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RE: Brainwashed

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cabaretewilliam previously said:

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yumnuk3 previously said:

I have rarely met people who think for themselves. So many people are influenced in a major way in how they think and feel by the media, government, religion, and many other sources. Most have absolutely no clue how much of who they are is what they have been manipulated and influenced to be. What can be done to allow for more people to think more independantly?

Impossible as people are all raised by someone. But good parents will give their kids lost of exposure and teach them how to think.

I have yet to meet a teen anywhere who did not think indepentantly of his parents during the teen years (even if he was being stupid)

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”

– Mark Twain

"Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics... Even if you win, you're still retarded."

#33 - Posted 28 November 2011, 9:55 AM
RoyStone Location: Australia Join date: October 2010 Member #: 6074 Posts: 8622	RE: Brainwashed Quote: kmnupe previously said: Last night, I was at a Holiday party. Among the guests were "Black and White" Americans from various backgrounds, Dominicans, Puerto-Ricans, Trinidadians, Haitians, Bajans. A sprinkle of Jews, Middle easterns, Asians, Russians etc... We all got along and some of us are very good friends. So, I asked myself, where are all the nationalists and racists? Are they hiding behind fake smiles or just for convenient moments overlook our differrences? The biggest brainwash that we've been subjected to are that of Race ,Nationality and Religion. Instead of taking those things as sources of pride and culture and share with our fellow brothers and sisters, we have used them to humiliate, subjugate and enslave each other. Perhaps we men are hard-wired in our genes to be defensive towards other men, especially if from a different tribe or clan, to prevent our cave, latest kill, or women, from being taken? Civilization, which is a meme, not in our DNA, suppresses this instinct, to the benefit of the individual and society. However it is to our peril if we disregard what still remains in our DNA. Otherwise we may rejoin the animal kingdom from where we came, and our genes still reside. "Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics... Even if you win, you're still retarded."
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#34 - Posted 29 November 2011, 6:52 PM
yumnuk3 Location: United States, ø„¸¨°º¤ø„¸¸„ø¤º°¨¸„ø¤º°¨ Join date: June 2008 Member #: 926 Posts: 3419	RE: Brainwashed Quote: RoyStone previously said: What is the difference between brainwashing and education? How about this: Education is being taught that which re-enforces what you already believe. Brainwashing is being taught that which contradicts what you already believe. A bit like the difference between freedom-fighters and terrorists. Roy, most individuals and special interest institutions hold ideology on views on various aspects of this most complex subject, I believe in education you are taught to question everything that is taught to you and with brainwashing you just accept it as truth.
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#31 - Posted 28 November 2011, 9:36 AM
RoyStone Location: Australia Join date: October 2010 Member #: 6074 Posts: 8622	RE: Brainwashed Quote: cabaretewilliam previously said: Quote: yumnuk3 previously said: I have rarely met people who think for themselves. So many people are influenced in a major way in how they think and feel by the media, government, religion, and many other sources. Most have absolutely no clue how much of who they are is what they have been manipulated and influenced to be. What can be done to allow for more people to think more independantly? Impossible as people are all raised by someone. But good parents will give their kids lost of exposure and teach them how to think. I have yet to meet a teen anywhere who did not think indepentantly of his parents during the teen years (even if he was being stupid) “When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain "Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics... Even if you win, you're still retarded."
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#32 - Posted 28 November 2011, 9:42 AM
RoyStone Location: Australia Join date: October 2010 Member #: 6074 Posts: 8622	RE: Brainwashed What is the difference between brainwashing and education? How about this: Education is being taught that which re-enforces what you already believe. Brainwashing is being taught that which contradicts what you already believe. A bit like the difference between freedom-fighters and terrorists. "Arguing on the internet is like running in the Special Olympics... Even if you win, you're still retarded."
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