the Lakoffian® 'holocaust' minefield

 .. 'perfect,' (lying!) propaganda ...

   .. the I/J/Z-plex sickly exploits it ...

     .. but others may not even discuss it

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Preamble: I was talking to a friend, and the holocaust 'topic' surfaced. I said: "Madness. Even to mention it is to fall into an I/J/Z-plex framing trap, where no argument is possible (and the goodies can't win)." He expostulated: "Wha-a-at!!?" I explained, that no rational discussion was possible; that the maddies had so muddied the water, that it's best just to say "Yes. Nazis definitely bad." - and then move on. Of course some discussion ensued; associated topics like 'freedom of speech' and 'honesty in politics' being prominent.

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Context: There are many 'strings;' IMHO the highest priority of all is the putative excess-CO2 caused climate change, where I'm forced to write both putative and change in italics - exactly because climate change sceptics currently 'hold sway,' preventing the world from taking any effective action towards saving itself - if damaging climate change really is on the way. Of course, IF a climate change catastrophe does occur, THEN it's all over, Rover. I have to include this para, but it's not what I'm on about - here; nor am I on about the dangers of resource depletion - which will happen all the faster sooner, as ever more resources are gobbled up (some unavoidably, lots profligately) - by ever more people.

Eclipsing the above terminally serious topics are the rampant rogue regimes of the US and Israel. These two, aka the illegitimate tail wagging the rabid dog, plus the UK poodle and Aus dag make up the Anglo/Judaic axis of evil, and that axis is embedded in the so-called 'West.' (Why France and Germany are in this worries me; apparently at least Merkel is starting to wake up.) Now the greatest sin of the US is not its profligate (that word again) consumption, but how it goes about acquiring the resources it Oh, so obscenely devours. (Gluttony is a sin; 5% world's pop. consuming 25% world's resources.) The predominate method of US resource acquisition is to rip them off via inadequate compensation to the sovereign resource owners (see 'resource rent' or 'rent seeking,' say); any resistors to their crooked modus operandi being chastened by, not to put too fine a point on it, armed robbery with actual, murdering violence. (See Perkins' "Economic Hit Man." Latest example: Iraq.) Ditto for Israel; 61+ years long now, mass-murdering for mainly Palestinian land and water. Nothing in these two paras will be new to regular readers 'in here,' and that's the end of my context-setting.

Q: How do these villains get away with such horrendously vile crimes?

A: 1) The criminals lie about it; 2) the sheople do not seem to notice, or if they do, they just say effectively "So what?" But who really knows what the sheople think - if they think at all? This is not arrogance talking, but sadness: why are so many people so apparently apathetic about the disgusting, murdering criminality - of our so-called 'leaders?'

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My 'morning ritual' (not followed 'religiously' - I'm no 'believer' (Haw!)) - is to rouse to AusBC's AM - usually, in more ways than one - getting roused, I mean. This morning differed little from many others:

1. Obama tells Ahmadinejad to visit Nazi death camp

2. Obama slams Holocaust deniers in camp visit

3. Iran has enough uranium for nuclear bomb: UN

Apart from noting (with distaste) the 'editorial style' ("Xxx slams Yyy"), the last shall be first:

  «The UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, says Iran has more than 1,300 kilograms of low-enriched uranium, which is well over the amount needed to make a single nuclear bomb.» 
[AusBC/justin, ibid.]

There are several ways to tell lies[1], this uranium item includes a few - IMHO. One assumes that the IAEA did report the low-enriched 1300Kgs, but what the sheople are presumed *not* to know, is that 'low-enriched' is perfectly useless in building A-bombs (technical accuracy: one needs very highly enriched - something entirely different from 'low.' Iran, as far as anyone knows, only has low.) IF, as is insinuated, the IAEA went on to say 'amount needed' THEN the IAEA lied by inaccuracy, or IF the IAEA did *not* make that connection (my 'tip'), THEN the BBC lied. Whatever the case, the AusBC lied to us - by retailing the (totally misleading!) story.

The AusBC does this sort of thing - i.e. lying to us - all the time.

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The Holocaust: Whoops! Warning! Warning! - Lakoffian® trap![2]

1. By now, we all know what the Holocaust was. ("Yes. Nazis definitely bad." Move on.)

2. And we should know, that despite all the poison being spat at us via and on their own behalf by the MSM (with AusBC: bad Aunty!), Ahmadinejad is *not* an Holocaust denier[3] per se, but does deny that the Holocaust justifies slaughtering Palestinians, which Israel has now criminally been doing for 61+ years.

3. Also, we heard from Obama that he wanted to 'make a new start' towards Muslims AND Iran.

4. Sooo, what's up? It simply cannot be (inconsistency), that Obama wants to 'make friends' with Iran - by making such 'incendiary' accusations. Which, not at all coincidentally, rev the sheople up - looks to me like actual "hate speech" from Obama directed at Iran via Ahmadinejad, to cause what? An acceptance by the sheople of an attack on Iran?

Whatever the case, it's pure hypocrisy for Obama to say one thing one day, then the opposite the next.

Fazit: However these criminals lie, it's IF lie THEN no credibility.

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PS Here's a good item on what Israel is up to:

June 4, 2009
The Future of Israel and the Decline of the American Empire
The Wages of Hubris and Vengeance
By ARNO J. MAYER
  «Although its leaders avoid saying so in public, Israel does not want peace, or a permanent comprehensive settlement, except on its own terms. They do not dare spell these out publicly, as they presume the enemy’s unconditional surrender, even enduring submission. Instead the Palestinians continue to be blamed for a chronic state of war that entails Israel’s continuing self-endangerment and militarization. This policy’s underlying strategic premise is the need to prevent any significant change in the West Asian balance of power.» 
[counterpunch/mayer]

Comment: This raises the spectre of the 'middle east peace process.' It's a lie; nobody can seriously pursue peace for sooo long, with sooo little (i.e. zero) success. Another lie pushed at us daily by, amongst others, the (rotten!) AusBC.

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Ref(s):

[1] lie2 —n. 1 intentionally false statement (tell a lie). 2 something that deceives. —v. (lies, lied, lying) 1 tell a lie or lies. 2 (of a thing) be deceptive.  give the lie to show the falsity of (a supposition etc.). [Old English] [POD]

[2] Framing (social sciences)
  «A frame in social theory consists of a schema of interpretation—that is, a collection of stereotypes—that individuals rely on to understand and respond to events. In psychology, framing is influenced by the background of a context choice and the way in which the question is worded.» 
[wiki/Framing]

[3] denier2
noun a person who denies something: a denier of God. [Oxford Pop-up]