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sufrommich

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22. Here's his definition of "social sceptics", which he illustrates
Thu May 23, 2013, 08:43 AM
May 2013

with the Nazi SS insignia:

informal organizations never held to public account
staffed by professionals who volunteer time extra-professionally
claiming to represent correctness or the well being of the people
organized and personal public ridicule tactics,
‘investigators’ pretending to do scientific inquiry
academic celebrity promotion,
scientific method masquerades,
propaganda one liners and slogans,
domination of education unions and systems
enforcement of informal professional penalties for dissent,
funded legal intimidation of those who dissent,
squelching of free speech through warnings to media,
enlisting the aid of government agencies to enforce data
media forum and publication channel policing and monitoring and
media channel domination.

Social Skepticism derives its name from the similar set of practices employed by the political-intelligence socialist control agencies of Eastern Europe (KI, Okhrana, AVH or East German Stasi), during the 1958 – 1983 era of the Cold War; an era on which I focused in detail during my days in Intelligence.



SSkeptics (Social Skeptics) are members of an elitist club which practices Deskeption, who’s members also falsely identify themselves as ‘skeptics.’ SSkeptics are self or institutionally appointed activists, posing as rational and logical subject matter experts on a broad variety of topics in which they have performed shill research; upholding an objective of vitiating all targeted unwelcome thought sets. Far from actually practicing skepticism or science, SSkeptics seek to intimidate others through apologetics promoting a specific cabalistic religion. A religion featuring key mandatory doctrines lacking scientific basis, passed to the public as unassailable truth.


That's Alex Jones type nonsense. The last thing this country needs is more attacks on skepticism.

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No, the tie does go to the skeptic Recursion May 2013 #1
Indeed. True skepticism, applied equally always trumps speculation. Bonobo May 2013 #2
Something Decidedly Off About That Fellow, Sir.... The Magistrate May 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author defacto7 May 2013 #4
Tobacco companies used faux-skepticism to create doubt around medical science for decades. limpyhobbler May 2013 #5
cynicism is being sold as skepticism sigmasix May 2013 #6
So what you are saying is LostOne4Ever May 2013 #7
I have learned to watch out for excessive and inappropriate use of "woo" and "Occam's Razor" CrawlingChaos May 2013 #8
I think that is wise. Bonobo May 2013 #9
Thank You. TalkingDog May 2013 #12
most people cannot prove to me that the world is round tiny elvis May 2013 #10
Skeptics do not just doubt Progressive dog May 2013 #11
Yes, that is, in fact, the definition of fact. Bonobo May 2013 #14
This website is a crock of shit. Archae May 2013 #13
Oh. Nice story. nt Bonobo May 2013 #15
Look for yourself. Archae May 2013 #16
It sounds like you have chosen to look at pictures instead of read. Bonobo May 2013 #17
Fine. Then who are these "SS'Communists" and what have they said or done? Archae May 2013 #20
Okay, you have successfully attacked the website owner. Bonobo May 2013 #24
This site is filled with Alex Jones type "theory". sufrommich May 2013 #18
I only read the page I linked to. Bonobo May 2013 #19
What you linked to is a strawman. Archae May 2013 #21
Here's his definition of "social sceptics", which he illustrates sufrommich May 2013 #22
Well I support actual skepticism. Bonobo May 2013 #23
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