tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post113428940130496093..comments2024-02-25T18:28:02.771-08:00Comments on Rantings of An 80s Nut: Crossing StreamsMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02770200801562699724noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134690366064992802005-12-15T15:46:00.000-08:002005-12-15T15:46:00.000-08:00It really is too bad we can't fit logic into that ...It really is too bad we can't fit logic into that nice little box... I agree with Teri.<BR/><BR/>Media has been cramming what they want us to believe since the dawn of time, I think we've just become more and more aware of the propaganda.LoraLoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250173105971467371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134633822914550262005-12-15T00:03:00.000-08:002005-12-15T00:03:00.000-08:00I have never been nor ever will be mainstream..its...I have never been nor ever will be mainstream..its a birth defect I think..but I like it nonetheless :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698117410778232102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134601374070588082005-12-14T15:02:00.000-08:002005-12-14T15:02:00.000-08:00Mainstream is defined by each individual person. ...Mainstream is defined by each individual person. Unfortunately, certain groups want to tell us their version of what mainstream is, and they have the money to try and convince those who can't make up their own minds.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380165835261203465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134580001511407862005-12-14T09:06:00.000-08:002005-12-14T09:06:00.000-08:00I'm convinced that I'm not really a mainstream kin...I'm convinced that I'm not really a mainstream kind of girl, and that it's totally fine with me that I'm not.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18074485959820689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134576773253007032005-12-14T08:12:00.000-08:002005-12-14T08:12:00.000-08:00Aw... OK I'm awake now, and that didn't make much ...Aw... OK I'm awake now, and that <I>didn't</I> make much sense. Maybe this will help...<BR/><BR/>You asked how the mainstream media knows what the prevailing current of thought is? They know because they've already <I>told</I> us what to think. I suppose they can do polls to see if a particular thought has taken hold, but if we've been bombarded enough with an idea, they don't even need to do that.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see the hearings, but if they're saying that John Robert is "outside the mainstream", then they're probably trying to market him as someone who is innovative and will change the world with his unique style of justice. <BR/><BR/>It's all a load of crap if you ask me.RThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04912954749081110770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134551314466304382005-12-14T01:08:00.000-08:002005-12-14T01:08:00.000-08:00Wow. I was actually thinking about doing a post si...Wow. I was actually thinking about doing a post similar to this (or at least, I think it's similar...) <BR/><BR/>Teri has it right with fitting logic into a nice, neat little box, but the problem is, 'they' are being paid handsomely (either in money or power) to do just that. They make whatever it is that they're trying to sell sound totally plausible, and use every trick in the book (guilt, fear, anything that plays on your emotions) to push us into believing it. And too many tend to buy it without thinking it through. <BR/><BR/>I'm too tired to elaborate right now, but think about this... When we watch a commercial, we can clearly see that we're being manipulated into buying a product, but when we're being continually fed an idea via the media (the news, talk shows, movies or what have you,) we absorb the opinion without really realizing it.<BR/><BR/>Does that make sense? I'm really tired, lol.RThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04912954749081110770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8699569.post-1134524438789734792005-12-13T17:40:00.000-08:002005-12-13T17:40:00.000-08:00You can't always fit logic in one nice little neat...You can't always fit logic in one nice little neat box. It makes me think of the groupthink "they".. they say you should do this or they say eating this is bad for you.. who is they? How do they get that job?Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13806357337183052816noreply@blogger.com