I had a supervisor tell me that the way to create a junkyard dog is to randomly reward and then punish a dog.
Dogs, in general, like and trust humans. They can bond with almost anybody as long as that person follows a few, simple rules.
That poses a barrier to creating a threatening, intimidating dog to guard properties like "junkyards".
According to my boss, the surefire way to create that kind of dog is to have random strangers first sweet-talk the dog and to give him treats and to pet him. As soon as the dog starts to reciprocate with body-language that shows trust...to have the stranger kick or TASER the dog.
"Hey, Big Boy, I am not mad at you..." Scylla whispers to the sailors.
Organizations that exercise ruthless ideological "purity" tests and then vilify former members who deviated the tiniest amount from the ideology spawn junkyard dogs. I wonder if the theory of junkyard dogs explains why so much "crazy" is manifesting around the periphery of the political landscape.
Particularly troubling is that the extremes are rapidly mutating and what was once a fringe view is now viewed as "mainstream" by many. This mutating ideology means that mainstream members are pushed to the edges and are accused of disloyalty when, in fact, the dogma (pun not intended) is constantly changing.
They did warn us this was going to happen. How many times in 2019 did we hear the term "new normal"?
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DeleteThe question is Cui Bono, who benefits.
SNIP The Problem-Reaction-Solution theory, often intertwined with the Hegelian Dialectic, is a framework frequently used to scrutinize major global events and policies. This analytical lens suggests that powerful groups or entities engineer a problem, anticipating a public reaction that allows them to offer a pre-planned solution. While ostensibly solving the issue, these solutions often serve hidden interests, whether they be financial gains, increased power, or expanded control.
Or as Obama's man Rahm said "never let a crisis go to waste" is attributed to Rahm Emanuel, who explained that it represents an opportunity to do things that one might not have considered before. This sentiment has also been echoed by others, including Saul Alinsky.
BTW the full quote is said to be "if necessary, create the crisis".
Create enough FEAR and the average citizen will accept anything to "Make IT Stop". Look to 911 and the "Patriot Act" where we sold so many freedoms down the road for "safety and security".
These "Spontaneous Protests" with perfect professionally made signage (yet the "problem happened just yesterday, ahem) AND ALL Major Media stories are oddly saying almost exactly the SAME Message...
Color Revolution anybody?
Scary facts Joe. What makes humans so much more dangerous than the junkyard dog is human's and feign kindness or "poor little me, help please" before attack or worse betrayal.
ReplyDeleteThe betrayal kiss of Judas comes to mind and Proverbs 27: …5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. 6The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
BTW that skillset of "faking shy poor little me" is why once domesticated now feral dog packs are so dangerous to humans. Back in the 70's when folks were dropping off "fluffy" out in the countryside because they couldn't feed him, they formed dog packs that became REAL TROUBLE (tm) for ranchers and farmers. Even children and elderly were attacked FIRST by the "distraction dog" needing help for its poor injured paw" then the pack attack.
Very likely to happen again as inflation, job loss and craziness increases.
I question the 'by many' part of that last statement?
ReplyDeleteI don't actually know anybody who is like what I see in/on the media. I think a big part of what we are all experiencing is the media's ability to amplify and massage/direct things. I've only ever met 1 person who typifies the media's idea of what our society is, and that person is a total freak-show w/ multiple serious mental issues. My niece, unfortunately. I've had a front-row seat since her birth (it's her Mom's fault, but I'd digress...)
Most of the people I speak to in-person feel the same way I do, maybe shades of grey here and there depending on the issue, but the bigger issues we're actually all in agreement on. The media is fomenting the division by promoting lies, manufacturing it where it doesn't exist, and amplifying the messaging of that side to make it appear bigger than it is. At best I'd say 'the left' as we know it is maybe 10% of the population, most folks are in the middle, and lean one way or another.
Take the LGBTQ47 issues? By their own count, we're talking what, 3-5% of the population, maybe? Yet every TV show, commercial, advertisement... Same with mixed race. In practice its a very rare phenomenon (especially white/black), in the media though, its apparently rampant. Part of this is a result of the environment surrounding the people in the media (not a jew joke). Redneck towns in TN don't have lots of gays. Hollywood, is very different. Each group perceives their environment as 'normal', despite the vast differences.
The media would have you believe there is a new martyr from minneapolis (Arkansas plate on the vehicle, but just ignore that... says the media). Every actual person I come into contact with? She FAFO. Not some, not most, ALL OF THEM. The media and their lackeys are the only people that believe she is a martyr. But it sure sounds like half the country feels that way on the morning news, doesn't it? It's propaganda.
The media IS (working for) the enemy. That's one of the over-arching problems we're all facing. The media was supposed to be independent, supposed to be the check on the unbridled power of politicians. That whole 1st Amendment thing... Today the media supports the unbridled power of the politicians, they are in fact working together to suppress We The People. That's why so much is tilted. They're in cahoots together, and it's fucking us all over.
Independent media, uncensored social media, is our only real hope to avoid shooting the lot of them. Grok that, its coming to a head. The media is trying to push the head to a spot where they think they can control its direction and burst. I forsee it backfiring spectacularly. I believe they have mis-judged the will of the people, and their ability to control us. I expect more minnesota type actions will happen, and fail as this one already has. They will resort to a very serious provocation/false-flag. Thousands will die in a single event, and it will be used by the media to start the civil war.
Regarding the "by many" issue, you could go to any college town or faculty lounge or inner city and you would hear exactly the same arguments but they would be talking about MAGA and "rugged individuals" and personal responsibility as (violent), fringe beliefs that 'nobody" really believed in.
DeleteYup. I just got off the socials. It’s a fire hose of rage and insanity. There are forces moving and I don’t understand them.
DeleteI dunno if I buy the junkyard dawg theory or not. Not saying it’s wrong but… hell’s bells, Joe - I’m seeing moms and grannies foaming at the mouth for the right to murder their own babies. The queers and troons attack their parents and families. Blacks wage war and burn and loot their own neighborhoods. The pope is telling Catholics they shouldn’t support ICE and defends a lesbian mother trying to run over cops. These are not random junkyard dogs, there’s too many of them, their origin stories are all different, there’s too many vectors in play.
To me it looks like plain old biblical style evil. Either that or mental illness is contagious and somehow propagates in ways we don’t understand. Or at least, I don’t…
Ask one of the TDS people why they hate Trump. See if they can give you a coherent answer ("He's a Nazi" is not a coherent answer). I've many personal experiences with people having TDS - some (former) friends of many years, decades even. They were not evil people even when we disagreed so many years ago ... but I wouldn't turn my back on them now. So maybe it is "something in the water".
DeleteFeral people are far worse than junkyard dogs ... and I doubt there's a cure.
Bloodshed is coming.
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DeleteThen how do you define "evil", A? Not trying to be a dink - but when people advocate and support blatant criminality like that Minneapolis woman - are they not evil themselves in doing so?
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