An interesting fellow by the name of Jason Horsley has some observations about Brock, CTR, and PizzaGate over at his blog:
David Brock and Correct the Record played a central role in a massive and long-term covert campaign of perception management that spans both Republican and Democratic parties. It involves the “infiltration” of 4chan and the illegitimate use of more mainstream social networking sites (reddit, twitter) in order to redirect and undermine public political debate, polarize opinion, and help “populate and co-opt” an alt-“Alt-right” movement to be associated with racism, misogyny, fascism, anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories, and “fake news.” Many of the agendas, and even players, involved in this can now be seen to congregate in or around the viral memeplex known as “Pizzagate.”
Those are the specifics; the general “thesis” (or question) is something like: to what degree has our ability to engage in meaningful conversation around political and social reality been sabotaged by Brock’s relentless spin campaign, and the larger, more ancient tradition of mass-obfuscation which it upholds and exemplifies? And how can we see the results of that in our daily activities, on and offline?
More worth a read over here: https://auticulture.wordpress.com/2016/12/04/david-brock-invasion-4chan-the-alt-right-pizzagate/
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SaneGoatiSwear ago
long way to call pizzagate ctr.
ZalesMcMuffin ago
That's not quite what I got. I think he was laying out all possibilities, which is good mental exercise and wise to do from time to time. It helps us to know -- not just feel -- that we are on the right track.
I don't think he was claiming anything, ultimately.
SaneGoatiSwear ago
fair enough. you could be right. i guess i was just sayin' how it seemed to me :)
at this juncture with a dozen+ users attaking me in an organized manner all over voat,
i appreciate you couldn't give a fuck and just responded meaningfully, having a discussion with me about something.
that's what's up.
ZalesMcMuffin ago
Well, I'm not accustomed to being anybody's safe space... I'm usually the one they're running from. But OK. :-)
ghost_marauder ago
Is that what's going on. I have excessively strong dyslexia, and quite honestly bored while reading. The author isn't making arguments or interpretations. Honestly, did not pull anything meaningful out of this. (Numbers, Code, Math, and Economics is more my game, not linguistic analysis.)
THE_LIES_OH_THE_LIES ago
I think you will appreciate this:
https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1491256
Watch the videos.