Propagandists....paid professionals on ATS?

I say let the propaganda, disinformation, whatever you want to call it flow forth. If you want to debate it / debunk it, the effort any of us puts into arguing our point pays out in spades, especially if the opposition reply is a slightly more verbose version of "oh yea?". The truth is, some come here looking for confirmation of what they already believe, and if it is about UFOs, NWO, or the gas station down the block tampering the meter on its pumps, they will cling to what already floats their boat. As far as worrying about the swayable fence sitters, hell, they have been a part of the landscape since people have had the freedom to speak and act, and they have been deftly manipulated since, by stump speaches, pamphlets, and flyers prior to technolology. Nobody who is unafraid to use their own eyes, ears, and typing fingers should be afraid of disinformation, because it makes us work harder. Besides, like signatures of a serial killer, disinformation is can be another clue to track down, even if you have to move in the opposite direction.

Is someone getting paid to do this? Does it really matter? There are plenty of folks out there who can bury me in a debate, and do it for free. Does the fact that they proved their point, or that I conceded mine, change just because money changed hands? If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Or so my boss tells me.

I can see paying someone to monitor this sight to get a feel for what kind of thoughts are driving peoples actions to help plan better strategy. I can not see paying someone to participate to try and change opinion. It could not be clearer that to do so would just alienate people further. I believe to do so would guarantee the reverse of what they would like to achieve. It would make the radicals even more radical so to speak.

There does seem to be many on this board that believe someone who disagrees with their opinion and sticks to there guns must be some kind of “disinformation” agent or a plant of some kind. I think that is due to an inability to believe that anyone else looking at the same evidence could come to a different conclusion. It happens to me and I’m sure it happens to everyone here. It’s easier on our frail human sensibilities to simply dismiss what they are saying than to deal with the fact that there is not enough evidence to reach a conclusion on either side. Our personal prejudices take over and when we can not force others to “see things our way”, we have to find something to blame our failure on. It’s just easier for our minds to deal with it if we can ascribe it to someone being a “paid propagandist” or a government “disinformation” specialist.

There are conspiracy theories on this board that seem to be Holy Grail’s to the core membership. Anyone who does not immediately agree or who does not interpret the evidence the same way is labeled. Then there are those who have a genuine bias against another group of people, for whatever reason, that will immediately attack anything they have to say as false. Facts don’t enter into the equation with this crowd they just hate ___________?’s and will take any opportunity to attack them. (There are a couple of veiled attacks on this thread.) Hating someone just because of their beliefs is the antithesis of what this board should be about. The truth can never be found under those circumstances. Hatred only blinds people to the truth.

Originally posted by The Parallelogram
isn't it possible that these "propagandists" are really just people with opinions different than your own?

just because somebody expresses an unpopular point of view doesn't mean that person is a Government agent, even if the opinion expressed is the gov't party line.

i'd have to see a hell of a lot of evidence before i'd believe that ANY of these threads, no matter how bone-headed or off-the-wall, are the product of federal funding.

Excellent post parallelogram!
It's funny actually. I know I have been labeled a Bush lover simply because I don't believe Titor
I've also been labled a Jew, because I spoke out against Hezbollah.
I know people will say having a different opinion is encouraged, but.......


Anyway, as far as paid propagandists, where do you sign up!? I mean, if you can get paid just to post on a website...who wouldn't want that job?

Really though, I don't know about that. I would think it would be just a waste of time, no? What exactly would be the point? On a conspiracy site, people gather to discuss conspiracies......would these people's job be to try and change people's mind? What are the chances of that happening??
Because of the issues discussed on this site, I'm sure it's probably monitored, but to actually have paid propagandists....eh...I don't know...

I'm not paid for it, but I do 'lobby' for my wiew of things. Peace does not pay. My impression is that it would not be worth it to spread propaganda on ATS or other messageboards. It's alot more effective to have it printed in newspapers. Newspapers go home to people, ATS does not.

Also, ATS might have a million readers, but they are all spread out over the whole planet. Thus propaganda for this or that political wiew here might go home to people, but unfortunly those people does not live in the same town or continent as the one who need their vote...

wish i got paid to post here
it'd quit my job and just post all day long!

If you are honest in seeking the truth than you should try your darnest to be as psychic as the famed "sleeping prophet" who died in 1945 oddly enough. There are a lot of books on the subject and so it shouldn't be hard to root out any such perversion in one's life. You should do yoga and mediation anyways, but inevitably, like all things useful, you can scale-up so to speak and make more use out of such practices of maximum efficiency. Oh and by the way, if biases and the like actually worked than Al Gore would have surely won the elections since it is common knowledge that the major networks are staunch supporters of the Democrats.

FlyersFan says

"Working for Boeing doesn't make a person a spook. My husband signed up
here about a month ago. He works for Boeing and he's no
'spook'."

OMG!! Another Boeing agent!! I work for IDS Rotorcraft in Mesa, and am Heritage McDonnell Douglas