TOON: Sunday's Doonesbury - American Gullibility

[Hissyspit]

[Cirque du So-What]

1. I'm officially offended by this comic strip!

I don't believe every conspiracy theory that comes down the pike...

I only believe the ones that are true.

[roguevalley]

18. brilliant, like your name, cirque

[1Hippiechick]

2. Wanna see how gullible/controllable the masses are?

I have posted these links before, but apparently no one ever takes the time to watch....series of film on YouTube - I thought these were eye-opening and chilling....

The Century of Self - the Engineering of Consent -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9RfanOEpA0&feature=PlayList&p=8450B6CAE9F4EC08&index=0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cAOwhb33tM&feature=PlayList&p=8450B6CAE9F4EC08&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCIg0I4AoPE&feature=PlayList&p=8450B6CAE9F4EC08&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI3CZcRpog8&feature=PlayList&p=8450B6CAE9F4EC08&index=3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjL-GMp8WY&feature=PlayList&p=8450B6CAE9F4EC08&index=4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRUy0hNlVXY&feature=PlayList&p=8450B6CAE9F4EC08&index=5

[Motown_Johnny]

3. This may be part of the larger conspiracy to cover up conspiracies

[Ian David]

4. You mean The Doonesbuyrists. n/t

[onehandle]

5. Why doesn't DU have a dungeon for us 'Reasonists?' nt

[lillypaddle]

6. There's a lobby

you could close the blinds & turn off the lights. :shrug:

[Warpy]

7. It does

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=247

[Kaleva]

15. Have to be a donor to post in that group

Which may be for the best 'cause otherwise the group may become a very wild place keeping the mods hopping.

[Joe Chi Minh]

8. Weird. Garry Trudeau is nowhere near as smart as I'd thought. Every sensible person

on good faith knows that it's the most natural thing in the world for the mighty to conspire against the public good.

I'd thought that's what Doonesbury was mainly into. Certainly, Adam Smith made no bones about it in relation to businessmen. In his view, they NEVER missed an opportunity, however unremarable the occasion of the get-together.

[grantcart]

9. he's just a tool of the machine

(I believe he is the monkey wrench actually)

[Joe Chi Minh]

10. It sure looks that way. But I can't have been paying attention.

[grantcart]

11. Sorry I was being facetious - thought the 'monkey wrench' was a tip off

[Joe Chi Minh]

12. I'm sure missing a lot tonight. Very tired, though.

[Juche]

13. Not all conspiracy theories are the same

There is a huge, huge difference between rationalism and pseudo skepticism.

I'm going to get made fun of for posting this. But as far as ghosts you have various forms of circumstantial evidence. You have audio recordings, video recordings, electromagnetic changes, temperature variations, eyewitness testimony.

With birtherism there is no evidence.

There is a huge difference between status quoism and incredulism (which is what passes for 'skepticism' nowadays) and legitimate skepticism, which is following the evidence wherever it takes you. The US selling weapons to Iran was a silly conspiracy theory once, then Iran Contra happened.

I know the response will probably be a litany of insults. But rejecting everything merely because it is 'weird' w/o even examining the evidence is not skepticism. That is the antithesis of skepticism.

[Kaleva]

14. "Legacy fringe groups"

A good name!

[Strong Atheist]

16. "Americans believe in many things that can't be verified" - see my handle

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!





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