Tag: rhetoric

Over the Target Again

AC has taken note of what appears to be a minor comments campaign targeting me:

I have had zero comments critical of Vox, probably going back to this site’s formation.

Starting about a week or two before, and then as Murphy went down in an obviously controlled take-down, there have been a flood of anonymous posts here, often from one-off IPs, and most not using any name, and many seeming to be written by different people based on style, all trying to tie Vox to various figures who are comped, and feeding the narrative he is going to be exposed somehow, along with a bunch of right wing influencers/celebrities. The first one seemed to predict some sort of wave of takedowns was coming, of which Murphy may be the first. I also noticed now, two posts on 4Chan (and for some reason I seem to miss a lot of what gets put on 4Chan despite checking it, but that is another story), which were also focusing on Vox as some sort of comped asset who was selling out the movement, even though you don’t see people producing posts exclusively about Vox there very often. They didn’t have many replies when I saw them and I assume they died quickly, but it obviously seemed related. I’m guessing if you followed other sites, they would be seeing the same activity.

I don’t know what Vox is doing, or is going on with him in his endeavors, but there seems some group spreading this type of post right now, and it doesn’t feel like a single person, but rather an organized operation. Could be related to something he is rolling out, or his refusal to take a ticket, or just some entity wants to try to piggyback something else going on with guys like Murphy, and diminish Vox’s clout as various projects advance.

The interesting thing about these types of things is how they materialize like the religious wars, where you have no religious fighting one day, and in the space of just three days you have ten new posters all fighting over religious issues. And then you ban a few, they see it isn’t working, and they all disappear. You can almost see the order going out to a bunch of people with the website address to show up at, and the posts to be pushed. It would be interesting to know if anybody sees these posts on any other websites.

However, it appears his readers are not falling for it.

Congratulations, the claim that Vox Day is a cabal asset easily makes the list of the top three most stupid assertions ever made online, and is quite possibly the gold medallist. After this, if anyone ever tries to tell you that you’ve achieved nothing in your life, you can point to this post and tell them to suck it up, and then ask them what THEY’VE ever achieved in the Stupid Olympics. They probably didn’t even make the team

This was my response to the accusatory comment that made it through the moderation there.

Get over it already, Gamma.

I’m not a conservative. I don’t get involved in political events. I don’t get paid by George Soros or any other shady character. I don’t care about fame, money, or Internet celebrity, and now that it’s obvious that politics is all a fixed charade, I don’t have much interest in that anymore.

There definitely won’t be any gay porn starring me in it. And I encourage AC’s readers to keep your false prophecy in mind when literally nothing that you predicted happens.

As for the surveillance state, it simply isn’t of much concern to me as a Christian and as a reader of philosophy. I’m far more worried about God’s opinion of my various flaws and failures than I am about Satan’s petty servitors using them against me. We are all watched, and not just by our fellow humans. Even the ancient pagans knew this.

When you have shut the doors and made a darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone; for you are not alone, but God is within, and your Guardian Spirit, and what light do they need to behold what you do?
—Epictetus

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The Pandemic of the Vaccinated

They have been repeatedly caught lying to you before. They will absolutely lie to you again. Don’t trust a single “fact” that is presented to you by a) the government, b) the media, or c) the medical community. Ever.

I’ve just had this news in from a Maidstone hospital consultant surgeon.

There are currently 45 people in Maidstone hospital with COVID. They are listed as half unvaccinated and half vaccinated. A 50/50 split.

But here is the realty of what I’ve been informed.

50% have had two jabs and the booster. The other 50% have had two jabs and no booster but have been marked down as unvaccinated!

Do not believe a word the government and their supporting corporations say. Not one person completely unvaccinated is in Maidstone hospital.

It was obvious that they were going to try to pull this sort of thing from the moment they introduced the “fully-vaccinated” language, because deceivers rely heavily upon the manipulation of definitions. Both “fully-vaccinated” and “unvaccinated” are moving targets, so don’t take any news report using either term at face value.

Omicron is the pandemic of the vaccinated.

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How to Manipulate the NPCs

AC points out that the Prometheans are literally providing a primer on their simple, but effective rhetoric.

Tony Blair says “if you’re not vaccinated… you’re an idiot.”

I always love these, because they give you a window into the psychology of the enemy who tries to manipulate us with them. This is a model which the enemy came up with based on the fact it would affect them. Whoever came up with that argument must feel dumb, and they must be self-conscious about it – to the point that to avoid being seen as dumb they will inject anything into themselves, so long as it will cause the argument that they are dumb to go away. So they conclude they only have to tell us we are dumb if we don’t get the jab, and we will all run to get it, because we care what those idiots think. It is funny to see they can be so easily controlled.

Not caring what other people think, particularly people you have never met and don’t know, is a virtual superpower in the Age of Media. And the use of political and entertainment celebrities for rhetorical purposes explains why their creation is considered necessary in the first place. The Prometheans never even bother with dialectic, because they know it’s unnecessary and completely beyond the vast majority of the population.

UPDATE: Karl Denninger obviously grasps the relevant rhetoric:

For Those Of You Who Were STUPID

Yep, STUPID.

You said the mandates were fine “because you took the jab” allegedly “voluntarily” so you didn’t care.

Well, guess what? Now the booster mandates are starting.

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Sauron’s Mouth Speaks

As always, remember, there is no actual information content in rhetoric. The servants of Satan are desperate to induce fear in you because, for the last year, you have staunchly resisted their fear spells and refused to submit to their will. So now they are trying to ratchet up the pressure. Their proclaimed intentions do not matter at all, because God mocks the wicked and thwarts their plans.

Even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.”

1 Peter 3:14

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China Claims the Moral High Ground

For more than 100 years, the neo-liberal world order has claimed the international moral high ground on the basis of being “democratic”. The Allies who fought Germany in WWII – France, Britain, and the USA – were often referred to as “the Western democracies”, and “spreading democracy” has been the primary justification for US military invasions for the last three decades.

But now, in the aftermath of the shocking 2020 revelation that US democracy is a massive and fraudulent sham, China has launched a direct rhetorical assault on the West’s primary claim to possess the moral high ground on the international scene. This is a form of unrestricted warfare that strongly suggests Chinese strategists are very familiar with William S. Lind’s concept of 4th Generation Warfare.

China’s democracy is more extensive, more genuine and more effective than the US democracy, as the US politicians represent the interest groups but in China the whole-process democracy ensures implementation of policies that change people’s lives, senior Chinese officials said on Saturday as China issued a white paper titled “China: Democracy That Works.”

Under the US democratic system, politicians are agents of interest groups, rather than representing the interests of the majority of voters and the interests of the country as a whole, Tian Peiyan, Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the CPC Central Committee, said at a press conference on the launch of the white paper on Saturday.

“Those politicians can make random promises for the sake of elections, but they seldom fulfill their promises after being elected. Superficially they accept voters’ supervision, but in fact as long as they are elected, the voters have no option but to wait for the next election. They are only awakened during voting but become dormant after voting,” Tian said.

US voters listen to those dazzling slogans only during the election, but they have no say after the election, the Chinese official said.

However, China’s democracy is whole process people’s democracy under the leadership of the CPC, the Chinese official continued. Party members and leaders at all levels must accept the whole process and all-round supervision of the Party and the people when performing their duties to ensure that the power granted by the people is always used for serving the people’s interest.

And they also maintain a close contact with the public, listening to people’s requests and striving to solve their problems.

The different behavior of US politicians before and after elections is due to the lack of a supervising mechanism for politicians including congressmen after they are elected, Guo Zhenhua, Deputy Secretary General of the Standing Committee of the NPC, told the press conference.

Don’t be surprised if the concept of “whole-process democracy” is successful in superseding the increasingly outmoded concept of “representative democracy” that is neither representative nor democratic, and which completely fails to represent the will of the people in any way, shape, or form. Because it is entirely obvious to any honest observer that the USA and the European Union are not only exhibiting democratic deficits, but now possess overtly anti-democratic regimes.

Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday released a report on US democracy, exposing the deficiencies and abuse of democracy in the US as well as the harm of it exporting such democracy…. Democracy is a common value shared by all humanity, said the report. It is a right for all nations, not a prerogative reserved for a few. Democracy takes different forms, and there is no one-size-fits-all model. It would be totally undemocratic to measure the diverse political systems of the world with a single yardstick or examine different political civilizations from a single perspective. The political system of a country should be independently decided by its own people, the report said.

And, of course, all the complaints about China’s social credit scores and violations of human rights sound very thin in light of the bannings, prison terms, deplatformings, lockdowns, disemployments, mandates, and even forced vaccinations presently being imposed throughout the West.

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The Next Lie

The British vaccine regime is attempting to get on top of the growing number of excessive all-cause deaths by blaming them on a FAILURE to provide the third shot to “vulnerable” people with cancer who are supposedly dying “of Covid” in the hospital rather than the cancer itself.

Now campaigners fear some vulnerable patients are paying the ultimate price for the bungled rollout.

‘It’s been a complete shambles,’ said Gemma Peters, chief executive of the charity Blood Cancer UK. ‘It is very likely the rise in the proportion of intensive care admissions for Covid patients with blood cancer since mid-October is at least partly due to empty Government promises about giving a third jab to everyone in this group. It is almost inevitable some people will have caught Covid and become seriously ill – maybe even died – as a result.’

Figures from the Intensive Care National Audit And Research Centre show that Covid-related ICU admissions for blood cancer patients rose from 20 each week at the end of September to 33 a week by early November – a jump of more than 50 per cent. Overall, ICU admissions initially dropped during that period, before beginning to rise again in recent weeks.

Campaigners say given that only one person in 130 has blood cancer, the admissions with Covid are disproportionately high. Similarly, ICU admissions for transplant patients with Covid rose to about 34 a week by early November, up from a usual 20 to 25.

According to experts and campaigners, vaccine delays are the most likely reason behind these sky-high figures.

‘We’re seeing more and more immuno-compromised patients being admitted to intensive care, despite having had two jabs,’ says Dr Ron Daniels, an intensive care consultant at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

‘By the time they end up here, their prospects are very bleak – at least half of them will die.’

What’s much more likely happening is that the two vaccinations these cancer patients received has triggered the rapid growth of their cancers; even people in remission who have been vaccinated are seeing their cancers return with a vengeance and killing them within weeks. This weak and convoluted attempt to provide an alternative explanation less fatal to the vaccine narrative is going to go down in flames as soon as these unfortunate victims start receiving the third shot and the fatality rates climb even higher.

More damning data is coming out on a regular basis, including a large-scale study that concludes “the mRNA vacs dramatically increase inflammation on the endothelium and T cell infiltration of cardiac muscle” and more than doubles the risk of a heart attack within the next five years.

Our group has been using the PLUS Cardiac Test (GD Biosciences, Inc, Irvine, CA) a clinically validated measurement of multiple protein biomarkers which generates a score predicting the 5 yr risk (percentage chance) of a new Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS). The score is based on changes from the norm of multiple protein biomarkers including IL-16, a proinflammatory cytokine, soluble Fas, an inducer of apoptosis, and Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF)which serves as a marker for chemotaxis of T-cells into epithelium and cardiac tissue, among other markers. Elevation above the norm increases the PULS score, while decreases below the norm lowers the PULS score.The score has been measured every 3-6 months in our patient population for 8 years. Recently, with the advent of the mRNA COVID 19 vaccines (vac) by Moderna and Pfizer, dramatic changes in the PULS score became apparent in most patients.This report summarizes those results. A total of 566 pts, aged 28 to 97, M:F ratio 1:1 seen in a preventive cardiology practice had a new PULS test drawn from 2 to 10 weeks following the 2nd COVID shot and was compared to the previous PULS score drawn 3 to 5 months previously pre- shot. Baseline IL-16 increased from 35=/-20 above the norm to 82 =/- 75 above the norm post-vac; sFas increased from 22+/- 15 above the norm to 46=/-24 above the norm post-vac; HGF increased from 42+/-12 above the norm to 86+/-31 above the norm post-vac. These changes resulted in an increase of the PULS score from 11% 5 yr ACS risk to 25% 5 yr ACS risk. At the time of this report, these changes persist for at least 2.5 months post second dose of vac.

Mrna COVID Vaccines Dramatically Increase Endothelial Inflammatory Markers and ACS Risk as Measured by the PULS Cardiac Test: a Warning, Steven R. Gundry

And finally, the White Wall of Silence may be cracking under the strain of the guilt and shame being borne by the medical community, as the head of one of Germany’s largest hospitals recently committed suicide over his refusal to continue participating in what he described as “a genocide” and “a crime against humanity”.

According to Las repúblicas, In the lengthy farewell letter Dr. Thomas Jendges wrote before his suicide and demanded its publication, he is said to have harshly criticized the information policy of governments in dealing with the dangerousness of Covid vaccines. The constant lies and deceit to the patient and the vaccinated that the vaccines are supposedly harmless, he could no longer bear them, it is said in the letter.

He condemns vaccinating the population with experimental and lethal vaccines against Covid-19, which is in fact more of a biological warfare agent created and manipulated for that use, than for any other known utility. For Dr. Thomas Jendges a genocide and a crime against humanity is taking place, they report that he says the letter, according to the German press such as the Bild newspaper.

Because the mayor threatened to fire him if he no longer stayed in the submissive line imposed by government order and refused to vaccinate patients at the clinic, there were presumably no more options for Jendges. This director has not wanted to support a crime of the federal government, the state government and his faithful henchmen.

Dr Thomas Jendges Head of Clinic, Commits Suicide “COVID-19 Vaccine Is a Genocide”

UPDATE: Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that England and Wales registered 20,823 more deaths than the five-year average in the past 18 weeks.

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Why I Insist on Written Debates

If you ever wondered why I no longer do video debates, this is precisely why.

Viewer 1: JD won the debate. I remember watching it. Vox had a formidable opponent and made sure his arguments were well delineated. JD breezed by all of it, and Vox knew it. So what?

Viewer 2: No, he never understood it. If he had, he would have addressed it. Instead, he assiduously avoided it.

Viewer 3: Having read the transcript, I do not see anything which would be described as a technical rebuttal to Vox’s technical points. Just blanket dismissal and repeated references to large numbers.

Viewer 1: Did you watch the debate, live, as I did? The transcript does not show the context between two human beings in debate.

No, what the transcript lacks is not the “context”, but rather, the irrelevant rhetorical posturing. And this isn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened. It’s not just morons interested in evolution who respond to rhetoric and posturing in lieu of facts and reason; we saw exactly the same reaction in morons who favor free trade in the Murphy-Day debate as well as by the alt-retards in the Anglin-Day debate.

In all three cases, neither Gariepy nor Murphy nor Anglin ever even BEGAN to address the primary issue of substance that had been raised. It wasn’t merely three cases of unsuccessful refutations as none of them even tried to refute the core argument that had been presented to them. It was quite clear to me that of the three, only Anglin actually understood what I was saying; he simply elected to punt rather than to engage on an issue he knew he was going to lose. That being said, by virtue of their rhetorical posturing, they managed to convince at least some of the viewers who understood even less of the issues at hand than they did that their erroneous positions were correct.

JFG, for example, never even grasped that he had accomplished nothing more than falling directly into the dilemma which I explicitly laid out for him at the start. He merely chose, on the basis of literally nothing but handwaving and an ontological argument, to disqualify the hammer, and completely failed to realize that in doing so, he had fallen victim to the anvil.

I pointed this out, of course, but JFG was “too tired” to follow my explanation, and there is reason to believe that he could not have managed it even if he’d tried. After all, it took me three attempts to explain the concept of a “mathematical average” to him before he was able to grasp it.

This is why I now insist on written debates, because the written format eliminates the ability of the charlatan to posture his way through a debate in which he is over his head, and permits the audience to review and re-review the material until they fully understand what both sides are saying. And this is probably why I engage in considerably fewer debates these days, because the charlatans are terrified of risking the methodical exposure of their ignorance.

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Programming is not Communication

Bruce Charlton explains why there is no point in even listening to what the Establishment has to say:

This is why the Establishment are liars. They are not even trying to communicate information – let alone accurate information; They are always trying to affect our behaviour.

Their purpose is to get us to do what They want. All ‘communication’ is just a means to that end.

Real conversation treats ‘the other’ as a person with agency; however manipulation regards ‘the other’ as an object to be controlled. (So, for Them, agency is an obstacle to be overcome.)

They will of course mislead and lie to whatever extent they judge to be helpful to the goal of shaping us. Untruthfulness ranges from subtle distortions, through selection and exaggeration, all the way up to complete fabrication; as when a person with a false identity simulates fake emotions to tell a total lie – in order (successfully) to manipulate public opinion.

They do not regard themselves as purposive and habitual ‘liars’, because They are not even trying to tell the truth.

They are using ‘communications’ in order to manipulate other in ways They deem to be desirable – and truth simply doesn’t come into it.

The distinction between truth and untruth does not exist for Them, because their language is directed at manipulation, not communication. Lies, truths, or any mixture of them, are simply means to an end – and that end is manipulation.

This is also why one can neither debate nor even discuss things with anyone representing or serving the Establishment.

While you or I might be attempting to communicate information to Them, They are trying to change us. There is a total asymmetry of intent.

Which is why it is futile to engage with linguistic emanations from government, bureaucracy and the media. It is a category error. It is treating manipulations as if they were communications; it is treating intentional dishonesty as if it was an attempt at honesty.

Never confuse rhetoric – which is designed to emotionally manipulate – with dialectic. Both the mainstream news and government statements are not dialectic, but rather rhetoric disguised as pseudo-dialectic. And remember that there is neither truth nor falsehood in rhetoric, there is no meaningful information content whatsoever. It may point toward the truth, it may point away from the truth, but it cannot be the truth.

Don’t Blame Russia if Europe Freezes

Even Angela Merkel has admitted that the European natural gas shortage is not Russia’s fault:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected suggestions that the increased price of gas is due to Russian policy. Instead she has pointed the finger at the EU’s own approach asking whether the bloc could have acted differently.
Speaking on Wednesday, Merkel noted that Russia has never refused to deliver gas and has fulfilled its contractual obligations.

“That’s why we should ask the question: was enough gas ordered, or is the high price at the moment maybe the reason for not ordering so much?” Merkel asked, according to London’s Financial Times.

The European Union has sought to move gas trading to the spot market in recent years, whereas Russia has consistently preferred long-term contracts, often as long as 25 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin has pointed at the reluctance of the bloc to sign longer deals as a cause for rising prices.

So, the Europeans didn’t order enough natural gas to meet their needs, shut down their nuclear plants, and chose to rely upon green energy production that has fallen woefully short of requirements. But since Putin refuses to sell them additional gas at contract prices at the same time they are trying to deny Russia’s ability to deliver gas via the new Nordstream 2 pipeline, this is somehow supposed to be all Russia’s fault.

Literally no one is buying it. Which raises the obvious question: what else are they lying about? Other than Covid and the “safe and effective” vaxxes, of course.

Welcome to the Unvaccinated

In what will come as a complete surprise to precisely no one who has been paying attention, Dr. Fauci has now stated that “fully vaccinated” status now requires two shots plus a booster:

Dr. Anthony Fauci has moved the goalposts on what it means to be “fully vaccinated,” and I’m sure you can guess how it has changed.

For many months now, being “fully vaccinated” meant that you had to have two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine, but now, according to Fauci, you’re not fully vaccinated unless you get the booster shot.

“It is likely, for a real complete regimen, that you would need at least a third dose,” Fauci told The Atlantic in an exclusive interview.

Ed Yong of The Atlantic noted that Fauci has been “bullish about using boosters,” and that he defended the Biden administration’s “decision to talk about widespread availability before the FDA had a chance to weigh in.”

Then he asked, “What is your stance on the role that they should play in the pandemic going forward?”

“I’ve made it clear that my opinion has always been that I believe that a third-shot booster for a two-dose mRNA [vaccine] should ultimately and will ultimately be the proper, complete regimen,” Fauci said. “The vaccine is very successful. The durability of it is something that’s a subject of considerable discussion and sometimes debate.”

I’m sure you already understand that, for medical purposes, the first 14 days after a shot are also considered “unvaccinated”. As always, redefining and perverting straightforward definitions is how the deceit is perpetrated. At this point, anyone who dies immediately after being injected or dies of a Covid breakthrough infection without having had a booster will be counted among the unvaccinated ranks.