The George Zimmerman thing was a marvelous example of propaganda. They constantly showed old pictures of a 12 year old cherubic Trayvon Martin, and constantly distorted facts, all to undermine civilian self defense.
1. The rule of simplification - reducing all data to a simple confrontation between 'Good and Bad', 'Friend and Foe'.
2. The rule of disfiguration - discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies.
3. The rule of transfusion - manipulating the consensus values of the target audience for one's own ends.
4. The rule of unanimity - presenting one's viewpoint as if it were unanimous opinion of all right-thinking people: draining the doubting individual into agreement by the appeal of star-performers, by social pressure , and by 'psychological contagion'.
5. The rule of orchestration - endlessly repeating the same messages in different variations and combinations.
"When the United States were formed every healthy male of appropriate age was in his local militia. This was seen as a powerful force preventing such tyranny, though these days it is fashionable to poo poo the idea. In the Federalist Papers it is explained that you estimate the size of a militia by dividing the population by four. One half are male and one half of those are in the right age bracket, healthy enough, and not away at sea. (A traveling salesman would just join up wherever he happens to be during a crisis.) This would compose a military force far larger than any conceivable army, at the present time, that would be between 80 and 90 million men in he U.S. (And despite Joe Biden to the contrary, individuals could, and did, own cannon.) The entrenched powerful don't like that idea. Although the militias were amateurs, a major justification for the founding of the military academies was that, after their period of service, the graduates would form much of the officer corps of the militia. "
Critical that they owned their own weapons, which were not controlled by a higher authority.
Another quote to include from Ida B. Wells, a founder of the NAACP:
“A Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.”
Thanks, I'll add it.
David - - A quote you missed: “Freedom is measured in calibers.” By Kurt Schlicter
Also see this:
“The 2nd protects the 1st” By George Zimmerman
( yes, the George Zimmerman that WoeBama hated for justifiably killing WoeBamaz wanna be son, Trayvon Martin…….)
The George Zimmerman thing was a marvelous example of propaganda. They constantly showed old pictures of a 12 year old cherubic Trayvon Martin, and constantly distorted facts, all to undermine civilian self defense.
The Five Rules of Propaganda
1. The rule of simplification - reducing all data to a simple confrontation between 'Good and Bad', 'Friend and Foe'.
2. The rule of disfiguration - discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies.
3. The rule of transfusion - manipulating the consensus values of the target audience for one's own ends.
4. The rule of unanimity - presenting one's viewpoint as if it were unanimous opinion of all right-thinking people: draining the doubting individual into agreement by the appeal of star-performers, by social pressure , and by 'psychological contagion'.
5. The rule of orchestration - endlessly repeating the same messages in different variations and combinations.
Thanks, haven’t seen those myself. The number of things I don’t know would astound you.
An excerpt from my essay on war:
"When the United States were formed every healthy male of appropriate age was in his local militia. This was seen as a powerful force preventing such tyranny, though these days it is fashionable to poo poo the idea. In the Federalist Papers it is explained that you estimate the size of a militia by dividing the population by four. One half are male and one half of those are in the right age bracket, healthy enough, and not away at sea. (A traveling salesman would just join up wherever he happens to be during a crisis.) This would compose a military force far larger than any conceivable army, at the present time, that would be between 80 and 90 million men in he U.S. (And despite Joe Biden to the contrary, individuals could, and did, own cannon.) The entrenched powerful don't like that idea. Although the militias were amateurs, a major justification for the founding of the military academies was that, after their period of service, the graduates would form much of the officer corps of the militia. "
Critical that they owned their own weapons, which were not controlled by a higher authority.
https://drp314.substack.com/p/some-disjointed-thoughts-on-war