I think that the people of this community can be a great source of information, and I feel a bit of responsibility to help others at least think outside the box and consider possibilities. I have often thought that the endless three hour documentaries on YouTube are misdirection...one of ten may contain good information but sitting through the other nine is painful. Could we, as a community, make categories and populate them with peer reviewed documentaries for quick reference and referral?
Edit: Thanks for feedback and suggestions. I will be watching them all.
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r0fl ago
The New Pearl Harbor series is great:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Full disclosure - it's about 5 hours but immensely worth it. If you're even remotely interested and for some reason haven't seen it in its entirety - come down with a a 24-hour bug tomorrow and call out of work - order a pizza and watch the whole goddamn thing. It'll warp your world view and mess with you for DAYS.
I think 9/11 was a turning point for a lot of us (mid-20s to early 30s here, and my apologies if you do not fit into my preconceived demographic, I'm just glad you're here) where we really saw something that didn't make sense and got us chasing the truth.
I don't want to harp on 9/11 too much, as I fear it will be our generations' Kennedy Assassination (lone gunman? Oswald? Magic Bullet? etc) and feel that we shouldn't fall into the trap that those before us did (pre-Internet and pre-somewhat-free-flow-of-information).
Use it as a watershed moment to realize that things aren't what they seem, to learn as much as possible about the world around us - and then brainstorm solutions to our problems as we see them.
Zenof ago
Same demographic, I felt something was askew while watching the Pentagon burn live. I guess never believing the JFK narrative ether, helped my immersion into all of this.
FriedBizkit ago
Early 30's here. Feels like late 40's. 9/11 was the eye opener. Then I quit smoking and got healthier and thinner...I learned about the tobacco and food industry and more importantly how the FDA lets them get away with murder. At that point I stopped believing most of what the gov't says. I started reading into history again because I have always loved history, but now with new eyes.