A Crash Course Guide to Informing The Uninformed (#PIZZAGATE) PT1 (the instructions come in 4 pts cause of this damn word count so please sort the comments from old to newest and find all 4 parts) Hey everyone! Glad to see the enthusiasm on Voat is still going strong! The subject of PizzaGate recently crossed my attention and I feel the increasing need to do something about it. I am currently a Senior in College in the state of California. I know, the "liberal" state. The state of the "tolerant" Left. Here you have a plethora of eco-hipsters and snobby yoga wives. The perfect sandbox for me to hone in my skills of persuasion. You see, when you are surrounded by individuals who care more about what Jay Z or snoop Dogg's next song is going to be, you can't help but feel a certain detachment from reality. Like you've walked into an enormous theater show. Fake smiles and fake aspirations. When you have to surround yourself with these individuals, room with these individuals, get educated along with these individuals, you will start to feel suffocated and isolated. Fear not my internet junkies, the cure for this is simple. The cure for this is conversation.

When you can start up a dialogue, you are automatically removing yourself from isolation. You are in the open to attack, but you are also in the open to be judged. This is a double edged sword because if you try to start a dialogue unprepared, you will quickly lose the attention and trust of the individual you are trying to engage. It is increasingly important to not only do research into a subject, but to also present it in a manner that people can digest and not reject outright. One day my media Professor brought up something interesting, he said that in order to change the minds of people, you must first change their heart. This is very true, and explains the phenomena where people can deny raw evidence right in their face...it doesn't make them feel good. Now the question is, HOW do you make them feel comfortable enough, or at least curious enough to engage you in a conversation about the subject you intend to talk about. And this brings me to what I want to dedicate this post about. I want to create a quick tutorial on how you should engage others on the subject of PizzaGate. It is a hard pill to swallow and one needs to be prepared to help others.

Too often have many of us approached our friends, family, and neighbors and have been rejected as loons for even attempting to discuss the topic of PizzaGate. I have far too much experience this week as I tried to convince dozens of my dorm mates to look into this controversy. I made progress with few, the majority possessed the attention span of a gnat. I have had several arguments alone in the past day about bringing up this subject and even called a Pedo myself by others who simply do not want to understand what I am showing them. One thing became clear, however, forcing an individual to engage you in this conversation will never change their mind. Remember this, forcing the conversation, whether you're hanging out with friends or at Thanksgiving dinner, is not a good idea. It will immediately repel the skeptics away and severely lower your chances of engaging with people who simply know nothing. In the worst case skeptics will begin to actively lie to others around you to discredit you indirectly. By the end of this week, It was apparent to me that I needed to make a guide on how to engage the misinformed on the subject of PizzaGate. I'v decided to create a simple step by step guide on how to casually engage people in the conversation of PizzaGate (without sounding like a loon). Many of you have already formulated these steps in your mind, but have not put pen to paper. A solid guide will definitely boost your chances at changing the hearts of those you engage.
How many times have you tried to talk about PizzaGate and the first thing your correspondent does is get hooked up on the name of the subject. You will be surprised how many people my age do not know about Watergate. They simply will not get the reference. You get answers like "What? A gate made of Pizza?" "Peisagay?". This is the first roadblock that I usually meet when engaging others on this subject. The uninformed WILL get stuck on shallow details like the name of the subject for they know nothing of the actual content yet. The key is to avoid mentioning the name when you first start to engage your target. Find something else to catch their attention first before engaging them in PizzaGate directly.

Remember how I mentioned earlier that the only way to change the mind of people is through their hearts? This is very important to focus on at first. Once you have gained the curiosity of their hearts, then do you gain the passageway to their minds (where you can use all the logical arguments you please). One of the best way I have found to garner the attention of friends is through their curiosity. Granted, most Millennials couldn't give less of a crap about politics and economic news, what they do care about is sensationalism. It's what drives our social media sprees. Hell, it's what's driving this discussion now on PizzaGate.