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    Re: Hey Ed! P.S. Archived Message

    Posted by turtleman on October 21, 2019, 10:01 pm, in reply to "Re: Hey Ed! P.S."


    Okay, some people might think that's a grand tune, but I can't stand it!


    So, Mary posts an outrage-baiting BBC article, and shows herself to be baited with her subject heading. I couldn't resist posting those famous KITH Head Crusher sketches, as a way to cheer up, if not Mary, others who might be bored on a weekend. The article addressed no serious questions as to broader Turkish motives and how they may interplay, compliment or conflict with the Realpolitik of other players in the region. Instead, it is thinly veiled war propaganda with an emotional bait. So much for media analysis!

    In that other thread about the police brutality in the U.S., the article offers no background insight into how and why police powers have been extended through decades via the 'War on Drugs', the 'Red Menace', . . . and post 9/11 Homeland Security. Instead, it is all outrage-baiting with a tiny closing paragraph where the author puts forth childishly naive and impossible solutions. Anti-war energy and smarts are truly and utterly dead! So, I tend to use snark and humor with people who merely react to articles (often 'correctly' and on cue according the Masters' wishes) instead of analyzing articles and events with historic and psychological perspective.

    I too used to be over-emotional. I was cured by people in my life who used snark and humor until I woke up to the snares of emotional manipulation all around us, and to the awesome genius of the Father of Lies and the importance of avoiding the baits.

    BUT, I'm still baited by the goddamned Lifeboat.
    Ah well, it's all good fun.
    Maybe I'M a psychopath. However, with the peanuts I have in the bank I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.
    G'night.
    turtleman

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