The American Idiot
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The American Idiot!!!
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This is seriously disturbing.
I can't believe heads are sleeping on this.
I can't believe heads are sleeping on this.
"If any man have ears to hear, let him hear!"
Like so many of the teachings of our Lord, this saying of His illustrates a general truth, equally valid today; only those who have ears to hear will understand what He says through His word, the world in general is deaf to the appeals of the crucified One, it does not want to hear.
And (let it be whispered) quite a few of those who have heard His appeal fail to listen to His further revelations intelligently, often being too busy bickering amongst themselves over some fragmentary portion which they have heard, and misconstrued!
Those to whom God has granted a degree of spiritual perception will hear Him as He speaks through His Word, and it is them He addresses Himself. If you have got an ear, listen! We have a saying," A word is enough for a wise man," and if he is a wise man one word is enough, but if he is not wise a whole volume will be wasted on him. There is another Scripture which says "Take heed what ye hear!"
Like so many of the teachings of our Lord, this saying of His illustrates a general truth, equally valid today; only those who have ears to hear will understand what He says through His word, the world in general is deaf to the appeals of the crucified One, it does not want to hear.
And (let it be whispered) quite a few of those who have heard His appeal fail to listen to His further revelations intelligently, often being too busy bickering amongst themselves over some fragmentary portion which they have heard, and misconstrued!
Those to whom God has granted a degree of spiritual perception will hear Him as He speaks through His Word, and it is them He addresses Himself. If you have got an ear, listen! We have a saying," A word is enough for a wise man," and if he is a wise man one word is enough, but if he is not wise a whole volume will be wasted on him. There is another Scripture which says "Take heed what ye hear!"
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My good brothers pass this video on to everyone you know maybe this will wake them up from sleep/dream that they are in.
I think the real American Idiot is the American that can't see through the themes in the video. Through laziness and lack of education (not schooling. Education), Americans are truly becoming idiots.
The video above is a good example: it puts together a series of unrelated visuals, graphics, statements, half-truths, distortions, emotionalism, etc., to reach or suggest to unwitting viewers conclusions (bullshit actually) that too many are too lazy or ill equipped to decipher. Hence, they accept bullshit, as some enlightened truth.
Seriously, videos like the one above (and they seem to be proliferating on the internet) are prime examples of the "Allegory of the Cave" a-k-a the "Myth of the Cave". Images, emotional appeals, etc., carefully crafted (and some not well put together at all) shaping the toughts of the gullible masses.
QueEx
The video above is a good example: it puts together a series of unrelated visuals, graphics, statements, half-truths, distortions, emotionalism, etc., to reach or suggest to unwitting viewers conclusions (bullshit actually) that too many are too lazy or ill equipped to decipher. Hence, they accept bullshit, as some enlightened truth.
Seriously, videos like the one above (and they seem to be proliferating on the internet) are prime examples of the "Allegory of the Cave" a-k-a the "Myth of the Cave". Images, emotional appeals, etc., carefully crafted (and some not well put together at all) shaping the toughts of the gullible masses.
QueEx
"If you give a man the correct information for seven years, he may believe the incorrect information on the first day of the eighth year when it is necessary, from your point of view, that he should do so. Your first job is to build the credibility and the authenticity of your propaganda, and persuade the enemy to trust you although you are his enemy."
-- A Psychological Warfare Casebook Operations Research Office Johns Hopkins University Baltimore (1958)
-- A Psychological Warfare Casebook Operations Research Office Johns Hopkins University Baltimore (1958)