Friday, January 25, 2008

Propaganda and Free Speech

I was told about this video in it's full length form. I must admit that it startled me and made me angry. There is a lot of anti-government propaganda floating around. There is truth to some, but I'm beginning to see that it exists because of free speech. The first amendment that grants us free speech is a wonderful thing. It enables us to bite the hand that feeds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuBo4E77ZXo

5 comments:

Professor Rex said...

You can't get credit for a post in which you don't actually tell me what you think about the topic.

Anonymous said...

Not really looking for credit for this. I especially would like to know what you think about this video.

Professor Rex said...

It's largely conspiracy theory nonsense and a lot of what appears on the CNN clip is out-and-out false. There are no government proposals or treaties or laws that have been ever made concerning this, it's just a theory that a few intellectuals came up with. There's no chance this will happen in our lifetime.

lTurner said...

Mr. Q, CNN can be very convicing to many people. I have found that even or local news can be out-and-out false.

Professor Rex said...

Anything can be convincing if you don't ask enough questions about it.