The most effective disinformation tells a basically true overall narrative, but mixes in fake evidence and nonsense to poison it.
Ted Gunderson was a COINTELPRO disinformant. COINTELPRO is an FBI program aimed at disrupting dissidents. His goal was actually to discredit claims of elite pedophile rings (and claims about 9/11) by introducing fake evidence, "poisoning the well," giving talks to groups of conspiracy researches to get them to adopt bad evidence and false "tinfoil hat" versions of their theories (e.g. "no plane at the Pentagon"), in order to discredit the true general claims (e.g. 9/11 = inside job) with the general public. He promoted the "Pentagon missile" disinfo, and he promoted the McMartin Preschool case as an example of an elite pedophile ring. The McMartin case is a well-known case of false allegations. The mother who made the initial allegations was crazy. She based it on her son having disrupted bowel movements. The jury exonerated the accused because video showed the interviewers basically coercing the toddlers into saying they were abused, using leading questions that violated California guidelines at the time. One of the kids sent an apology to the LA times as an adult. That case was the real case of false memories that spawned the whole concept.
Gunderson has been a promoter of just about every bogus theory one can come up with: Area 51, reptilians, FEMA internment camps, a United Nations army taking over the United States, chemtrails, "pineapple bombs" at Oklahoma, no-planes on 9/11...
You really didn't have to sticky this post with a 'Possible False Flag' you know, because the majority of people don't believe that Ted Gunderson is a disinformation agent like you do. The Johnny Gosch story is very relevant here and Ted helped his mother Noreen in her search for the truth. If only for this,The Franklin Cover up is a very important story and it should not be flagged as false. For the sake of Pizzagate and 'real news'.
the majority of people don't believe that Ted Gunderson is a disinformation agent like you do.
The majority of people have not researched Ted Gunderson at all, and therefore have no strong opinion on who he is. The purpose of the flair is to give users a heads-up so they have at least been warned. What you need to understand is that the most effective disinformation tells a basically true narrative, but poisons it with fake evidence and crazy, unfounded, or exaggerated aspects. That corrupts the investigation and ends up discrediting it.
Ok, I can understand where you're coming from and I can respect that. However, many people previously posted subs related to Ted Gunderson and the Franklin Cover-up which have not been sticked as 'possible false flag'. How is this fair to me? I almost feel like I was singled out here.
Some examples of posts that were about Ted Gunderson and not sticky-ed as false flag by the mods:
I'm not intending to imply that YOU are a shill. I guess we need to change that flair to "possible disinformation." I'll get on that. (we only get to have 10 flair-options; we aren't able to make custom flairs for individual posts).
However, many people previously posted subs related to Ted Gunderson and the Franklin Cover-up which have not been sticked as 'possible false flag'.
No doubt some stuff falls through the cracks. I am human and only have as many hours in a day as you. I might discuss Gunderson with the other mods. It hasn't really been much of an issue though, as I haven't noticed very many Gunderson posts.
I've just given you the links to 7 of them and there are more. But in the meantime, I'm being singled-out (punished) in an unjust way, because by the time you guys come up with a decision to sticky all Ted Gunderson's subs or not, my post will have lost its steam.
It's not losing steam at all. It's on the frontpage, and the only downvote so far is mine. Unfortunately it appears that fighting disinformation is an uphill battle. Confirmation bias is so strong. That's why disinformation is such an effective weapon.
I agree with you completely on this. Disinformation is a very effective weapon indeed. It may very well be possible, that Ted Gunderson purposefully or not, presented false information in the past. There might be a motive behind this, who knows. However, there are so many things that he says and so many facts that he presents that are true, that he shouldn't automatically be dismissed as solely a disinformation agent. That's just my opinion.
However, there are so many things that he says and so many facts that he presents that are true, that he shouldn't automatically be dismissed as solely a disinformation agent.
I can respect your position, although I disagree with it. I think disinformation has an extremely damaging effect. Gunderson is like tasty candy that's actually poisonous. It seems so sparkly and tasty, like "OMG an FBI agent has been trying to expose this for years!," but ultimately it's fatal to efforts to spread the truth. Even if you think chemtrails are real, most people don't, and will automatically assume Gunderson is a nut.
Even though I have been red-pilled for some time now, I can understand where you're coming from and respect your attempt to protect the PG story from possible future backlashing from the 'majority' of people who haven't. This is a very tricky situation. We'll just leave it at that :)
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Millennial_Falcon ago
The most effective disinformation tells a basically true overall narrative, but mixes in fake evidence and nonsense to poison it.
Ted Gunderson was a COINTELPRO disinformant. COINTELPRO is an FBI program aimed at disrupting dissidents. His goal was actually to discredit claims of elite pedophile rings (and claims about 9/11) by introducing fake evidence, "poisoning the well," giving talks to groups of conspiracy researches to get them to adopt bad evidence and false "tinfoil hat" versions of their theories (e.g. "no plane at the Pentagon"), in order to discredit the true general claims (e.g. 9/11 = inside job) with the general public. He promoted the "Pentagon missile" disinfo, and he promoted the McMartin Preschool case as an example of an elite pedophile ring. The McMartin case is a well-known case of false allegations. The mother who made the initial allegations was crazy. She based it on her son having disrupted bowel movements. The jury exonerated the accused because video showed the interviewers basically coercing the toddlers into saying they were abused, using leading questions that violated California guidelines at the time. One of the kids sent an apology to the LA times as an adult. That case was the real case of false memories that spawned the whole concept.
Gunderson has been a promoter of just about every bogus theory one can come up with: Area 51, reptilians, FEMA internment camps, a United Nations army taking over the United States, chemtrails, "pineapple bombs" at Oklahoma, no-planes on 9/11...
Flairing as possible disinformation.
YingYangMom ago
You really didn't have to sticky this post with a 'Possible False Flag' you know, because the majority of people don't believe that Ted Gunderson is a disinformation agent like you do. The Johnny Gosch story is very relevant here and Ted helped his mother Noreen in her search for the truth. If only for this,The Franklin Cover up is a very important story and it should not be flagged as false. For the sake of Pizzagate and 'real news'.
Millennial_Falcon ago
The majority of people have not researched Ted Gunderson at all, and therefore have no strong opinion on who he is. The purpose of the flair is to give users a heads-up so they have at least been warned. What you need to understand is that the most effective disinformation tells a basically true narrative, but poisons it with fake evidence and crazy, unfounded, or exaggerated aspects. That corrupts the investigation and ends up discrediting it.
YingYangMom ago
Ok, I can understand where you're coming from and I can respect that. However, many people previously posted subs related to Ted Gunderson and the Franklin Cover-up which have not been sticked as 'possible false flag'. How is this fair to me? I almost feel like I was singled out here. Some examples of posts that were about Ted Gunderson and not sticky-ed as false flag by the mods:
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1466494 https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1475760 https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1469957 https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1454727 https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1443867 https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1452714 https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1444169
Millennial_Falcon ago
I'm not intending to imply that YOU are a shill. I guess we need to change that flair to "possible disinformation." I'll get on that. (we only get to have 10 flair-options; we aren't able to make custom flairs for individual posts).
No doubt some stuff falls through the cracks. I am human and only have as many hours in a day as you. I might discuss Gunderson with the other mods. It hasn't really been much of an issue though, as I haven't noticed very many Gunderson posts.
YingYangMom ago
I've just given you the links to 7 of them and there are more. But in the meantime, I'm being singled-out (punished) in an unjust way, because by the time you guys come up with a decision to sticky all Ted Gunderson's subs or not, my post will have lost its steam.
Millennial_Falcon ago
It's not losing steam at all. It's on the frontpage, and the only downvote so far is mine. Unfortunately it appears that fighting disinformation is an uphill battle. Confirmation bias is so strong. That's why disinformation is such an effective weapon.
YingYangMom ago
I agree with you completely on this. Disinformation is a very effective weapon indeed. It may very well be possible, that Ted Gunderson purposefully or not, presented false information in the past. There might be a motive behind this, who knows. However, there are so many things that he says and so many facts that he presents that are true, that he shouldn't automatically be dismissed as solely a disinformation agent. That's just my opinion.
Millennial_Falcon ago
I can respect your position, although I disagree with it. I think disinformation has an extremely damaging effect. Gunderson is like tasty candy that's actually poisonous. It seems so sparkly and tasty, like "OMG an FBI agent has been trying to expose this for years!," but ultimately it's fatal to efforts to spread the truth. Even if you think chemtrails are real, most people don't, and will automatically assume Gunderson is a nut.
YingYangMom ago
Even though I have been red-pilled for some time now, I can understand where you're coming from and respect your attempt to protect the PG story from possible future backlashing from the 'majority' of people who haven't. This is a very tricky situation. We'll just leave it at that :)
Verite1 ago
I have just learned a lot about disinformation as a weapon from this back and forth. Thanks for at least, for that.
YingYangMom ago
Ha! Welcome ;)