If you were crazy like me, you would have a pastime of debating with left-wingers. You can’t hold a debate with someone who agrees with you. One of the areas I was fascinated with was the debate over whether or not masks “work”. For whatever reason, most of those on the left side of the spectrum say that they do, and when asked for proof, would turn silent or say that doctors recommend them and they know more than I do. Be mindful of this tactic which is also used by religious believers when debating their beliefs. The tactic is known as an appeal to authority. The reasoning goes that if it is in the “book” or was said by someone who makes a career of studying those things, it must therefore be true.
The same thing applies to anyone with initials behind their name. That practice was invented long ago when other professionals wanted to be like the religious gurus and kings, queens, and emperors who demanded obedience and acceptance of their proclamations and edicts. This is why senators, congressmen, mayors, and other high-ranking government officials want to be referred to by their titles. Recently, at the Democratic National Convention, former President Obama railed over people not trusting the government. All these entities want “We, the people”, to just believe whatever they say without question. President Biden used spurious reports and claims from alleged medical professionals to force an experimental vaccine onto everyone even though the data showed that relatively few people under 55 died from COVID-19. All they need do is get a few people with initials behind their names to say it is so and the general public follows like sheep to slaughter because this is the way people have been indoctrinated for centuries.
Those who are used to following will do the work of the leaders in religion or government in passing on what it is they want to indoctrinate us with. One tells another and another and it becomes accepted as fact and the believers then attack anyone and everyone who doesn’t believe as they do in spite of the fact that the believers never bothered to check into what it is they were told was “true”. In centuries gone by, no one could check on the truthfulness of what the leaders were saying and humans have been conditioned to believe. Society today is going through a metamorphic change because now we have the internet where anything can be looked up and we can check what those “in authority” are trying to feed us and it no longer matters that they have a title or degree. This appeal to authority and consensus of those in authority used to be debate stoppers. The sheep follow the herd no matter what because that is what they are supposed to do when everyone else is doing it.
This is not to disparage those with the important initials behind their names because they are usually correct, but they are not always correct. We should not just accept a consensus or authority figures because of that. We owe it to ourselves to do our research and thinking which is far easier now than at any time in history. Instead, we believe the clowns fakes and liars on MSNBC, CNN, and other outlets.
Watch for these tactics from the media and those in government and call them out for it wherever you can. Media cannot be held up as “In authority” on much of anything. I checked on how many of the anchors on the major stations had degrees or even any training in journalism and very few did. They are activists and not journalists who are looking to indoctrinate the masses. Mika above bristled that people might believe Donald Trump over her!! She extolled her viewers to not do that. She and Joe were the ones “in authority” because they dressed in nice clothes and were on TV! We are losing the war of words and the country along with it. We are divided now more than ever because the left has taken over our schools and our airwaves. We must seek the truth from other places. This is why I created this website.
