How do we know that “official explanations” are real? What if the famous “they” have been wrong and those who question said explanations have been right all along? What if some evil cabal has kidnapped the planet, erased our memories and has “fudged” our real history?
These and other questions will NOT be answered in this upcoming column but I thought I’d at least give you something on which to ponder, whilst simultaneously seizing your attention.
In all seriousness for just a second though, these are actually things that go through my mind on a very regular basis. Now you know why I’m so strange!
Many of you know that I do wear a tinfoil hat and am pretty proud of it. Now, this doesn’t mean that I accept every alternative theory or research over which I stumble—so just simmer down. I simply like to look at things from as many angles as humanly possible.
I’ve discovered that this quality drives a lot of people mad or causes them to become upset with me when I simply QUESTION what has been fed to me over the years. I mean I think we can all admit that we have been on the receiving end of a lot of propaganda over the course of our lives, can’t we?
We’ve been lied into wars, lied to about certain events that have taken place and fibbed to about all things political. Those are just a few examples. Perhaps we’ve been told some other falsehoods as well? Maybe the “mainstream” does not have our best interests at heart? Hey, it’s just a thought.
This is not to say that every person in the mainstream secretly knows the truth about Subject X and is working behind the scenes to keep it from the public. It means that those who impart information to us live in a bubble. They do not want to be called “crazed conspiracy theorists” so they don’t ever step outside of the accepted paradigm and carry out research.
I think it’s a big misconception that people who do not believe everything told to them by a talking head on TV therefore think that the talking head in question is “in on it.” Actually, it takes very few people to conspire. I hope this makes sense but if not I’m sure you will consider the source.
Staying on the topic of so-called CT (conspiracy theories/theorists), I think that the term itself has run its course and is not that frightening to people any longer—which is a good thing. They have used this over and over again and for so long that its get up and go has gotten up and left. Also things that are not conspiracy theories are being lumped into that category anyway. I guess they hope people won’t notice? Allow me to explain this.
For example, a person can be on film or tape CLEARLY stating that he did something underhanded. There is no question that he said X. That doesn’t seem to matter to the corporate media and others in the establishment as they will shamelessly claim that he never said X. Not to mention, they will declare it to be a big old CT. (I’m not sure if you can guess of whom I speak and I’m not going to tell you. That way I can deny any and all accusations.)
A lot of people have grown tired of hearing the words C and T in general. After all, it seems like anyone who has questions about a certain narrative being pushed is oft’ described as a CT.
I’ve said this before but I’m nothing if not redundant so I shall say it again. We have all been groomed to accept authority in one way or another. So, if a person who thinks they hold authority over us or who is an “expert” in his/her field gives us a “scoop,” we tend to believe him/her. We aren’t really encouraged to question authority is my point. Heck, we are barely encouraged to question much of anything. Free and creative thinking is discouraged in my view.
This scenario makes it easier for those “in charge” to fool us on a fairly regular basis because we are used to simply accepting the talking points coming from authority types, for lack of a better description.
We are taught to get all the answers right on the test in school for a good grade and are prevented from digging down into the questions themselves. Those who are in the military are taught to follow orders no matter what. We must listen to what our minister or rabbi says and believe it since they are experts. A person in a white lab coat knows all the answers so don’t bother looking into alternative remedies. I think you get the idea.
Let’s try something novel this week. How about when we hear something that sounds outrageous or is described by the mainstream as such, we look into it before reaching a conclusion? Let us refrain from clutching pearls until we’ve at least scratched the surface. Does that sound OK?
A lot of things that I found to be totally silly when I first heard them turned out to be true after I dropped my preconceived notions and looked into them.
If nothing else this is a good way to keep the mind active and curious. My goal here is to try to bring curiosity back into our lives.
I think that sums it up for the week. I shall leave you with a quote from Aristotle: “It’s the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” I shall now add my addendum to this: “It’s the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without clutching pearls, declaring it to be insane and galloping away from it.”
THE END (Interstate Crosscheck, “War is a Racket,” by General Smedley Butler, checktheevidence.com)