I was Brainwashed!

[bart]

Hitting your head against something hard multiple times, should make you forget their brainwashing....maybe even overnight.

[HoppysMag]

Hitting your head against something hard multiple times, should make you forget their brainwashing....maybe even overnight.

tequila will do it too and its alot funner and makes for better stories!

[Lakeview Bulldog]

HoppysMag:
extactly there are no more original ideas. and people are a pack animal. ( like wolves not pack like donkeys) theres no way you can be an individual. and all the people who try to say they are have only changed what they are conforming to. im not saying you are "selling out" to a new life style but you have only changed what effects you and how you look at things.

we share a common thought process but the end is where it varys, i accept that the only choice i have is who i follow. ( that in itself a choice) it almost becomes a third party. thos of us with views other than the masses. but since nether side shares our views we choose "apathy" ( as you would call it) but its not a lack of interest, its a lack of support to ether side of the system

I'll agree that humans are herd animals. If you look at the heirarchy of a herd there is always at least one leader. If you do not agree with the current leaders then become one yourself. Words can move millions. If you do not support either side of the system then create your own side and create support for it. It has been done in the past.
I'm suprised that I have had no more attacks on my posts yet. I'll have to make another one on a more specific issue in the future. This thread has become so vast in the topics it covered it is hard to have a debate.

[magman007]

Listen man, the real thing is that no one really cares! thats the point that really neds to be made. Care about your self, cara about your beliefs, but if any thing ive notices you are trying to impose your beliefs on others. there is a reason that political discussions are not alowed here on ao.


Look, extremists are the problem, the left wing and the right wing, me my self, i just like the breast. Right smack dab in the middle. I agree on diferent topics, but to me, the left breast is just slightly more supple than the right one. Be anon confirmist if you will, be a right wing conservative, or a left wing liberalist. All that matters is that in reality, our fredoms are slowly leaving us.

Personally, i feel this damn patriot act is over the top. that is right wing conservatist, and i dont support it. I feel abortions are no ones business but their own, thats my conservative view. The real view is that i fight for what i believe in, and you should to. But to me, it seems like many people would just be happier if the us was an anarchist government. Yea, that would solve everything

the thing is that you were not brainwashed, if you had a problem with the teaching in your school, you should have brought it up for conversation. you should have appealed your teachers views.

Any one with a weak mind can be influenced. What appears to me, is that you were influenced by the liberalist way, athere fore you are rebelling against it, questioning its ways, but you took it to an extreme. You need to tecide for your self what you truely believe in, and get rid of the ignorance that is in your mind. If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face -Zach della Rocha

[OysterBoy]

An open mind and a logical mind are two different things. By looking at a subject from a personal, and not a political opinion is the only way to properly form an understanding of what happened, and if it turns out the Liberals are way off, then so be it. I'm with BD, here.

[HoppysMag]

this isnt so much political as it is sociological and philosophical

[Lakeview Bulldog]

I'll agree that I may be ignorant in some ways. I'm only 19, how can I not be ignorant to some extent. I haven't lived long enough to gain all the expirience I need to truly influence people yet. This is my first try at being a socio-political commentator. Just talking to you guys has helped me find out what I really believe. I think that I amy have come off a bit too strong in the beginning. I am trying to develope a voice to most efficiently get my points across. I think I'm doing well so far.I know I am making a lot of people angry. Like I sad though, I am not doing this to make friends. If I were then I would compromise my beliefs and take a more moderate view to appeal to both sides.

As far as no one caring what I say or think well that is obviously not true. If it were true do you think I would have nearly 50 responses?

I agree that the Patriot Act is one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation that has been passed since the Brady Bill. both of those laws degraded our personal liberties. I think that it reeks of facism and could possibly lead to Gesstappo or KGB like agencies in the US. If you notice I've never claimed to be a Republican. I am an idependent conservative. I do not agree with some of the Presidents actions, such as the Patriot act, and inactions, such as the illegal immigration crisis. I know what you mean about people spouting off about anarchy, which I do not support. See we do agree on somethings. Perhaps Im not such a right wing nutjob after all?

[Target Practice]

P.S. Target Practice I used paragraphs this time. Thank you for pointing out my mistake. See I can get good information from leftist statements.

You're welcome. By the way, you're still a douchebag.

[Muzikman]

Since this is basically a political thread and there for against AO rules, I will only say this.

Live a little more life before you try to fix the worlds problems. And don't believe everything you are told.

[Kevn 419]

People are brainwashed all the time. Take tv for example, almost every thing you see on tv is something that is trying to brainwash you. Alot of the commercials you see about marijuana are trying to brainwash. I have read government documents that say that they are lies, straight up lies. My point is, everybody is being brainwashed by something, its just the way you look at it to decide whether or not you are being brainwashed.

[slade]

wow... there is just too much stupidity in this thread to adequately address... so ill just second the motion for you to remove the brain washing by banging your head against a brick wall.

but there is one thing i have to bring up. from what you have said, it would appear that your definition of brainwashing is having someone push their ideas onto you... if that is true, than what is this whole thread? sounds like youre trying to brainwash us.

[Kai]

Ahahah. I'm sure someone else has mentioned this already... But I am not reading this crappy thread all the way through.

The way I read it, it sounds like you've discarded your "liberal brainwashing", and traded it in for some "conservative brainwashing".

Congratulations, consider yourself enlightened.

[blackclown]

I have just recently completed my highschool education. Over all the years that I attended a public school I have been taught many things. Little did I know was that I was having liberal and socialist beliefs shoved down my throat. Not until about my junior year did I realize what..........

sorry man but its to long takes to long to read also

[PyRo]

Gun control, guns don't kill people, people kill people yada yada yada. But my problem with the assault weapons ban being lifted is what we are doing is making it easier for criminals to obtain more dangerous weapons. What good can come from someone owning an AK-47, over a normal handgun? None in my opinion.

What good can come of someone a owning an Escalade and never hauling anything, towing anything, offroading, etc when a Geo will suffice (I bet idiots in SUVs kill more people every year than guns do, not to mention enviromental and economical reprocussions). Why do you need a big house when a small one will suffice? Why do you need more food than is enough to keep you healthy? The list of questions goes on and on.
People refuse to believe a few basic truths. Licensed gun owners account for a small percentage of gun related crime. This is even more true when related to automatic weapons or hand guns, when is the last time someone was killed with a licensed automatic weapon? Criminals will get guns illigally nomatter what, what you should be arguing for is perhaps peanalizing gun owners and stores who are 'reguarly' robbed. Lastly why does it matter if someone is shot with an AK-47 or a hunting rifle? One is just as deadly as the other and if one is not available the criminal will go for the other.

[Hasty8]

If this is what you were taught then yes, you were taught wrong.

I have just recently completed my highschool education. Over all the years that I attended a public school I have been taught many things. Little did I know was that I was having liberal and socialist beliefs shoved down my throat. Not until about my junior year did I realize what had been done to me. I was taught that homosexuality is not only natural, but that I should accecpt it and respect homosexuals for their courage in coming out.

Hoosexuality is natural. It is not a concious choice that someone wakes up one day and decides to bat for the home team. However, regardless of that, the fundamental core of this nation was to accept everyone, regardless of their perceived flaws.

What we are witnessing now with the emergence and, thankfully, acceptance of the homosexual group is nothing more than the next step in this country's fight for equality.

It started with Alice Paul and the fight for the right of women to vote, thereby breaking from the tradition that women were nothing more than chattle, owned by their husbands.

The next step was the black civil rights movement. Slavery was a slap in the face of this country's views of freedom.

I was taught that it is wrong to display the ten commandments in public for fear of hurting someone's feelings. Like them seeing the Ten Commandments is really going to degrade their life.

Again, I can see where you were taught wrong.

The desire to not display religious icons on governmental grounds in any manner, shape and form goes back to our nation's forefather to prevent the establishment of a state sponsored religion.

Remember, this nation was started by those who wished to escape religious persecution.

After all, how many of us have gotten in trouble by following these guidlines? Have you ever been to jail for not killing someone? Have you ever been beaten up for not sleeping with another person's husband or wife?

Of course not. Our legal system is based on punishing for, not applauding for not. This is just silly.

I was taught that we should blindly follow the government. I was taught not to question authority. The children in Nazi Germany were taught not to question authority too, look where that got them. I was taught that the white settlers were wrong for taking the indian's land. I was taught that guns are evil and that guns cause crime. People, guns casue crime like flies cause garbage. I was taught that parts of the US Constitution are obsolete, mainly the second amendment and parts that protect personal liberties. All of these beliefs that were forced down my throat by liberal-socialist teachers are complete leftist propaganda. But years of this type of brainwashing cannot be erased overnight. As part of my therapy to rid my unconscience of this communist nonsense I will be posting essays and inviting discussion. For anyone that believes that they too have been brainwashed in liberal schools I would like to form a group on how to align yourself to a more conservative view and spot liberal ideas, trends and actions that are destroying America. For any who disagree I will be willing to listen to your views. I will not childlishly attack you. I may call you a socialist or an enemy within America's borders. In turn you can call me a conservative, a radical, or a bigot. I expect those types of names from those who have, like me, been victimized and brainwashed. However, unlike me you have not realized what has happened to you. My goal is to point out liberalism and shed the light of truth and democracy on liberals and their radical socialist beliefs. Let the debates begin.

While I do agree that any radical belief (liberal or conservative) is inherrantly flawed you obviously do not.

These days I find myself leaning more and more towards the Republicans not so much becuase I believe wholly in what they stand for but becuase I feel alienated from the Democrats.

As for your comment about the Indians and the settlers, again you were taught wrong.

The original settlers and the Indians signed many treaties and the Indians helped the first generations survive here. That is the entire concept behind Thanksgiving.

The problems arose when the ruling classes back in Europe realized that we were surviving and at a very decent run to boot and decided to roll on over here an conquer just about everything they saw. When that happened the treaties were tossed and the horros began.

I am quite pleased to hear that you have decided to think for yourself but make sure that you do not slip to far into the right. Their ferverant hold on religious concepts are no less scary then those held by the radical muslims who now oppose our country.