believe in something big and dirty going on here. Something that we can protect ourselves from if we only keep our ears and eyes open.
some of you people are the prime definition of why shit like this is important. the pentagon wasn’t it, it was all CGI. smh. if you believe that you’re off your rocker.
i’m actually discussing this in class right now, and learning how reliable your sources are is fucking important – conspiracy theorist or not. just because there’s a push to educate people on that isn’t a bad thing – however – pushing it under the context of “there’s too many conspiracy theories out there” is in fact, a red flag of a cover up. but then you get into a dangerous circular logic of “evidence attempting to disprove this things coming from THESE sources is ONLY INDICATIVE of a cover-up”. Also interesting to me was the entire transition from Muslim to poor people in the video, obviously painting people who believe these theories as less then acceptable or whatever
the most important part of this article by far was VC’s explanation of the connection between Demos and “private independent funders”, who really are just the elite. Hilarious.
side-note; it was a damn shame in class how my professor kept saying anything .gov is a reliable source. like governments have never lied before.
Thank goоdness, someone sane in here!
Conspiracy theories? Like revelations of strange things that might have happened around the death of Princess Diana? Or the riots maybe being used to tighten government control of communication.
The article also implies that the only people who would believe the “conspiracy theories” are ignorant, misguided, poor children, not anyone educated and that this is about their concern for the childrens’ well-being, not a creepy-seeming move to control them. Yes, if it’s not a media-approved statement it can’t be true and must therefore be rejected. You know, because the media would never deceive us or be used itself as a means of controlling the population. If you didn’t hear it on BBC don’t you believe it.
“somewhere near the heading ‘Distrust’, they placed the government”
aww..
“not take information directly from sites such as Wikipedia”
A community of millions posting linked and cited information on a constantly revising, never-ending, free information project that checks against vandals? Bad!
“differentiating between propaganda [apparently anything that's not BBC] and accurate information”
” “Why should we trust the government when everything that is being broadcast on TV could be misleading us as well… what are we supposed to believe?” said Reema Begum, 16″
Pretty much. If TV won’t do it, then maybe they’ll go to the classrooms. That powers that currently are will always try to be on the cutting edge of counter-intelligence.
The fact of the matter is governments tend to keep secrets from the people and regardless of what the real truth is, whether the BBC wants to admit it or wants us to know it the royal family is probably no exception. One family doesn’t stay in power for 1,000 years without a little propaganda and knowing how to deal with the masses especially through some of the stuff Europe’s had to deal with over the last few centuries.
It’s completely natural for us, teenagers, to look up on the Internet information about 9/11, Bin Laden’s death and generally search for some answers. Just think about it: They announced Bin Laden’s death, but still, noone knows EXACTLY what ACTUALLY happened. His daughter says he was killed, while it’s ALSO been said that he was spotted alive. I’ve seen on the Internet many fake photos and fake testimonies as well. And what about 9/11? Oh, yeah, it’s said to be an inside job. I’ve read many weird things on the Internet about that as well, but i’m not sure what to believe. To me, it’s just unacceptable organising tributes in memory of the people who died there, while American soldiers are dying EVERYDAY, and most of the times they are not even mentioned on the news. We just need answers. The Government was never trust-worthy, and i can’t remember listening to anything reliable coming out of their mouths. Just lies. And mind-controlling shit. I live in Europe, but yeah, things here aren’t better either :/
what the f@ck??
why does that “think tank”, care what young school children believe?
fuck the elite.
i’ll kill em first chance I get. on my momma ngga.
Well call me a rebellious teenager, because I disagree with those “officials” and I’m not going to let them try to shove some crap down my throat when my glorious constitution grants us human rights. Even though they’re gradually being taken away. I would’ve put the government at the bottom of my trust list if I were asked to do what those kids did.
Grats Madison! I too am teaching my daughter to stand up for herself, not allow anyone, government included to bully her in any way. Hopefully your friends are able to learn from your example too.
I’ve been having her read on this website, I love coming here and learning from VC’s postings. Thank you VC! Not only are you helping me but also my whole family. 3 children. So Much <3 to you for that. Keep up the good works!
It’s probably just a coincidence, that every time one of those Demos guys shows up, or they are being talked about, the word Trust is on the screen (around 0:45 and 1:26)
Cute right
It’s wonderful that many children do not believe in lies. “Demos”means the people in Greek. What “people” are they? They are probably the 1 percent, because I am part of the 99 percent. Lmao. On a more serious note, higher education often has descended into mediocrity. Many students graduate without having learned how to read or write. While that may seem like a non sequitur, having a populace that eschews literature or knowledge makes it really easy to let one’s self believe lies. Critical thi onking comes being perhaps exposed to a wide variety of sources. Nuff said.
Essentially, the objective is to indoctrinate/condition young students that:
1). Listen and obey authority and other officials of authority.
2). The facts are presented by approved sources for the good of the Collective aka authority.
3). Don’t question or contradict the decisions of authority for the Collective.
Seems to be the most direct message.
Agreed.
Also there is a lot of additional non-sense and language misuse.
The most obvious being the definition of ‘conspiracy theory’ itself as a weak/ unsubstantiated theory (ie pure guesswork, no supporting evidence) which goes against the official/ authoritative/ collective reality. Also the TV reporter groups ‘conspiracy theory’ together with ‘misinformation’.
(As we all know, the official story is also by definition a conspiracy theory).
This (mis)usage of the word subtly shifts the meaning of ‘conspiracy theory’ from the thing itself to the person/ people using the term.
Also I noticed one of the pupils spoke of trusting Google as a source for information. This is like trusting a phone directory to give you the phone numbers of honest people. Obviously Google is just a search engine, it does not actually guarantee the accuracy of the websites it lists.
I bet Demos dis not address such misunderstandings of the internet (and how to use it for research) as their agenda seems to be more about labeling the internet as unreliable, rather than teaching the pupils how to use it properly (how to cross reference, validate, check sources etc for yourself).
Also there is this infuriating use of the word ‘believe’. Everyone talks about ‘believing’ the official story or ‘believing’ it was an inside job or whatever. Belief should have nothing to do with it! What is important is what the evidence/ logic/ facts/ historical precedent/ common sense etc shows or suggests.
People should say ‘this evidence suggests X’ and ‘this evidence supports theory Y’ and so on.
This emphasis on ‘belief’ puts us into a state of mind where we dig our heals in and refuse to think critically – which is of course exactly the mindset they want us to be in. This is because once we stop thinking critically and start ‘believing’ (identifying personally with a certain belief and defending it) the ‘belief system’ with the most money behind it (and thus power to promote itself through the media etc) wins by creating the biggest consensus.
The good news is that competing consensuses based on science not wealth/ political power are growing every day now.
http://www.consensus911.org/
I am so happy that the world is alot bigger than “they” think. Thank you V C.
Mass Media http://youtu.be/zQBjmc4svlg
not sure if thiswas posted before.
Makes me want to laugh and punch the wall at the same time. I am an educator. I teach the conspiratorial view of history. My groups of kids know all about how Al-Qaeda doesn’t exist, is used as a tool of the global oligarchy and they know all about false flag operations. They know how global warming is a scam. How the banking system is a scam. Etc…
I have even showed them how the Bastard Broadcasting Crapheads have LIED by using Indian protest footage for the Libyan “revolution” as well as how CNN faked it as well.
I am going to have them review this conspiracy theory, this propaganda segment, and then have them throw eggs at it. These people and just about anyone associated with BBC and the like putting this stuff out are pathetic excuses for humanity.
I want a teacher like you! Keep it up.
we are all here to teach and learn from each other
learn to think for yourself
your thoughts will grow and develop
your mind will become agile
adept
you will share your understanding
You know, I’m more than sure they’re trying to deceive people about Internet info just because they want to keep people from believing, consider or even read websites like this. Keep it up VC!!!
I see a reference to Pink Floyds “we don’t need no education”. I think it is sad that people hail this song as some kind of liberation anthem for the youth when it is actually a call to arms for the elite. Mind control is not something that is forced. It is rather presented as a way of life. “Everyone is doing it, so why arent you?”.
what a wonderful world it is when if you dont blindly believe what you are told you are now classed as a ‘conspiracy theorist’.
if you cant do your own research and come to your own conclusions, we may as well revert back to the middle ages and start throwing buckets of faeces in the streets and grab our pitchforks and do some good ‘ol witchunting.
i must add, i love how they picked a muslim kid’s quotes to say 9/11 was an inside job.
QUOTE: Instead of praising their resourcefulness, they [students that explore alternate information sources] are ALMOST perceived as a threat
CORRECTION: Instead of praising their resourcefulness, they [students that explore alternate information sources] ARE perceived as a threat
There, fixed that for you.
They ARE a threat.
As are children that have somehow not been grossly dumbed down.
And children that have not been thoroughly indoctrinated in the ideology proscribed of the elite.
This processing of children is THE reason public schools exist.
Which is why parents must do EVERYTHING in their means to educate their children at home. Take on the sacrifice it means and DO IT.
“Critical thinking implies questioning the official version of a story”
Depends on the story.
“seeking alternate sources of information and processing everything to come to an independent conclusion”
Eh somewhat ok
“This is exactly what some of these young people have accomplished, yet the report concluded that they have not used critical thinking because they have believed sources that are not deemed trustworthy (not mass media).”
Nope totally wrong. They just watched a video on YouTube and said it was factual. I bet that these kids didn’t even care if 9/11 was an inside job or not until they actually saw the videos on YouTube. Even funnier was that they couldn’t tell who made the videos, but they do remember what they were about and that they probably had some good graphics and a dark tone throughout the whole thing to scare them into believing it. This is exactly like the Simpsons episode with the monorail. After the family left Homer couldn’t remember who gave the presentation, but could remember that he had a song.
no-one has an hard cold facts that 9/11 was true or false, or sels there wouldn’t be an arugment, so no, children to NOT need to be guided on the internet on such topics. nothing will be guided insetad of what they want to force their opinon to be, is what will happen. proper spelling, grmmar, and such make stories credible, not the fact that it is a huge money-making company or newspaper.
The classic reversal of order trick! These people must really think that everyone is super stupid, but if they’ve gotten this far with their agenda then that also says something about us as the ‘masses’. Their reign will come to an end and God will establish a kingdom that will stand forever and ever. Amen people!
When teachers are brainwashed, what do you expect the students to be? Thank god i broke free…
Parents, teachers, and the media shape kids. Last night was open house, and i had to raise money for Darfur for my club and over half the parents didn’t know there is a war going on, or they just didn’t give a damn. Then you wonder why there kids act so damn stupid in school. It’s brainwashed teachers AND parents who believe whatever the “reputable” media sources say. Its like when the media doesn’t mention something people forget about it. But the war in Darfur isn’t even a “conspiracy theory”, and even then they don’t care. It’s like my generation is meant to be doomed. We need to educate and inform everyone around us! These words should be coming out of an adults mouth, but there not.
My goodness, they shouldn’t be so obvious…this thing is so slanted it’s damn near upside down! LOL Don’t trust the internet, they were saying…accept the official version, ‘our’ version of facts. Which is how we got into the mess we are in now! No one should EVER accept one version of a story, internet or no internet, read, listen and read again from a variety of sources to draw your own conclusion. Because people are biased, sometimes they just lie…lots of things slant the truth. That’s what I tell my kids don’t believe ME or anyone, look it up and do the research yourself. Use your own mind! Stop with the group think! smh!!
I have to say….I love this website. I like how vigilant citizen poses questions and in this particular article it seems like he encourages critical thinking by pointing our examples of the texts that deserve scrutiny. I read the quote and “deprived communities” and it made me question what the article was trying to convey.
I’ve been reading up on articles on this website, and a few others for quite some time. It’s just sad what’s going on currently, In school, all of our classes had a “discussion” on 9/11 and all the kids in my class believed anything the teacher or the videos they show said. Then we had to write a response on how we felt or some bull crud, I wanted to write about how I thought it was a bunch of bull. Also this article is upsetting and obviously morphing the truth. School is nothing anymore, they teach us to use “official websites” for doing research, as well as that the government does everything they can to help us. I’m 13 years old, and this isn’t news to me, kinda sad isn’t it?
Kudos to you for catching this article! While most of my immediate family members are of adult age and “awake”, if you will, I have a young sibling still in high school. While she is also “awake”, she still has a ways to go regarding the critical thinking aspect of understanding conspiracy theories, however, she has well enough of a mind to relate to me the every day horrors witnessed in her school. These horrors being the general “zombification” of her peers. She feels as though she is outside looking in, observing her brainless peers and their obliviousness to the real happenings of the world. She notes the level of ignorance among them, the levels within levels of ignorance. While she has the capacity to observe and understand the bigger picture, events from subjects within politics to mass media to the New World Order, her peers busy themselves with matters as insignificant as brand of jeans. She relates to me details about her classes and the information that was given and NOT given, and I encourage her to always seek out the real truth.
She is not even 16.
And I can tell you as a former educator that internet and computer games have a detrimental and harmful effect on a minor’s psychology. Since adults become obsessed with the internet and become unable to control their internet consumption, what makes you assume that minors will be able to control their online behaviour?
Great article VC. Well researched, well analyzed. It is entirely true that independent thought & critical analysis have been removed from the ‘curriculum’ (elite doctrine) by design. If they were genuinely trying to promote pro-active analysis they would need no such curriculum to exist
hi people i agree totally with u guys…..
i have found one interesting text that all of u should read just once to understand that people like u and i arent crazy….. but in fackt that we are the ones that arent crazy…. and the ones that can see and understand…..
http://wantsun.blogspot.com/2011/10/slavery-and-eight-veils-and-oldy-but.html
of course they only quote muslim students when referring to the farce that was 9/11…implying that because they are muslim they are obviously prone to believing internet “lies.” not only ridiculously, but also offensive.
im not saying what i read on the internet is 100% correct but neither is anything on tv. its best to hear both alternate and mainstream points of view and make conclusions yourself.
btw by farce i dont mean that it didnt happen. ive never heard any cgi plane theories until now but thats just utter bullsh!t. it was real of course, it was just an inside job. the film zeitgiest does a greta job of explaining and provides actual evidence unlike alot of theories
i have not seen much here about the occupy wall street movement which is growing all over the world, so get out there and join in, this is it people, get moving, stop hypothesising, pontificating and moaning and go tell the story together, on the streets, write smart graff, print cool posters, let the truth be heard from your voice
the
illuminati
they
rule the world
like a business
t h e m
it’s time to expose them to all the sleepyheads, who have been avoiding the truth, ignoring the obvious and obscuring reality with appearances for so long, WAKE EM UP
be constant, diligent and vigilant
Be the truth Speak the truth
We are all waking up to God now
He is within us
The holy spirit is in the house
Occupy Wall Street with LOVE
some times i read this website and it blows my mind how people fall for such things… and then i go out into the real world and im considered the crazy one, people have told me that im paranoid and showing signs of skitzophrenia (bad spelling sorry) it just blows my mind how there is so many people on here but i know no one in real life that even acknowledges these topics… they just blow it off like its nothing its like everyone is zombies
I have 8 siblings, and it frightens me that they are ALL involved in the ever-lasting game of ‘Charade’.
Targetting Children? That’s sick, only the lowest of scums would go there.
I hope god gives mercy to the future generation that are yet to come.
If they do come, that is.
& this is coming from a 14 year old. >_>
Since I was younger, I’ve always felt the need to come to my own conclusions about things. I hated people telling me what was right and what wasn’t. I never blindly believe anything anyone tells me. I look into the matter by myself and form my own conclusions based on what I think is right, and not anyone else’s opinion. I wish more people would do the same, especially those teenagers around my age.
I’m not saying I have all the answers and that I’m right about everything, but at least what I do know I have formulated myself. My beliefs really are MY beliefs.
Dear reader
Well, I should not say that I have the answer to everything, but as far as I know, what I believe I know almost everything about but I always say: “It is up to you to search and look not by a centered side, try to see by every spot, and also, I am not saying that it is the truth, it is only about knowledge, search and viewpoint”.
Also, speaking about the “real world” pressure, we are in the same boat, but in my case, the major problem here is my family.
About the post subject, well… Actually only my Sociology teacher applies a kind of “think tank” during the classes, but the other schoolmates turn the whole think a boring time because they start to distract my teacher speaking about other things like the last soccer game, the daily soccer fans conflicts about teams being better. Also, while the distraction happens, the conversations get loud and loud and suddenly the whole classroom turns into a battlefield with pens and erasers flying.
I have already talked with my Sociology teacher about the above thing, but the same thing always happens.
Now about my family, well… My parents, they do not belive, my girlfriend… Well, I do not have one, I hate intense relationship… My aunts and uncles, only two of my uncles believe me, and one of those is under pressure because he did not organized his knowledge well… My cousins, they are all swimming with Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Restart, Fresno, Guns And Roses, religious singers, and so on…
And as you expected, my whole family always talks about TV shows, soccer, lottery, some garbage that I can not say the name, alcohol, party, films, news, newspaper, newest musics and all sorts of things.
Well I should not forget to mention that I am not involved inside this garbages above.
I suggested a book, a basic film, and a website to both cases (My family and my schoolmates) and, of course, only my two mentioned uncles and a couple of schoolmates were interested.
The interesting thing about what I mentioned above is that in the case of my schoolmates, I wrote the suggestion on the blackboard (With the permission of my Chemistry teacher, indeed), and as I walked back to my place I saw only five from the fourty schoolmates that were taking a note about that, and at the next day I did not heard none of those talking about that.
But I am always trying, always… And see if I can indeed remove this soccer fan side, music fan side, TV dependent side, or whatever vicious side that they have, but as far as you expected… No success, but I keep trying.
BR. ADFENO
Have a nice day.
what the hell is this?
Again they are trying to degrade muslims?
WTF is this?
A normal rational person will think twice before declaring bin-ladin dead because of the fact that no proof was given of his body or his appearance or his death etc……
Didn’t this man blamed for wrecking havoc all over the world deserve to be humiliated in the most horrific manner in front of the world for his tyranny and oppression and his perverted interpretation of islam???
Didnt the american people want the man who caused them so much grief be brought in front of them?
How could he have been mysteriously thrown out in the occean without the u.s government showing proof of their victory?
Fact is they want to make islam the outdated, extreme religion which it is not.
When the time for the Dajjal/ Anti christ will come most people will not believe that he is evil becuase of the miracles he can perform.
But we know better!
Thanks VC, awareness must be spread the world is slowly moving towards the end…..
That was my school they went to. Those were my classmates. The article definitely left me confused as to why they’d point out the fact that the majority of the students were Muslims- as if that would explain why they’re looking up the 9/11 ‘conspiracy theories’. And the whole ‘deprived communities’ thing…that doesn’t even make sense.What is the need to point that out? They try to make it out that we’re being mislead by the diverse views on the internet…hey, at least we get different stories online. The stuff we hear on the news is pretty much always one-sided. And as Reema Begum asked ‘what are we supposed to believe?’