I don’t care how much the practice makes people feel taken out of themselves and brought into the comforting embrace of the Collective Struggle Community – or whatever the buzzwords are – we have something called the ‘Internet’ now, and things that seem perfectly reasonable at the moment can give a completely different impression when captured by the uncaring eye of the camera.
Original video here: via Legal Insurrection and the Conservatory. It would be a very, very cruel thing if people started infiltrating these goofballs with the goal of seeing how much of a Burma-Shave commercial they’d recite before a critical mass of the crowd caught on.
Open thread.
Moe Lane (crosspost)
Moe Lane
Dan Spencer
Dan McLaughlin
Jeff Emanuel
I would have pegged bestiality at being more a 1% thing
sbm1 Tuesday, October 11th at 8:17AM EDT (link)rather than a 99% thing, but maybe I am just hanging out with a sheltered group of people….
Speaking of "Animal House",
blooch Tuesday, October 11th at 8:34AM EDT (link)“I, state your name….”
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
No, it's a great idea
cirby Tuesday, October 11th at 9:08AM EDT (link)…for indoctrination.
Couple it with the “stacking” practice (where the organizers choose who gets priority to speak), and you get an old-fashioned brainwashing session.
Get a bunch of people who are tired, somewhat exhilarated, and eager to fit in with the rest of the folks around them, and you get multiple hours of cult-level thought control per day. Keep them sleep-deprived, make them live in less-sanitary conditions, and tell them how guilty they should feel for being capitalists, and you’re in position to completely rewire the way they think about a lot of things.
brainwashing?
nepanyrush Tuesday, October 11th at 9:28AM EDT (link)“Brainwashingt session” “cult-level thought control” “rewire the way they think” “sleep deprived”
You have a pretty low view of human beings. If people were so easily “brainwashed” then the same complaint could be made about the right being brainwashed via the information they receive or tea party rallies, etc. From my understanding, brainwashing has been an unsubstantiated attack used against any group with which one does not agree. And the fact is, the people attending these rallies probably have the same misguided views that the people opposed to them are brainwashed. Say what you want about the gatherings, but ‘brainwashing” is not one that would come to mind. Nor should it.
Meant to be a response to cirby above.
nepanyrush Tuesday, October 11th at 9:30AM EDT (link)nt
You're absolutely right nepanyrush.
mbecker908 (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 9:52AM EDT (link)There is NO brainwashing going on at the OWS rallies.
The idiots who are attending these rallies had their brains either washed or removed by liberal college professors.
So, what do think about their demands?
No, it's not brainwashing,
blooch Tuesday, October 11th at 10:07AM EDT (link)it’s about as close as you’ll get to Basic Training for comsymp hippie scum…who probably consider military Basic Training to be brainwashing.
“Lieutenant Dike wasn’t a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made no decisions.”
Boot camp is brainwashing...
ja_ak Tuesday, October 11th at 11:21AM EDT (link)And I’m happy to have gone through it. You tear individuals down and rebuild them into something different – something dedicated to a higher calling. I’m not saying you erase a personality or any such nonsense, but you definately inculcate values and norms that are different from what the Basics / Privates held when they walked in the door.
The repeating of mantras will help to promote group think. And people are definately more susceptible to it when tired, hurt, uncomfortable, etc. Push people further and further from their comfort zones, and they become much more amenable to persuasion.
That’s actually why SERE training is such a valuable and painful experience. Start out cold, hungry, tired, and dirty, and then get subjected to interogation – let me say I had someone define, “wiping the look off your face” for me quite literally. Never smirk at an interogator, it makes them angry. However, it does give you the experience to anchor in something other than the moment, which this “soft” generation lacks.
Their brains are, evidently, the only things
Tbone (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 10:48AM EDT (link)that are getting washed.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Years and years ago....
hgstern Tuesday, October 11th at 9:28AM EDT (link)Steve Martin had a bit about the Individuals’ Oath, whereby he called out each sentence, which was then repeated back to him by the audience:
I promise to be different!
I promise to be unique!
I promise not to repeat things other people say…
Prescient, that one.
And this one from Monty Python...
wayneinnh (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 10:57AM EDT (link)Jon 14:6 –
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
It’s not intellectual to believe we evolved from hydrogen gas.
Watch out for the blue acid, man
steve010 (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 10:52AM EDT (link)nt
Can someone give me captions?
theevenger (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 10:54AM EDT (link)I am viewing this on my mobile and cannot make out what they are saying.
Open thread?...Good, I'll put Hank Jr's new song here
lineholder (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 11:10AM EDT (link)For those who don’t know, EPSN took Hank Jr’s song “Get Ready To Rumble” out of circulation for Monday night football. Well, Hank being a nonconformist if there was ever one, I guess he decided to respond. Here’s a story link and here’s the video promoting his new song “Keep The Change”
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/10/11/hank_williams_jr_gets_revenge_with_new_song
Thanks, lineholder...song made me smile. nt
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 11:22AM EDT (link).
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
It's classic Hank, isn't it?
lineholder (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 12:15PM EDT (link)‘Patriette, I’m really hoping media sources on the right will learn something from this. IMO, they need to be really careful right now. Our nation has moved a long way to the left in regards to policy during Obama’s term. This has fed into the highly-charged anti-government, anti-politician environment we’re seeing right now.
As people have become more aware of the tremendous amount of bias that is included in MSM reports, they’re experiencing a fair amount of anger directed at the MSM for failing to be genuinely objective in what kind of information is presented and how it is presented. (And this anger is justifiable as far that goes).
But if media sources on the right go overboard with “spin” tactics of their own, that anger will be directed at those media sources as well. I don’t know what Fox News was thinking to approach this in the manner they did. Hank Jr. obviously has it within his means to call them on it, and that’s exactly what he’s done (And I don’t fault him one bit for doing that either).
Still, the entire series of events wasn’t necessary. It’s these types of events that could come back to bite us in the backside if we aren’t careful.
No worries in that regard for me, lineholder.
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 12:42PM EDT (link)Painful as all of this is for America, I see mostly good coming out of it all. In a sense, we get the gov’t. we deserve and Obama’s election has been our last wake-up call. By all that I mean, our nation became smug and ungrateful in the sense that we neglected our civic duties which resulted in the massive corruption we see in our midst now.
Obama was the icing on the cake and God’s way (to those of us who believe) of showing us that we are not above self-destruction and our smugness and neglect have weakened us to the point that we seem barely able to defend ourselves against the most corrupt executive branch this nation has ever known.
All of the above is what led me to study our Constitution and thrust myself into civic matters–local, state and national. In other words, I think that America took her blessings for granted and also the one responsible for those blessings and in the process, nearly lost them. Also, along the same vein, there are consequences for sin that God cannot prevent and the so-called “social” issues that most conservatives deem important are taking a heavy toll on our beloved country–(a little leaven leavens the whole lump?)
At the risk of sounding “preachy”, we need the nation to turn back to God to get our spiritual bearings if we are going to survive, Something that only prayer and true repentance can accomplish.
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
'Patriette, as a Christian, I'd agree with
lineholder (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 12:47PM EDT (link)everything you’ve stated here. As an everyday ordinary American citizen, at this point, I’d be overjoyed to see us get back to a more objective analysis of truth versus lie, right versus wrong. If we can succeed in even that much, it could make a lot of difference.
Agree--you don't have to be a Christian to have a conscience. nt
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 12:51PM EDT (link)..
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
Comrades take note their is free as in non-capitulist fOOd
CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 2:20PM EDT (link)meerly 20 short blocksoff zucotti just go up bway righht onto park row pass the bridge but thi stime dont repeat dont stop to bot her w/the hisssss evilllll bluecoatses but keep going onto bowery where you might want to homage the many little people who loved Dear CHair man so much they are here now so idyllisticly resisting the %1 so that they might not have time to give you all free egg rollso keep goinng and you will soon I told you it was only 20 blocks didnt I its not like all the way 2 pretoria be at the bowery mission wear u get I kid you not a full plate for free even tho they make you sit through a stinking church thing 1sst but I am sure you can us the time to find some proliterate drunk who will come back with you to freedom among your comrades. hear. and u can both bring xtra baggels in pocketses for all to share
Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)
soli Deo gloria
and a kowalski through the 4th wall
CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 2:29PM EDT (link)Just in case.
Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)
soli Deo gloria
The best thing about it is that it's recorded for all to see...
anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 2:36PM EDT (link)Unedited footage of this “decision” making process is a laugh riot that self ridicules their whole movement. Some would like to demonize the pathetic sheep of OcWherever but they don’t need to be demonized, just laugh them off the street, for the rest let the cops deal with them after their stench grows to great for the local citizens to deal with.
Razz Etc!
“Best Poker book written ever!!!” – Author’s unbiased opinion…
If you do decide to go the Burma Shave route...
mustango (Diary) Tuesday, October 11th at 5:38PM EDT (link)…may I suggest this one to hook them in:
Candidate Says
Campaign Confusing
Babies Kiss Me
Since I’ve Been Using
Burma-Shave
“I just miss — I miss being anonymous.” — Barack Obama
I fully sympathize, Mr. President. I miss you being anonymous too.