I am posting this article because the author of it gets a well deserved smackdown in the comments 3. collettedesmaris 8:50 pm 07/1/2013 When labels of “paranoia” or “delusional” are slapped onto someone because they express a feeling of “being watched”, these folks are labeled as such by a medical professional. Most people do not question a doctor’s diagnosis, and then the collective consensus by everyone around the schizophrenic is that they are imagining that they are “being watched”. But who’s to say that an individual can’t be gifted with extraordinary perception or intuition – and because of this gift, they are the rare ones who pick up on the surveillance. I have known two schizophrenics, and I’ll tell you what – they were both exceptionally intelligent. It is conceivable that they had other brain abilities that were exceptional as well – we know so little about the brain, that it would be arrogant and insensible to say this is not possible. We now all know that our own government (not terrorists) have indeed been “watching us” – and for quite some time. So, it follows that every schizophrenic was spot-on in expressing the feeling of “being watched” – because they were right. As well, a delusion is no longer a delusion when it turns out to be a fact, right? I say this whole arena needs looking into, and not at the further expense of anyone who’s been labeled “schizophrenic.” Yes, Edward Snowden has sifted out the hidden thoughts & actions of men, and held them up in public to the world. He has brought things and men to light, which might otherwise have lain forever undiscovered. He is a fine and noble gentleman who laid his life on the line to tip off his fellow Americans. We should rally around him and support him; he did not betray The People – he is indeed a modern-day descendant of our Founding Fathers who stood up to the government back in 1776. The author is very wrong in her conclusion of this article, however. Her line of reasoning is far off the track, and the casual acceptance she demonstrates about what she called the “secret spying programs” is unacceptable and un-American, and reveals her lack of knowledge about our Constitution. She reminds us that we are very much absent of any “special powers”, and that all of our lives are ‘too trite, safe,’ and ‘superbly boring’ to attract authorities. She further asserts: “Certainly, you reserve the right to be ideologically ruffled by recent events, but there’s no reason to believe the authorities would ever give you the time of day (no offense).” Isn’t that nice? We’ve just been told that we are trite and superbly boring – so much so, (we shouldn’t be offended), but that it should make us feel safe in knowing that we won’t be given the time of day by any authorities. (Yeah – they are so uninterested in us that they’ve gone to the trouble & expense of recording our every move for years now.) But the author has given us permission to feel “ideologically ruffled” with that knowledge! She makes no mention that our Constitutional rights have been violated! Specifically, Amendment IV. Alex Abdo, Staff Attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project said, “The National Security Agency has been operating in the shadows for far too long. Extreme secrecy has facilitated extreme policy – all at the expense of all Americans’ Constitutional right to be left alone by their government absent specific cause or suspicion.” So, what we have here, is not only did this author NOT raise the point that maybe schizophrenics were not wrong by feeling that they were being watched – because it’s been proven that they were! And that we have the right – not her permisson – the right – to know that our Constitutional rights were clearly violated. And finally, her closing statement that tells Snowden the government is “out to get him” – but she fails to mention the real reason why – that being, the Power That Be have a lot to hide. Yes, folks, the greatest enemy of the American People isn’t Snowden, and isn’t the terrorists – but our greatest threat is right here on American soil – it’s our own government. It’s easy to understand how the distorted and downright wrong information that most of the mass media is paid to put forth, misinforms the general public and has been successful at keeping us in the dark. But the house of cards is beginning to fall, and they won’t be able to pull it off much longer. If this author had handed in this article in my journalism class, I’d give her an “F”. blogs.scientificamerican/observations/2013/07/01/how-secret-spying-programs-affect-the-clinically-paranoid/
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:20:25 +0000
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