After seeing other threads in which people talk about waking up in the comments, I thought I’d make a post on just that. Would be interesting to see each members story on here and see if a particular event woke you up. Here’s mine:
I used to think that the government officials were just stupid and needed to be shown things in order to operate more efficiently. I used to think that in general, most of them wanted what was best for this country and it’s citizens. Boy was I wrong.
Back in the late 90’s I believe, I attended a second amendment sisters rally. It was a counter rally to the million mom march in DC that day. A friend and I held up a huge sign all day that read “Criminals love gun control, it gives them a safe work environment “ After the rally we all marched down towards the MMM rally with them heckling us all the way. I encountered some very deranged women that day who held no value over their own lives. I literally tried to have a conversation with a woman who said she would rather be raped and killed herself than to have her neighbor defend her with a firearm. I was literally stunned by this statement and speechless. I knew our conversation was over at that point.
What changed me that day though was that I was handed a libertarian newspaper by someone. One of the main articles exposed the inside connection to the Oklahoma City bombing and why it was done. When I read the details of that story a light bulb went off in my head and I had a paradigm shift. From that day on I knew most of our government hates us, wants to destroy our livelihood and freedom, and has nothing but contempt for us. From then on I researched all I could and became more awake everyday. I know I would have eventually awakened from something else, maybe 9/11, but I’m glad it happened so many years ago now.
What’s your story?
I was 13 and a had a conversation with what I would later realize was John Birch Society member. At the time I was confused this someone I was supposed to view as 'crazy' was a very serious sober thinker and hardly seemed a nut job to me.
So in 1976 I was told, Don't trust the FBI and if I should be in their presence should never say much more then hello. He told me of things that I would later find out where from the 1973 Church Commission on the activities of the CIA...this where we find out about the heart attack Gun and MKUltra which he mentioned to me at the time.
He told me to read...everything...and piece it together myself as my Teachers weren't teaching the whole truth and that News Man lies called Walter Cronkite a Traitor.
Told me of his time in the Navy in a place called the Gulf of Tonkin. After which I decided I would only serve if I were drafted in a time of great need.
I would spend my High School years battling with a history teachers more in tune with telling me a story instead of teaching actual history.
In my 20's I was too distracted to care life gets in the way. in my 30's-40's I'm a news junkie reading everything so I think I got a handle on it but the reality was they were all lying to some degree.
So I find myself following the Bengazi situation and instead of reporting the news I read am reading an article written by Matt Bai who seemed more interested in covering HRC and 44's ass instead of being a reporter he presumed to tell us what and how to think about the situation.
So I spent time smacking Matt around trusting news less and less as I being to see it's not just the online Matt Bai's it starting to be everyone.
Late 40's Got over 300 bookmarks to follow news now...until Trump I was eyeballing quiet places to live if HRC wins.
Then Q
I've been busy since...
Peace.