Now that polls show how fewer and fewer people are willing to take the vaccine and the media finds it harder and harder to convince people to take the vaccine, they turn to below-the belt tactics against the conspiracy theorists to sway the public opinion. Their tactics are identical to those used by the media against 911 Truthers.
What they are saying is basically that believing the conspiracy theories that the vaccine is bad for you and that the dangers of the swine flu have been extremely exaggerated by the authorities borders to mental illness. According to a pseudo-psychologist, Anne Grefberg, people who fall for these conspiracy theories do so because of fear which causes us to behave irrationally. With limited information, we make decisions based on emotions. Our insecurity leads us to believe in conspiracy theories in order to feel more safe. (Aftonbladet, Rädsla föder konspirationsteorier)
This is bull shit of course. It doesn't exactly make me feel more secure knowing that the pharmaceutical companies, the WHO and our government are lying to us about the severity of the swine flu and that the vaccine has side effects that they try to hide. Just like it doesn't make me feel very secure seeing all the security they have at the airports since I know that 911 was an inside job. I would feel much more secure if I believed that it was actually some Muslim terrorists who had managed to hijack the airplanes and crash them into the twin towers and building 7. The odds of it happening were minuscule to begin with, and with all the added security at airports now, it would be virtually impossible for it to happen again. On the other hand, believing it was an inside job, I know that no security changes in the world can stop the plans of people working on the inside.
By ridiculing those who don't blindly trust the authorities, they can make the most intelligent people feel like there is something wrong with them for not following the herd. When they lack convincing evidence, it is much easier to focus on nonessential things to divert attention from the real issues. Because if truth be told, those who blindly trust their government are the fearful people who are terrified of what they will discover if they dig a bit deeper. They think it is better to just take the vaccine and keep eyes and ears shut. We who have the courage to question and research to get to the hard facts are not mentally ill; logic is not a mental illness.
What they are saying is basically that believing the conspiracy theories that the vaccine is bad for you and that the dangers of the swine flu have been extremely exaggerated by the authorities borders to mental illness. According to a pseudo-psychologist, Anne Grefberg, people who fall for these conspiracy theories do so because of fear which causes us to behave irrationally. With limited information, we make decisions based on emotions. Our insecurity leads us to believe in conspiracy theories in order to feel more safe. (Aftonbladet, Rädsla föder konspirationsteorier)
This is bull shit of course. It doesn't exactly make me feel more secure knowing that the pharmaceutical companies, the WHO and our government are lying to us about the severity of the swine flu and that the vaccine has side effects that they try to hide. Just like it doesn't make me feel very secure seeing all the security they have at the airports since I know that 911 was an inside job. I would feel much more secure if I believed that it was actually some Muslim terrorists who had managed to hijack the airplanes and crash them into the twin towers and building 7. The odds of it happening were minuscule to begin with, and with all the added security at airports now, it would be virtually impossible for it to happen again. On the other hand, believing it was an inside job, I know that no security changes in the world can stop the plans of people working on the inside.
By ridiculing those who don't blindly trust the authorities, they can make the most intelligent people feel like there is something wrong with them for not following the herd. When they lack convincing evidence, it is much easier to focus on nonessential things to divert attention from the real issues. Because if truth be told, those who blindly trust their government are the fearful people who are terrified of what they will discover if they dig a bit deeper. They think it is better to just take the vaccine and keep eyes and ears shut. We who have the courage to question and research to get to the hard facts are not mentally ill; logic is not a mental illness.
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