How Phony “Post-Massacre” Memes Are Created (and PLEASE stop falling for them)

Counter Contempt ^

[cripplecreek]

I’ve studied enough Cass Sunstein to make me wary of all conspiracy theories.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3008470/posts

[mnehring]

Rules for Radicals #9-
“The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

The left loves to push these on our side. They make a game of it and they do it with every single one of these tragedies. And sadly, too many of us fall for them.

[Texas Fossil]

“magical thinking”

Hmmm, seems like I remember some calling Obozo the “magic negro”. Is this how his thinking is developed?

BUT, I agree with you we should focus on the facts that makes sense and fit coherently within the pieces of evidence.

That is next to impossible with the terrible quality of the average MSM & AP article.

This does not mean that Holder’s will not try to spin this story to protect the “Won” and his agenda.

-Dave

[cripplecreek]

The easiest person to fool is the guy who knows he can’t be.

[dragonblustar]

Thanks for posting this. I missed reading this article yesterday.

[piytar]

Excellent post!!!

[lonevoice]

Really good article. You’re going to get some odd replies about it, I’ll wager.

[stylin19a]

geeze Louise...Nostradamus was left out....

[jeffc]

The average adult leftist never outgrows “magical thinking".

So true and bears repeating!!

[palmer]

bump for later linking

[KC_Lion]

But the Left Loves This one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSw9sjqYK_I

O_o

[dirtboy]

Basically, three kinds of people. The lonely (“this’ll get me some attention”), the Internet nihilists who think they’re The Joker (“let’s throw some anarchy into this Boston Marathon massacre story”), and the worst of the worst – the bloggers who know that creating these fakes will up their site hits because some of YOU will inevitably fall for them, share them, your friends will share them, their friends will share them, and voila, you’ve just made us all look like idiots. In the space of 18 hours, thanks to a few of you, a Youtube video pulling the “pre-event Facebook page” trick regarding the Boston Marathon bombings has almost 85,000 hits. Nice going.Basically, three kinds of people. The lonely (“this’ll get me some attention”), the Internet nihilists who think they’re The Joker (“let’s throw some anarchy into this Boston Marathon massacre story”), and the worst of the worst – the bloggers who know that creating these fakes will up their site hits because some of YOU will inevitably fall for them, share them, your friends will share them, their friends will share them, and voila, you’ve just made us all look like idiots. In the space of 18 hours, thanks to a few of you, a Youtube video pulling the “pre-event Facebook page” trick regarding the Boston Marathon bombings has almost 85,000 hits. Nice going.

There is a conspiracy cottage industry on the internet, and no shortage of easy marks for them. Thanks for the primer on some of their favorite tricks.

[Inyo-Mono]

Bttt.

[DJ MacWoW]

"Dishonesty and incompetence so often goes hand in hand, because one is used to hide the other"...

Does That Describe This Man?

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[grumpygresh]

The problem is that the Left’s false memes and conspiracy theories do actually seem to work much of the time. Global warming, class warfare/Marxism are peddaled as rich industrialists screwing over the noble workers and the solution is always more government and less liberty. Has the Left ever been penalized for their false memes and consipiracy theories?
Instead of focusing on the cause of the attack, we need to focus on the response to the attack. We must insist that, no matter what the cause of the event, innocent people must not have their natural rights restricted by the government.

[Sergio]

bkmk

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

So.....YOU are the one propagating these conspiracy theories but now have outed yourself, eh? ;-)

[PLMerite]

Thank you.

[RedMonqey]

Cool, did not know this.