Friday, January 14, 2011
Thank god for new media!
This has already been said in various ways, but I still have to say it.
Before Facebook and Youtube, the Soviet media and Soviet parts of our government were able to build their own vicious toxic version of a story with no hindrance at all.
When Oswald killed Kennedy, our Soviet media told us Oswald was a "right-winger", and we had no choice but to swallow the poison for many years.
The truth was simple and obvious: Oswald was trained in Russia and his wife Marina was a KGB agent. Before 2000, these simple and obvious truths could only be spread through obscure magazines and newsletters with subscriptions in the hundreds.
With this month's assassination, the Soviet media and Soviet parts of our government are still trying to feed us the same old poison. They are still persistently connecting Loughner to their current "right-wing" bête noire Palin. This time it doesn't work, because Loughner was able to self-publish.
Again the truth is simple and obvious. Loughner's Facebook and Youtube postings tell us instantly that he's a plain schizophrenic with no political influence. His version of the world is completely outside anyone's reality, even a leftist's reality.
Even if the Soviets try to take down his "publications", the web insures that they will continue to circulate easily. You don't need to be part of a small inner circle that could be easily penetrated and switched by FBI, as was the case with 1963 truth-seekers. ¶ 12:23 PM
Before Facebook and Youtube, the Soviet media and Soviet parts of our government were able to build their own vicious toxic version of a story with no hindrance at all.
When Oswald killed Kennedy, our Soviet media told us Oswald was a "right-winger", and we had no choice but to swallow the poison for many years.
The truth was simple and obvious: Oswald was trained in Russia and his wife Marina was a KGB agent. Before 2000, these simple and obvious truths could only be spread through obscure magazines and newsletters with subscriptions in the hundreds.
With this month's assassination, the Soviet media and Soviet parts of our government are still trying to feed us the same old poison. They are still persistently connecting Loughner to their current "right-wing" bête noire Palin. This time it doesn't work, because Loughner was able to self-publish.
Again the truth is simple and obvious. Loughner's Facebook and Youtube postings tell us instantly that he's a plain schizophrenic with no political influence. His version of the world is completely outside anyone's reality, even a leftist's reality.
Even if the Soviets try to take down his "publications", the web insures that they will continue to circulate easily. You don't need to be part of a small inner circle that could be easily penetrated and switched by FBI, as was the case with 1963 truth-seekers. ¶ 12:23 PM
