#indoctrination

[nemfrog]

As the great armies of the US and the USSR converge on Germanay, page 1 of a pamphlet educating American soldiers about their new comrades, soldiers of the Red Army.

Our Red Army Ally. April 23, 1945.

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#ww ii #ussr #united states #red army #indoctrination #1945 #1940s #war

[liberalsarecool]

Crime is dropping. Post-Covid crime rates are dropping. Conservative paranoia is up.

Republicans/Trump/MAGA are running scared.

The people who feel unsafe are the ones who existentially fear change.

Republicans are cowards who cling to anti-immigration dog whistles and fear as they are told. FOX can convince them up is down.

#indoctrination #crime rates

[intersectionalpraxis]

Every single time I see videos of IOF soldiers proudly looting Palestinian girls and women's rooms for their girlfriends/wives I truly wonder what on earth has to go on in that little brain of yours to think that is morally acceptable. And not knowing whether or not these Palestinian women and girls are alive... I just... the degree of how deeply Israeli settlers are brainwashed is unfathomable to me sometimes -to be indoctrinated to the extent that you wholeheartedly believe you are superior and that it is normal to dehumanize Palestinian/Arab people... it's just beyond horrific and disturbing. I know I say the IOF are sadistic, perverse, and genocidal monsters a lot here on my page but that's exactly what they are. And I need more people to see these parallels between Nazism and Zionism... because this is just deplorable.

#feminist #social justice #free palestine #palestine #free gaza #current events #settler violence #settler colonialism #israel looting #israel is evil #israel is a war criminal #israel is a terrorist state #israel is committing genocide #indoctrination #end the occupation #end the genocide #ceasefire now #war on gaza #gaza news #gaza strip #gaza #gaza genocide

[awesomecooperlove]

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#crimes against humanity #dirty politicians and politics #wake up humanity #stand up for freedom #say no to th #indoctrination #mind control #do not comply #get off your nées if you want to be freee #fight for justice #these people are evil #speaktruth #standup #speak up #truth #please share #wwg1wga

[reality-detective]

Did they lie about our maps? 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #maps #schools #indoctrination #government corruption #propaganda #you decide

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"There is no such thing as a Catholic child. There's only a child of Catholic parents.

There's no such thing as a Protestant child, only a child of Protestant parents.

There's no such thing as a Muslim child, only a child of Muslim parents."

-- Richard Dawkins

#atheism #child indoctrination #religious indoctrination #indoctrination #childhood indoctrination #religion #religion is a mental illness

[wisteria-grows-here]

In light of the new announcements made by the Governing Body, I wanted to share a few reminders. If these changes bring anyone hope for a better future within the religion, I am not trying to take that from you. I believe we are all allowed to be happy.

Women are now allowed to wear pants to meetings - But we are still not allowed to divorce abusive spouses. We are forbidden from having any position of authority within the congregation. We are still considered the "weaker sex" who must submit to their husband's. There is still the pressure to have sex with one's husband because it is a "marital duty."

Witnesses are now allowed to speak to disfellowshipped individuals - But only to try and convert them back. Not to reconnect with old friends or to even ask them how they are doing after losing everything. Witnesses still cannot talk to us as people, but only through the means of conversion.

Men can grow beards - but still lack basic autonomy over their bodies. Still no tattoos or piercings. Still no "flamboyant" attire that might label them as homosexual.

All in all, I see these changes as new manipulation tactics. As a way for the organization to say, look how progressive we are being! Look how welcoming and supportive we are! They are trying to deflect from the long list of constraints against the members. Trying to hide the irreversible pain and trauma that is still inflicted upon disfellowshipped individuals. These changes are breadcrumbs. They do nothing to reverse the institutionalized horrors of Jehovah's Witnesses

For anyone reading this: may you go in peace and happiness 🩷🩷

#ex jehovah's witness #ex jw #ex jehovahs witness #cult survivor #pimo #exmormon #jehovahswitnesses #exmo #exjwsupport #exjw.org #exjw support #exjw #deconversion #indoctrination

[palatinewolfsblog]

"A child's mind is not a bucket to fill, but a fire to be kindled." Dorothea Brande.

#quote of the day #quote of today #dorothea brande #a childs mind #childhood #childrens rights #education #freedom #indoctrination #learning #liberty #schooling #school of life #teaching #bucket #fire #enlightenment #inspiration #kindle #kindness #shape the future

[florenceisstrange]

Jason: I do not condone murder.

Thalia: Yesterday you said you’d kill the man that was stealing from the target?? Jason: that’s execution. That’s different.

Thalia: How??

Jason: if you break the rules you have to die. Obviously.

Thalia: are you IN A CULT?

#my child <3 #jason grace #indoctrination #this child has been indoctrinated someone help #thalia grace #heroes of olympus #the seven pjo #pjo hoo toa #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians

[creature-wizard]

How conspiracy peddlers and cult recruiters make you *feel* like you're "thinking for yourself" when you're actually not.

I run into a lot of people who proudly insist that they didn't get into conspiratorial or woo belief through brainwashing, but through thinking for themselves!

Yeah, yeah, it sure felt that way, didn't it?

But is that really what happened, though? People who are really good at indoctrination and brainwashing won't tell you what to believe. Instead, they'll tell you that they're just going to show you the evidence and let you make up your own mind. And then, they show you the "evidence" they want you to see, curated and presented in a way so that the only conclusion you can make is the one they wanted you to make all along.

Let's say, for example, you have someone trying to convince you that ancient mythologies describe extraterrestrial beings visiting Earth. They might tell you that many ancient mythologies and texts describe beings coming down from the sky, and try to claim these beings are extraterrestrial aliens.

You might not notice that they're pulling a rhetorical slight-of-hand if you're unaware that:

"Sky god" can mean a lot of things, from a god of rain to a personification of the sun or even the very sky itself.

Not all gods are sky gods in any sense; EG, vegetation deities are very much associated with the earth.

Ancient beliefs were often rooted in animist worldviews and many deities actually embody aspects of nature, including the many of the gods they're trying to pass off as extraterrestrial aliens.

Myths and beliefs were constantly evolving and changing; just because some people believed things a certain way 2000 years ago, doesn't mean people believed the same things 5000 years ago, let alone 10,000 years ago. (Look up the differences between the gods of Classical Greece and the gods of Mycenaean Greece, for example.)

A text they're referencing reflects a very specific set of beliefs that have nothing to do with aliens, genetic engineering, or whatever they're on about. (The Book of Enoch has angels being horny, not conducting genetic experiments.)

Next, they might tell you that certain feats of engineering (for example, the pyramids) would have been impossible for "primitive" people to accomplish, and therefore must have required alien assistance. This might seem compelling if you don't know a lot about ancient construction methods, let alone how the ancient Egyptians were quite good at math, and how they experimented with and refined the designs of pyramids over the years. (The step pyramid and the bent pyramid are pretty much always left out by ancient alien theorists.) "Aliens built it" also sounds a lot more believable when you aren't aware that archaeologists actually found the villages the workers lived in while they were building the pyramids, and found actual graffiti left by workers inside the pyramids. At some point they might show you a set of hieroglyphs that supposedly depict flying aircraft. What they aren't telling you is that these are literally just two sets of normal hieroglyphs superimposed over each other because they filled in the original hieroglyphs and carved over them, and then the fillings fell out. Yep, it's really that simple. So this whole time, you feel like you're thinking for yourself when what you're actually doing is thinking on the rails they set out for you. You don't even realize you're being railroaded toward a specific conclusion because you're only seeing what they want you to see, the way they want you to see it. There are, of course, other tactics to make you feel like you're thinking for yourself when your thoughts are actually being railroaded. For example, you might be presented with a slurry of assertions, cryptic statements, and questions that are all designed to guide you toward a pre-determined conclusion. Here's an example I thought up off the cuff: Ancient pagans worshiped the sun. Secret societies know ancient truths. Why does Grandma Helen plant yellow marigolds? Just a coincidence? What does the name "Helen" mean? What other "coincidences" are there? Look for yourself. Think for yourself. Yellow. Where else can you find yellow? Grandma Helen could be the most run-of-the-mill Christian ever, but this rhetoric encourages people to see Grandma Helen, plus anyone who ever does anything with yellow ever, as some kind of cryptopagan. You aren't being directly told that Grandma Helen is a cryptopagan. Instead, you're being conditioned to perceive her as one by being presented with a limited set of assertions (some with actual truth behind them!), plus a means of continually reinforcing this perception if you accept the premise. The piece I wrote was inspired by QAnon, whose MO has been compared to an alternate reality game and noted to be that of a fictional plot device rather than a real whistleblower. This is an extremely good article on the mechanics of QAnon and how it tricks people into believing they're thinking for themselves when they're actually thinking exactly what Q wants them to think; I really recommend giving it look. So yeah, people who are genuinely competent at brainwashing or indoctrination won't make you feel indoctrinated or brainwashed - they'll make you feel as if you came to these conclusions on your own by simply manipulating what you're allowed to see and how you see it.

#brainwashing #indoctrination #cults #cult behavior #critical thinking #conspiracy thinking #conspiracism #conspiracy theories #conspiracy theorists #pseudohistory #ancient aliens

[liberalsarecool]

Trump's failed policies that hurt farmers and lost jobs 'sway' his cult of MAGA morons.

How can you reason with the unreasonable?

Maybe MAGA voters reward Trump's racism against China despite losing on every economic promise? Maybe it's the racism.

#indoctrination

[coppertophomegurl]

Me, watching 3 out of 6 kids in my family come out as queer/trans/nonbinary after my conservative mormon parents indoctrinated and homeschooled us for 18 years to "protect us from the dangerous influences of the world."

#exmormon #exmo #exchristian #ex mormon #mormon #exlds #ex lds #ex latter day saint #exvangelical #ex fundie #ex fundamentalist #fundie #fundamentalist #ex jw #former mormon #cult #cult survivor #cult free #indoctrination #homeschool alumni #anti homeschool #homeschooled #homeschool #queer #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+ #trans #transgender #nonbinary

[awesomecooperlove]

😢😢😢FUTURE GENIUSES 😢😢😢

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#students #teachers #schools #indoctrination #attention parents #protect your children #homeschool your children #lessons #math #dumb teachers = dumb students

[reality-detective]

"NasHoles" is what George calls them. 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think for yourselves #think about it #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #lies exposed #indoctrination #government corruption

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"People most often follow a religion not because of personal revelation or transcendent truths, but because the religion is culturally familiar, taught at an early age, and linked to where and by whom one is raised." -- David G. McAfee

#David G. McAfee #religion #indoctrination #child indoctrination #childhood indoctrination #religious indoctrination #religion is a mental illness