People can dislike this message. Or they can dislike the messenger. That is fine. Hopefully everyone will understand what I am saying.
As the Great Awakening train speeds up, there will be a lot of people popping by to see what is going on over here. People that have absolutely no clue who we are, what we think, how we think, and why we gather here will be browsing. This is prime time to add bodies to the ranks from the formerly narcoleptic normies.
However...unsubstantiated/unsupported/unverifiable claims presented as factual are going to blow this massive opportunity. It makes all of us look as buffoonish as the left. And it will only deepen the confirmation bias of normies.
Our community exists to hypothesize, postulate, debate, and evaluate information in pursuit of the truth...wherever that might lead. It is healthy to entertain a wide variety of theories, brain farts, hypotheticals, or whatever. It is also the way that we process all the non stop propaganda bs being sprayed from a firehose across the world. But before you post, comment, upvote, or downvote...be sure you have some kind of reliable substance behind it. If you don't, that is ok. Just be sure that your dialogue distinguishes your thoughts and opinions from a factual assertion.
Put yourself back in your own shoes however many years ago before you realized something wasn't adding up. Ask yourself how you'd feel if you stumbled upon a community where all sorts of seemingly outlandish stuff was being said. You looked into some of it, and it all came back as bogus or completely unsupported. Do you go back to that place after figuring that out?
None of the above is directed at anyone in particular. Nor am I calling for self or community censoring. All I am saying is that this movement is larger than one person. And everyone here needs to keep in mind that what they say or do here can have an affect on all of us. Especially with the hopes that what we are doing is going to continue bringing people out of their slumber with an awareness of the false reality they have been living. To be the most effective, we need to do our homework, cross all I's and dot all T's.
Be vigilant, anons! One day it will all make complete sense.
edit: Did I really just say cross all I's and dot all T's? 😳
I am trying to be vigilant about the posts regarding Brazil in here. As I am living in Brazil for 17 Years now, fluent in the language and well connected with Brazilian Patriots. There is TONS of misinformation running wild everywhere, even in my humble group on Twitter, where some (estimated) 80 to 100 tsd patriots meet. Please do not hesitate to call me up if you see something fishy about whats going on in Brazil. The situation is now culminating, and I do expect to have more news around this weekend.There are lots of infiltrated leftists dressed up like patriots trying to lure the patriots to move from the military barracks (where they are safe) to join the fake patriots in front of the Judiciary and re-do Jan 6th Capitol Chaos. So far noone is folowing them. Thank GOD!
No official msgs from military at all. In fact, if anything in this direction should happen it MUST be an official declaration from the President Bolsonaro. Also the rumors that the military is acting in the slums is not true! We have a special forces from the Police here called BOPE that are dressed up like Military. THEY where the ones killing the leaders of the RED Command in Rio.
So basically it is police and not military that are taking out drug dealers? Granted I know very little about Brazil, but it did always seem odd that the military would engage in that work. The only thing that made it seem plausible is that Mexico does this all the time against the cartels there.
Some good friends of mine are Brazilian. I have picked up Portuguese over the last couple of years since I actually can practice with them. Sadly, all I have picked up about the country as a whole is about steaks and how much more awesome they are there lol
I can’t quite put my finger on specifically what, but it all feels like a giant psyop what is being reported in the US about Brazil. Why are we getting told things from otherwise mostly reliable US sources? Gateway pundit has a mixed record. My complaints about them mostly are about editorializing (often with no real substance to back up the position) in lieu of reporting facts. And if I am remembering right, Steve Bannon has also furthered this idea of eminent military intervention.
Sometimes I wonder if this stuff isn’t put out there so that we all spread it around and look retarded in the process. Which, if true, means we need to reevaluate the purpose of some of these smaller publications & pundits (TGP, Bannon).
I agree absolutely with your interpretation. Military intervention will/cannot occur unless the President declares it. I cant judge about TGP an Bannon, because they are also victims of disinfo. Many times I saw stuff being repeated from Brazilian sources, that did not have REAL Sauce on the facts really happening here.
How much of an issue are drug cartels there? And what kind of drugs are they pushing? Are they affiliated with Colombian cartels?
I have seen some troubling videos of drug gang shootouts in Paraguay on the border with Brazil. Maybe I am just naive, but I always thought that drug cartels were a product of American and European consumption. Pablo Escobar existed as a function of living at the beginning of the supply chain - where the coke is made. Mexican cartels exist as a function of the huge cash influx they receive helping the Colombian cartels smuggle the coke into the US.
I am aware that marijuana also appears to be somewhat lucrative to the Mexican cartels. Or at least it did for awhile. Human trafficking/smuggling as well. But it seems like the huge money from Colombian cocaine was what allowed the cartels to grow and be able to engage in the other side businesses. Perhaps this take is wholly inaccurate. It is my perception from what I have seen.
Where I am going is trying to uncover what kinds of businesses these Brazilian cartels engage in. It isn’t smuggling drugs to the US or Europe. They don’t grow much (any?) coca in Brazil that I am aware of. And the amount of money pushing drugs on the streets of Brazil cannot be remotely lucrative, can it? Does Brazil have enough people with disposable incomes to afford a drug lifestyle such that powerful cartels are the inevitable product of such lifestyles?
Cocaine, crack, and weed are the main ones.
Greetings, Anon! I'm not into the cartels very much. All I know is the so called "Forum of São Paulo" founded by Lula and Castro, are the ones that really controll all the cartels. They mascerade as a political, socialist Forum, but they bribe all politicians in SA and also Europe. As soon Carvajal is extradited from Spain to the US we will see many big names fall.
This is the anon with the goods! Howdy, Swiss! Hope you're well!
Greetz PEasy, yep, felling better now that Brazil is out of the World Cup, people can focus more on the real stuff!
Glad you're good!
How are nornies doing in Brazil? Are people angry? Is everyone starting to forget and move on with normie life?
Even normies are aware of whats going on. Only the left is still delusional. Today we had another record of ppl in front of the Barracks. Millions around the country.
Awesome to hear! Thanks for the updates!
Roll playing seems to be one of their favs for false flags no matter the local. They have been using that tactic for centuries and it is effective. I think the counter should stigmatize but not physically harm. That would cut down their ranks a bit.
This is actually happening, but with all the missinfo its difficult to unmask the Fake patriots, as the infowar is so intense
It does feel heavy right now, like we are close to an event. Good luck down there. You know you have our support.
THX, we know its a Global thing. I feel its very close
Fortunately, it's clear who is posting a lot of the bullshit videos & such...easy for me to downvote & move on🐸
There isn't sauce that's the fucking point. Do you read much?
No would have been more succinct
No need to sensationalize, misrepresent, ad lib, or lie, and maybe reconsider phrases like “fuck the stupid sleeping normies” its all counterproductive. The goal should be nobody left behind.
I agree with the premise but I think a research board will have discussions and debates on topics that are not substantiated. The problem is usually the title of the post.
So the easiest remedy is to post under "research needed" or "needs verification" ... For every news story posted. 100% of them. Regardless of the site that's linked. Then we can discern the veracity in the comments... actually do the research.
Shouldn't be difficult to implement
To add to that point, people need to learn how to debate. If someone disagrees, just counter with your points and ideally facts. Calling someone dumb or a shill or doomer doesn’t add to the debate
Agreed
very disagree
Yeah a doomer! Ban him!
See how that works?
lol I'm not a doomer and I completely agree with the perspective you're trying to share I'm just a retard and didn't read the comment correctly 🤣🙏 sorry
^^^. THIS ^^^
We can only help ourselves. And while I understand and sometimes feel the same level of jaded as you describe, it seems as though it is just part of the process.
The amount of times I’ve been called a shill here because I question or reject what people say is pretty crazy. But I don’t mind. It just forces me to either think harder or re-evaluate my position. No amount of that is going to stop me from saying what I think. Although I should probably change my name to “UnconscionableSkeptic” since these days I feel like all I do is crap on everything. Fortunately, outside of a few dill holes, most people avoid personal attacks.
I hear you. When some hysterical angry person starts slinging out the word shill to anyone they don't agree with, it reminds me of woke Karens calling people who challenge them a Nazi, racist, homophobic whatever. It's a kind of ideological fascism that's lazy and confrontational. I wonder if those who call people shills are actually shills themselves.
GAW is still Q-focused.
Current real world events are a part of the PLAN.
It is worthwhile to analyze & discuss something as big as the Brazil habbenings.
Very well said and very appropriate timing, thank you!
Reading this post reminded me of all of the pro mask, pro vaccine, pro isolation people telling me about science. I literally stopped talking on all social media but this place because everything I said was fact checked or taken down. They thought I was talking about unverified stuff at that time. At what point is it verified and allowed to be talked about?
Thats why I take the stance that I will say and do whatever I want at any time, please try to stop me. I don't care about people in 2022 that are "curious" and I might turn them off from this "movement". I really don't care anymore. Once those "curious" get their heads out of their a$$e$ they can come fight along side me, but I am not here to convince them.
At no time did I say that something cannot be talked about. All I am saying is that people need to be mindful of the way they talk about it. For example, posting a video from twitter in Brazil with absolutely no way to authenticate it and then as a corollary acting as if it is a sufficient basis to conclude "ItS hAbBeNiNg!@!" doesn't do anyone any favors.
That doesn't mean don't post it. It means don't attribute a meaning to it that cannot be substantiated. Its a fair question to ask "is this legit?" or "does this mean what we think it does?" But to be like "holy crap! martial law in Brazil!" serves no useful purpose. Especially when someone lazy can look into it and instantly discover it is not what it is being purported to be.
Want to postulate or let out a brain fart for discussion? Go right ahead. Nothing wrong with that. Its only a bad idea when speculation is presented as fact. That is all I am saying.
I mean, I agree with you, I just talk that trash when I see it. You have a good point but you are walking a fine line, because normal people in this group don't care what you say, they go read it and look for the details because they care about knowing what is going on and actually do the research. If someone is trying to make it entertaining while delivering real info I'm cool with it, when people start posting junk to get their social credit score on this site up I point it out... you tow the line and do both apparently.
If you could shrink it up and make it into a slogan like Make America Great Again and explain all that you said in one catchy phrase I could back you on it though.
Eh... just be clear when you post stuff... if it is specualtion, just say so! Smart people know to use discernment... and its still interesting to watch speculative stuff even if it doesn't pan out, they can still lead to useful leads sometimes.
I agree!
But posting stuff here is to ask the question DOES anyone know
There is a subset on here that seem to take any speculation as the GOSPEL TROOF and then have an existential crisis when the speculation didn't pan out 100%.
It's interesting to watch.
NAILED IT.
There is also a subset that is just as dogmatic as the looniest libtard. I made a post several months ago that ran counter to the popular narrative at the time, here on GAW. It was substantive and honest … and was downvoted like crazy. Still got an equal number of upvotes, but the zealots were unhinged that I dared take a middle ground.
Basically. I don't remember it being like this 2-3yrs ago. The fanatics of their own pet version of what Q means and like to be the authority on such have completely taken control of this site and any talk to try and improve the culture here is seen as complaining or dooming so it's basically impossible to even try and discuss it.
I've been banned more here for expressing skeptism on people fanboys are obsessed over, like Gregg Phillips or Lin Wood, more than I've been banned on Twitter or Reddit for being a gay conservative Trump supporting "science-denier".
I still think even with this shitty problem we're the best place in the internet. But I can't see a way it will get solved. Too many egos running around protecting their views on what should be allowed to be discussed.
For what it’s worth … I agree that Phillips and Wood are full of shit.
There's a subset here who bitch about it and...
/End thread
Username checks out
Should be a pinned post in all caps headlines IMO
Apparently you didn't read what I said. Because I anticipated this exact comment, I went ahead and pointed out that censorship is not what I am calling for. What I am calling for is to not mislead people about what you are saying. Don't let your confirmation bias get ahead of the evidence. It is an unproductive exercise. Presenting a theory or hypothetical for discussion is what we do here. Claiming said theory or hypothetical as fact with evidentiary support being near zero is the kind of thing that reflects poorly on everyone.
Here is a fairly extreme example for purposes of illustration: Say you post a random tweet from "DeWayne" in the Ozarks saying "Barack Obama is actually a lizard. I saw it myself with my own eyes." And then your headline says "I frickin knew it! Obama is a lizard! (sauce inside)" Acting like this is some factual assertion with support is exactly the type of thing that wastes everyone's time and causes people from the outside looking in to think the entire place is a cesspool of dumbasses and morons that will literally believe anything they read that supports their own confirmation bias. This is not limited to extreme examples. Giving weight to evidence that a reasonable person ought not give weight to, and the OP ought to know better even if they don't...that is the issue.
I'm interested in why you didn't respond to my post?
You make sense and I agree.
When I first came here in 2020 my posts about the danger of vaccines and how my child was injured in 2000 were called "outlandish" and I was told I was "hurting the movement" and "making us look bad" people here called one of the "antivaxxer crazies". No matter how much proof I showed I was blasted as a nut job. When Covid showed up and right off the bat I said it wasn't real and it was a push to vaccinate the entire population... I was told the same thing and was hurting the movement and making us look bad. My point is maybe something shouldn't be outlandish just because it seems that way and can't be proven.... Yet.
I am not saying that yet to be proven theories are to be considered outlandish. I am saying don't speculate and claim it as fact.
Regarding your example about vaccine dangers - saying that your child was injured in 2000 and you believe it to be a result of vaccines is not at all the type of discussion I am referring to. But say you posted a random tweet from a random person making a statement on the topic and said "see! this PROVES that vaccines are dangerous!" this is the type of posting that is not helpful. If you said "I am inclined to believe this guy, because I have had a similar experience with my own child..." there is nothing wrong with this.
It really is not as difficult as some people have chimed in here. All I am saying is don't mislead people about what you are presenting. That is not a productive exercise for anyone. Don't let your confirmation bias get ahead of the evidence.
^^^ BINGO ^^^
I will say, if you are posting about x-y-z, and it is ‘emerging truths’ (not yet fully developed sauce), it would be prudent to state it as such.
This patriot 100% agrees with the OP,
too many shills on here posting tinfoil hat nonsense trying to be the bad apple to spoil the entire thing.
deport shills
Well said.
Ok. I get what you're saying. And I have seen that. An example being people jumping on a wild meme as fact when it's better to look at it as something to "consider" or dig. I guess I'm just also tired of seeing newbies made to feel stupid when they try to engage here. We don't always give off a welcoming vibe. That hurts us too.
Yawn….. boring fest. Funnier, faster, shorter
Yes! Censor these people!
Where else we gonna post that shit? Don't be a pussy.
Your reading comprehension is exceptional. And your contribution to this thread invaluable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQCU36pkH7c
As is yours.
This should be stickied u/CatsFive