"Knowledge is essential to freedom."
— William Ellery Channing (1887)

"When people who are honestly mistaken learn the truth,
they will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest!"

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...
They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
— Thomas Jefferson

"No President should fear public scrutinity of his program. For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that understanding comes support or opposition. And both are necessary. I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people. For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed."
— President John F. Kennedy on April 27, 1961

"We Americans are the ultimate innocents. We are forever desperate to believe that this time the government is telling us the Truth."
— Sydney Schanberg (NY Times)

"The only thing that INTERFERES with my learning
is my education." — Albert Einstein

The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was once the largest library in the world. It is generally thought to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BCE, during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt. It was likely created after his father had built what would become the first part of the Library complex, the temple of the Muses - the Museion, Greek Μουσείον (from which the modern English word museum is derived).

It has been reasonably established that the Library, or parts of the collection, were destroyed by fire on a number of occasions (library fires were common and replacement of handwritten manuscripts was very difficult, expensive, and time-consuming). To this day the details of the destruction (or destructions) remain a lively source of controversy. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina was inaugurated in 2003 near the site of the old Library.

The library was conceived and opened either during the reign of Ptolemy I Soter (323–283 BC) or during the reign of his son Ptolemy II (283–246 BC). Plutarch (AD 46–120) wrote that during his visit to Alexandria in 48 BC Julius Caesar accidentally burned the library down when he set fire to his own ships to frustrate Achillas' attempt to limit his ability to communicate by sea. Edward Gibbon describes how the daughter library was also destroyed by Theophilus, Bishop of Alexandria, who ordered the destruction of the Serapeum in 391.

"The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter - it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning." — Mark Twain

Etymology |ˌetəˈmäləjē| noun ( pl. -gies)

The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.

• the origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning.

ORIGIN: late Middle English : from Old French ethimologie, via Latin from Greek etumologia, from etumologos ‘student of etymology,’ from etumon, neuter singular of etumos ‘true.’

The Matrix

Morpheus: You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.

(A red pill is shown in his other hand) You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

(Long pause; Neo begins to reach for the red pill) Remember - all I am offering is the Truth, nothing more. (Neo takes the red pill and swallows it with a glass of water)

Although non-heterogeneous movements may seem small in amount, as a whole they are vast and quite diverse. I deal with very few people who are only active in one single issue - and next to none who cover all the same issues that I watch (DU, 9/11 van bombs, Rothschilds, jesuits).

Different people have different concerns, as illustrated by the 2010 TEA Parties & 2011 Occupy Movements. People usually only awaken when exposed to their OWN necessities. Most of the topics I cover affect EVERYONE just as much as they affect myself (federal reserve, perpetual wars, codex alimentarius, GMOs, fluoridation) - making it much easier to show them how it affects themselves and theirs.

People go through a simple LEARNING process
when exposed to new and uncomfortable information:

1. Denial – "This can't be happening, not to me."
2. Anger – "Why me? It's not fair!"
3. Bargaining – "I will give my life savings if..."
4. Depression – "What's the point?"
5. Acceptance – "It's going to be okay."; "I can't fight it, I may as well prepare for it."

I've spoken with MANY people, whom when confronted with an uncomfortable truth, they make up absurd lies to convince themselves that i am "making up absurd lies" (known as freudian "projection") - like the magical bullet THEORY.

Some are so consumed and brainwashed by the matrix of television programming, that they cannot see the real world even when it's right in front of their eyes.

"Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance" — Albert Einstein

People unknowingly use ad hominem to attack the messenger, in a desperate effort rooted in their refusal to alter their current perception of reality. instead of first googling: "911 mossad" and reading the facts - they'll call nasty names, often regurgitating propaganda like kook, tin-foil hats, antisemites, UFOs, little green men (not their OWN opinions but pre-programmed propaganda).

Most people do not know that the word "conspiracy" (JFK "lone" shooter propaganda) is actually the PLURAL form of the legal term "plot" - meaning every corporate crime ever involving more than one board member or employee. in a "plot" all "conspirators" in a "cabal" are ALL GUILTY of each others crimes.

...BUT once you mention something like "GMO corn causes cancer & organ failure", every time they're confronted by "GMO" or "corn" or "cancer" in the future, their subconscious will battle their ego and eventually they will "learn" ;)

REMEMBER: "When people who are honestly mistaken learn the Truth, they will either cease being mistaken, or cease being honest!" (especially True for those that have great difficulty "learning" - yet seem unusually versed with rebuttals for questions about obscure political facts)

Etiquette |ˈetikit; -ˌket| noun: Customary code of polite behavior in society or among members of a particular profession or group. In the interests of maintaining a fair and civil environment for discussion and debate...

No Ad Hominem Attacks: (NO shooting the messenger) Always attack the points being presented (the message) based on the merits or otherwise of the argument, do not personally attack, insult, mock or otherwise make derogatory comments aimed at the person who is presenting that argument or with whom you disagree.

Source Citations: If you are relying on an unsubstantiated claim to support your side of a debate you must always back up such claims with a logical argument or with a relevant publication citation or source link should one be required or requested in order to validate the accuracy of the claim being made.

Facts vs. Opinions: If you are presenting a claim that is personal opinion only then please state as such; personal opinion, speculation or hearsay should not be presented as supporting evidence in a debate.

"But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success."
— Adolf Hitler "War Propaganda", in volume 1, chapter 6 of Mein Kampf (1925)

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
— Joseph Goebbels

"To be effective, propaganda must constantly short circuit all thoughts and decisions. It must operate on the individual at the level of the unconscious. He must not know that he is being shaped by outside forces. It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale, the orchestration of press, radio, and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment that is the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment. Mass media provides the essential link between the individual and the demands of this technological society."
— Jacques Ellul

"If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, is it not possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing about it? The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our government. We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of."
— Edward Bernays, U.S. Presidential Advisor, from his book Propaganda

Conflate |kənˈflāt| verb [trans.]
to combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one

Obfuscate |ˈäbfəˌskāt| verb [ trans. ]
to render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible
• bewilder (someone) : it is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.

Obfuscation |ˌäbfəˈskā sh ən| noun
obfuscatory |äbˈfəskəˌtôrē| adjective
ORIGIN late Middle English : from late Latin obfuscat- ‘darkened,’
from the verb obfuscare, based on Latin fuscus ‘dark.’

Hearsay |ˈhi(ə)rˌsā| noun
information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor
according to hearsay, Bob had managed to break his arm.

Hearsay LEGAL DEFINITION: the report of another person's words by a witness, usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law : everything they had told him would have been ruled out as hearsay | [as adj. ] hearsay evidence.

Hearsay (thesaurus)
that's all hearsay, and I don't care to listen to such: tripe, rumor, gossip,
tittle-tattle, idle talk; stories, tales; informal the grapevine, scuttlebutt, loos

Political Terms: Dictionary Definitions

Bigoted |ˈbigətid| adjective
obstinately convinced of the superiority or correctness of one's own opinions and prejudiced against those who hold different opinions.

Polemic |pəˈlemik| noun
a strong verbal or written attack on someone or something.
• (usu. polemics) the art or practice of engaging in controversial debate or dispute.

Mantra |ˈmantrə; ˈmän-| noun: Mantric. Originally in Hinduism and Buddhism, a word or sound repeated to aid concentration in meditation. A Vedic hymn. A statement or slogan repeated frequently; slogan, motto, maxim, catchphrase, catchword, watchword, byword, buzzword, tag (line). ORIGIN late 18th century: Sanskrit, literally ‘instrument of thought,’ from man ‘think’.

Yantra |ˈyəntrə; ˈyan-; ˈyän-| noun: A geometric diagram, or any object, used as an aid to meditation in tantric worship. ORIGIN Sanskrit, literally ‘device for holding or fastening’.

Tantra |ˈtəntrə; ˈtan-| noun: Tantric. Tantrism. Tantrist. A Hindu or Buddhist mystical or ritual text, dating from the 6th to the 13th centuries. Adherence to the doctrines or principles of the tantras, involving mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual. ORIGIN Sanskrit, literally ‘loom, groundwork, doctrine,’ from tan ‘stretch’.