The story of Anne Frank is tragic. If not for the words that she wrote in her diary, she would be a digit of history. Her diary is relatable, and the thoughts that collected inside her being during a horrible time in history gives the reader an idea of who she was. She is immortalized because of the little things that she wrote, not because of any great deeds recorded by others. As a victim of tyranny she is remembered as an innocent murdered. She is a story found inside the numbers. Thanks to her diary, we have a human figure to know and mourn, despite the mechanized bureaucratic...
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Salafis Throwing Bombs: How American and British Planners Partnered With Al-Qaeda Affiliated Groups At the Start of the Syrian Civil War
Introduction In the mainstream view, al-Qaeda did not play a role in the Syria conflict until Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dispatched his deputy, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to Syria in August 2011 to establish a wing of the group there, called Jabhat al-Nusra, or the Nusra Front. Additionally, al-Qaeda allegedly did not carry out any military operations until December 2011 and did not announce its establishment until January 2012. However, there is evidence that al-Qaeda affiliated militants were involved in the Syrian conflict much earlier. Saudi intelligence...
Is Virtue Signaling Vicious?
Virtue signaling—the practice of highlighting what one takes to be one’s own moral superiority, often by loudly denouncing the character and comportment, including the speech, of other people—has become a dominant mode of rhetoric throughout social media and network television. Virtue theory, in contrast, is a teleological approach to normative morality concerned with how actions affect one’s soul or character. Historians of philosophy usually trace virtue theory to Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, the first extant articulation of ideas such as that habits build character, and virtues...
Episode 622: The Power Of Media Narrative w/ Auron MacIntyre
67 Minutes PG-13 Auron MacIntyre is a podcaster and a former reporter. Auron joins Pete to give his unique, 'reactionary,' perspective on everything from the founding, to WW1 and the current CV19 regime. He talks about how the Press not only controls the narrative, but creates it. Auron on Twitter All of Auron's Links Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on Facebook Pete on...
The Power of Narrative w/Ace and Josh Childress
Ace and Josh joined me as two fellow lovers of fiction and writing to discuss the use of storytelling to spread the ideas of liberty. If you watch big name politicians, the corporate press, or any other component of the cathedral you’ll notice that story and metaphor are a primary tool in reaching audiences and winning converts, so I thought it only appropriate to dig into this idea a little bit with two of my favorite people. Ace twitter Slurpgang Podcast Josh twitter 19 Skills Pdf Autonomy Course Critical Thinking Course Donate Patreon...
Boomer-Hawk Converted
DZ writes: Mr. Horton, Couldn't track down an email for you, so Twitter will be my ham-fisted attempt at communicating. It is with the utmost respect and equal measure of delight that I contact you. In the last week I have moved to a new state and during those travels, on a long road trip with my father, I played your recent speech at the Colorado LP convention. It was that speech and your cohesive narrative of what comprised most of my father's politically-aware life that brought him, not kicking and screaming, but somberly and with jaw agape, to the truth that had suddenly and...
Episode 548: ‘I’m Not Putting My Son Through This Sh*t’ w/ Liberty Weekly’s Patrick MacFarlane
62 Minutes Not Safe For Work Patrick MacFarlane is an attorney and host of the Liberty Weekly podcast. Patrick asked Pete to come on his show where they talked about everything from leaving big cities and even the country, to forming a narrative to combat the "mainstream." They also get into talking about medical tyranny ways to mitigate growing totalitarianism. The Liberty Weekly Podcast Get Autonomy 19 Skills PDF Download The Monopoly On Violence Pete's Patreon Pete's Substack Pete's Paypal Pete's Books on Amazon Pete on...
Russiagate Works: A Majority of Americans Believe Bountygate
On FPF #516, I discuss how Russiagate conditioned people to buy the fake Bountygate story. Russiagate has pushed a false narrative about Russia for four years. Now many Americans, believing Putin is the ultimate enemy, are willing to believe any lie spun about Russia. Recent polling shows a majority of Americans believe the Bountygate claims, even as an ever-increasing number of journalists poke major holes in the allegations. The political pressure created by the mainstream media has a majority of Americas seeking new sanctions on Russia.
Ten Reasons the COVID-19 Threat May Be Inflated
COVID-19 is a very serious problem that should be taken very seriously by individuals, organizations, businesses and governments but there are ways in which the public may get an exaggerated sense of the threat: 1. In general: Once a dominant narrative is formed (in this case: Covid-19 as huge threat) reporting will be more inclined to cover things that fit that narrative & ignore/dismiss things that seem to contradict it: The evidentiary standards for reporting that fits the narrative will be lower than for reporting that contradicts it. 2. Reporting focuses on *expected* problems...
Democrats Push Cold War and Impeachment
On FPF #447, I discuss the Democrats push to demonize Russia in a failing attempt to impeach Trump. Rep Adam Schiff has led with Cold War rhetoric to try to pump up a lacking case. The narrative the Democrats are pushing forward against Trump is dishonest and dangerous. Fanning the flames of Russiagate will lead to a potential war and more of our tax dollars wasted. Links Daniel Lazare on Impeachment