FUCK YOU Time/Life

[Masato]

Hey all

So I'm at my mechanic this morning waiting for my car, and they have this magazine on their shelf:



I couldn't bear to pick it up, & instead went out for a skateboard and to grab something for breakfast. When I returned, I still had to wait 5 mins so I opened it up and started browsing.

LOL

This whole issue is a conspiracy theory in itself... The WHOLE THING seems to be basically slandering the idea of conspiracy theories, stating that such folk are stupid confirmation-bias-prone individuals 'trying to make order out of chaos' :D

As far as I could tell, this was the ONLY reference to 9/11 in the entire issue. They were talking about False Flags. The only example they cited as true was the Reichstag, and of course they squarely pinned it on Hitler.

Then they said this about 9/11, and moved on to the next section:




:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[Masato]

I am just about to go bring my 2nd vehicle down right now... I will read and take more pictures of this nonsense and post

[IDL]

lol yeah when the major propoganda outlets talk about conspiracy theories it's cringe worthy because you know what they are doing.

"Nothing to see here, move along."

"People who entertain outlandish ideas like this are nutters. You aren't a nutter are you?"

[Canuckster]

What more could you expect from time/life?

[Masato]

OK here we go, in chronological order of the issue:

Right off the bat, they talk about the human psychological need for SCAPEGOATS, and put a photo of a jewish CHILD in Nazi Germany as the image.

They discuss how foolish it is to find and blame a scapegoat, like 'how dare you blame a child for any of the world's problems?' Obviously there is no such inkling of any zionist conspiracy, and anyone who mutters anything of the like is clearly a wacko child-hating racist.



Then they continue about this 'ridiculous conspiracy', citing the Anti-Defamation League of all places as a reliable/unbiased source for information on the topic:



More ridiculing any inkling of any questioning of Zionist issues... - this topic earned more pages and images than any other topic, and kick-starts the entire thesis of the issue.

[Masato]

Next they move on to other 'theories'.

I like this little line, aghast that any of these crazy conspiracy theorists would even dare accuse the government of murder.
'EVEN MURDER' (gasp!) - as if the government has never killed anyone before. They may be bad, but that's just going too far! lol
:D



Here is their conclusion about Pearl Harbour, and the loony idea that there may have been foreknowledge, or that it may have been a plot to get the US into the war.

I like how their conclusion is based on 'Governmental Inquiries', lol. Good reliable source to absolve guilt on one's self :D

[Masato]

Surprisingly, they actually addressed Operation Northwoods.

However, at the end they somehow come to the argument that this theory alone is what makes people believe that JFK and 9/11 could also be conspiracy theories:

[Masato]

On to JFK.

Mostly all ridiculous empty theories with no attention to any of the hard evidence/questions.

Mention of 'shards of possibility'... and later talks about how investigation into such conspiracy theories 'passes a threshold of common sense and enters a sub-atomic realm (what does that mean? lol ...and calls them 'fantastical' and implies that they are without rationality

[Masato]

On to MLK

The magazine says the assassiniation is 'still in dispute':


Date if the issue is 2015:



But I recalled a big uproar a while back where government documents prove FBI involvement in the assassination:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/court-deci ... on/5320024

http://newsone.com/2843790/did-you-know ... r-king-jr/

http://www.activistpost.com/2016/01/the ... f-mlk.html

the timing is close, perhaps this info came out after the magazine was printed so maybe no criticism is warranted, I really haven't determined when this info 1st came out

[Masato]

From here, the issue basically degenerates into more and more absurd topics.

They start with Area 51... but even this does not do justice.

Here they amount the crash site to 'Rubber strips, tinfoil, paper, and sticks'... and then jump from there into describing a frenzy of crashed saucer talk.

Whether you buy the Area 51 story or not, there was certainly more than rubber strips, tinfoil, paper, and sticks that generated the controversy:




Next 'Conspiracy Theory' is the Betty and Barney Hill story, which is not really a conspiracy theory at all, and starts to place in the reader's mind that the idea of conspiracy theories is somehow equated with totally un-provable hypnosis-induced testimony about being abducted by aliens"