How did you manage to avoid becoming brainwashable when so few do?

This playlist educates you about Ron Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9BtXMy-En0&list=PLA4C5356ECE...

also others on my channel TRUETUBE !!!
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It was just background noise, like leaving the stereo on.

Through the noise I started to see obvious patterns in the skewed reporting.

It was propaganda with a purpose as opposed to news. The make believe news was merely the vehicle. There were always instances of big stories that were ignored (or immediately pulled) and other irrelevant/life-stylish garbage that served their propaganda which got replayed every 30 minutes for weeks on end; with many variations on the same story to change our perception of right and wrong; to convince us that the unimportant was very important and the the important stuff was not important at all.

Focus on important Sporting Events Vs. Unimportant Elections

Anyone or any candidate that insisted on real accountability in government or banking was immediately labelled an extremist in some other area of their life.

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http://youtu.be/RyooITxwWL0

Brainwashing keeps me thinking clearly, I wash my brain of all the garbage that I hear, see, and am exposed to every day, haha.
I think it's the attempt to coerce or "reprogram" individuals from places like television, authorities, etc. that the original poster may be referring to. Of which I've always been strongly opposed.

I may have just been born a free-thinker, a freedom fighter in a past life, or just picked up on philosophy randomly from my environment -- I don't really know the specifics, but I do know I've always felt free to do, think, and say as I please; I'll listen to those more experienced on a topic than I am (with skepticism) and I politely respect any differing opinion, but I am extremely annoyed by inconsistency in reason/logic.
My choices in life have always been "strange" or even "stupid" to others, whether it's vegetarianism, pacifism, distrust in authority/government, disliking money, refusal to get a drivers license, or drive a pollution mobile (I mean "car"), or anything that just does not make sense to me.

Despite any ridicule or hardships I may have met, I've always stood my ground in regards to my beliefs and spent my life studying, researching, learning, exploring, and sharing my findings with those who are interested in listening.

There was nothing that "woke me up" that I can think of as I feel like I've been trying to wake people up to atrocities forever now; nothing changed my political affiliations (of which I have none really), nothing that I can really think of that set me apart other than just being able to recognize inconsistencies, deceit, attempts at being controlled, and a sort of empathy for others (seeing the suffering in others causes me to think why it happens and what to do about it).

As the years go by I become less and less "crazy" to my friends and more of a visionary, which probably happens with Ron Paul, I am sure. As long as he keeps fighting the good fight I will give him my support; as his record has shown, I can expect to be a life-long supporter.

I don't know. I've never seen it along lines of being brainwashed or not. I don't believe in conspiracies either. I really don't see an evil hand behind it all, just human ignorance and greed.

To quote that other wise man from Texas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUiwTubYu0

and that's it really.

Ever since I was a kid I was a bit of an outsider and loved to learn about weird things. I also loved my freedom and tended to be a contrarian.

Following in my parents footsteps I became a Republican, although I did question our foreign policy. I still believed we were doing good around the world, but I noticed that we also were hated by many and this seemed like a waste of money and resources.

During Bush's second term I began to identify less and less with the GOP. I went online and started doing research and found out I identified more with the Libertarian Party, so I switched parties. Then in 2008 Ron Paul brought me back to the GOP just so I could vote for him.

Soon after I did away with my cable TV and pretty much never watch it anymore. I also stopped playing quite so much video games, so in a sense I woke up and matured a bit. I got into gardening, gold and silver, and preparing my family for when the shit hits the fan. Now I spend a considerable amount of time online writing blogs, reading articles, and trying to do what I can to spread the message of liberty with my local Meetup group and other grassroots organizations. I was always an avid reader, but now I'm throwing more non-fiction reading in there with books on economics and politics.

I used to be a neo-con as well. I grew up thinking Republican was the only way to vote. As I got older I learned about what "conservative" meant, or thought I was learning what it meant. I listened to Rush, Hannity and local radio hosts in the Phoenix, AZ area. My parents raised us to be independent in our thinking and personal choices, they trusted us in our judgements, and they were also private people. They enjoyed their freedoms and wanted to be left alone for the most part and kind of stay out of social events and the like. I myself was a little different. In 2003 I expressed an interest in religion, and ended up joining the LDS church, which today I am a happy active member. I continued to listen to all the war-mongerers on the radio and watched fox news often until 2007. My youngest brother introduced me to Dr. Paul, but I was hesitant. Being active in my church and thinking of morality, my biggest issue was his stance with the war on drugs. I also had reservations about turning my back on the belief that we had a reason to go to Iraq. Then my other brother started opening me up a little more, and I began to watch youtube videos on the internet. I saw the confusion on John McCain's face when the good Dr. asked him about his take on monetary policy and financial reform. I watched his "what if" speach and I began to realize that his views on everything...I mean everything was purely and honestly backed by the Constitution, and what the founders of the Country intended. When I think about his line "What if Christianity is about peace"? How does that not make sense? How does treating others the way we want to be treated not apply on a national level? I am friends with members of my church that do not do their own research and continue to support Mitt Romney because they think it would be great to have a member of the church be the President. My response to them is, "Have you read The Proper Role of Government, by Ezra Taft Benson"? If you are LDS and have read my comments here, please consider joining the Latter-Day Saints for Ron Paul Coalition that was formed a few weeks ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sstDwKTCpM

I have always been weird. I am an only child and was raised by my mother. I went to a Quaker school that endorsed some very different behavior than what my friends outside of school were accustomed to. I grew up entertaining myself and be independent, with a really good role model. I always harbored a disdain towards how the world was and how our government acted. I always read science fiction books to try and supplant myself in a much freer and happier future. However, I never really spent a lot of time looking into politics as I felt the whole thing was a disaster. I would always just vote for whomever wouldn't take us to war. I have always been a fan of libertarianism but barely knew of Ron Paul in 08. I voted for him haplessly in the primary back then and I am a little embarrassed at my lackluster support in the last election. This time around I am determined to help him win. I believe in everything he says and he is what I dreamed a politician should be like all along. It's just sad that I didn't pay attention for so long. I feel like I missed out and definitely could have helped years ago.

I grew up thinking somethings not right in my country, I had a hard time in school and was not able to get good grades one thing i noticed was i lived in a beutifule country but we still couldnt seal our borders and politions on both sides were kicking the can down the road and not getting anything done.Then there was a light a true statesman Ron Paul who was speaking the truth something that made me proud he brought the constitution to the front into the light so people could here what true freedom means.This year i have seen even more how bought off the networks are but truth will prevail.
Go get them Ron Paul.

Up in a single parent house and did what ever I wanted my entire life, Amazingly I did not get in to much trouble however It did make me very independent and very anti authoritive and here I am supporting individual freedom.

Oh ya and I don't watch tv.

If you want to un-brainwash more people check this:

I wrote a piece comparing Ron Paul to other candidates on a general level and presenting his positions on things I find most important:

http://www.dailypaul.com/207628/the-big-picture-for-ron-paul...

I believe it's a Game Over for all his competitors. If we can spread something like this, it could make a lot of difference in the election.

Was a total neocon. After the divorce or separation, I had TV free time (was nice). Discovered where money comes from, and then started reading LaRouche. Figured out he wasn't the best option (in my opinion), and discovered Ron Paul.

It's totally the TV that keeps so many brainwashed, and it doesn't take much to break out of it. Heck, you can even watch TV after you are "aware", it wont hurt you, so long as you know.

Having that damn thing running in the background is annoying anyways, I always shut it off when I visit other people. I'm there to visit you, not to watch TV.

With my ex, the TV was always a negative thing... She watched the E channel and all the entertainment garbage. Spent 3 hrs getting ready (makeup) to go to work (bad sign) to find a new guy... Haha...

Then, one day via a setup circumstance, I ended up in jail. Oops! 3 days, no bail, no charges, then mental institution. Jail was better than home life. They fed me. That really woke me up! Even played movies and passed out popcorn, took us out on smoke breaks, etc. Way better than home.

I guess the whole process of HOW the HELL was I in JAIL with no charges, no bail, detained and then dumped 220 miles from home really woke me up that something is wrong. It took about 10 months for me to figure it all out, but I did.

It's all good now. I just roll my eyes at the rest of the folks that say the media garbage. I do my own thing, leave others alone, and teach (about the world/freedom) when someone will listen. It works. I've awoken many people to the cause of liberty and freedom.

I attribute my awaking to being kicked out of nursing school for more or less saying my true opinion about the medical profession, seeing how the media was so deceptive about 9-11, and after watching the movie freedom to fascism!!! I think this cocktail of events for ever made me a die hard freedom fighter!!! I had to pay back all of my student loans after being kicked out of nursing school. I did very well academically but the faculty hated me for who I was and the ideas I would espouse if asked!!! I didn't know anything about economics at the time, but I just couldn't understand why they made it hard for students to get into programs like this one that almost everyone was capable of really doing the end job, why they always talked so much about altruism in this program, and I also couldn't understand what this emphasis on being well rounded was all about. I didn't know my head from my ass when it came to economics at the time, but I felt very uncomfortable with the way they used the word altruism!! I thought then, and I would say if asked that if they where truly altruistic as they so often claim that they would let everyone who could do the job do it, like hair cutting so that all these nurses could compete and drive the prices down for the average person. I saw first hand how there was almost no honest dialogue in the medical programs!! Well, they kicked me out after they trumped up some bogus charges of academic dishonesty!! The head faculty lady later told me that the reason they wanted me out 'cause I was a threat to this profession!! That was one honest thing this evil and dark hearted bitch said!! A year later(I had to still pay back my student loans even though I was kicked out) I read a paper about building seven in the Salt Lake tribune. It was an article about professor Jones at BYU. I had never heard about building seven in my life, so I youtubed it and man was that an eye opener!! I had seen so much stuff about 9-11 on TV over the years but I had never seen building seven ever before in my life. I knew something was terrible wrong with our media at this point. For me to have never even seen this footage before on TV was deliberate and I knew it!!! I was told by a cousin about a month after this to check out a movie called freedom to fascism by Aaron Russo. I did this and this was the first time I was introduced to Ron Paul. I was like this is a congressman??? He seems way too honest and matter of fact to be what I've always called politicians up until then!! Well, it's all been down hill from there, I mean up hill, 'cause the freedom message is one of the most precious and amazing things which I've ever found in my life!!! Ron Paul 2012!!!

Along with my love and understanding of basic Cosmology and astrophysics via carl sagan (via my father). I've always tried to question things in a scientific manner. At one critical point in my life, I tried very hard to take everything anyone has ever said to me as "maybe fact". I would store away that factual potential until I could verify more. One of my favorite RP quotes is, "I'm not an absolutist". while he may disagree, it sounds like he would make an excellent scientist.

I watch press tv rt and Al Jazeera news and now they just add alex jones nitghly news but i think you have to pay for alex news. i ll see

I was raised a sceptic.

I was a neocon barely questioning my views of American militarism abroad, and then Obama invaded Libya. I thought the whole idea of it was absurd, not in the interests of the American people, expensive, would cause problems...then I realized that Iraq and Afghanistan and all these other wars really are no different. That is what opened my mind up to the truth. I can no proudly say I defend liberty in all spheres, foreign and domestic.

my TV into a dumpster in 2003 and have never looked back. That's when I went "clear"

I must have been 3 or 4, my dad said I had to respect him. I asked how he could make me if I didn't. He said I would be punished until I did. I said, "oh, you mean scared." He insisted there was a difference, but I was clear with him he hadn't stated one.

It wasn't the terrifying scenario it must sound like here. If he were a monster, the conversation wouldn't have got that far. He meant not storming around when I was told to do something, but leave it to me to drag the conversation a little further. The point is I didn't believe him that respect and fear were different because his explanation wasn't good enough and I was brave enough to stand my ground on an uncomfortable topic.

I was also taught skepticism. If statistics were shown on TV so that a conclusion was implied, my dad would explain other factors besides the driven conclusion that could account for it.

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Even with all that, I was neocon because I believed there wasn't anything else that could accomplish anything, lesser evil and all that. I was also taught adversarial ways. It took a work of the Holy Spirit to really break through that paradigm.

awake

we know better than to trust the media and the government, when they lie constantly.

So we got out of school, and the internet became part of our school, not the MSM.

People who just like to have the television playing in the background all the time absorb a lot of brainwashing, not all of it conscious.