Glen Beck is a particularly interesting study. I recommend watching his television show... absolutely NOT in the sense that you should believe what he's saying, but rather on the contrary, in order to “know thy enemy.” Glen Beck is an absolute master of manipulation. He is so skilled at it that he is actually able to manipulate not only his own audience, but all the lefties and centrists who don't even watch his program as well!! He accomplishes this by seamlessly mixing the Truth into his lies. Believe it or not, a significant portion of the things he's saying are actually True. Of course, he completely redirects those facts to deceive his audience, but at the same time, he willfully comes off as whacked-out-of-his-mind-lunatic-crazy to anyone who hasn't been watching his program (who thus hasn't come under his hypnotic spell). He does this intentionally in order to produce the desired result in the lefties and centrists, that being to write him off as a crackpot and dismiss those things which he says which actually ARE True as absurd conspiracy theories. The net result is that he is able to manipulate and deceive upwards of 90% of the American population.
The above is part of a facebook conversation I had with a friend who is very into conspiracy theories. I find it very interesting that he points out that Glen Beck is fooling up to 90% of the population by acting like a lunatic. The idea of spinning truth is interesting as well because as soon as critics set in on him, he can just point to the facts. However, the truth can be used for bad things. I don’t really know how to take this information because I am not very involved in politics or conspiracy theories because I am busy with other things. I am interested what others think though.
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