Continued from Part 1Evolution
“Evolution is an imperfect and often violent process. A battle between what exists and what is yet to be born. In the midst of these birth pains, morality loses its meaning. The question of good and evil reduced to one simple choice: survive or perish.”~ Mohinder
While I like the “Heroes” character, Mohinder’s overwrought narration can be as painful as his naivety. Evolution is very simple: adaptations to change. The more change, the more adaptations. The more extreme the change, the lesser chance of survival in the pool, but for those who do survive, they will be extremely vigorous and resilient.
This is the silver lining of disruption. Its a predictable result but, nonetheless, unexpected by those who sowed it: by the very action of deliberate disruption a new species of activist emerges, with new powers, adapted to the harsh environment. They will not be easily removed. The forces that created them, guarantee they will be immune to more of the same. This new breed will see through the manipulations, be able to predict new forces and extrapolate how to further adapt.
The unintended consequence of deliberate disruption in 911 activism was a type of natural selection that has produced a hardier species of activist.
This is evolution in politics. Individuals are adapting, and continuing to adapt to, disruption, by rejecting failed leadership, daring to make alliances, renewing focus and vision, consolidating resources. Responsibility is a new meme. Carelessness is not tolerated. Questions are asked. Accountability is demanded. The people doing this are the ones who walked through the fire, the ones “they” failed to break. These people are either working together or agreeing to disagree and do no more harm.
We have evolved and the old order has no answer. It is not to say they aren’t still “at it” playing their little games. But the more aware we are of their purpose and our own powers, the less effective they will be.
Mind, we shouldn’t get careless. It is possible they will also adapt, evolve. The villains could rise to the challenge of new heroes. But it would take a new leadership, with a new vision to adapt in time.
What is the point?
Why do they do what they do? This is a lot of effort, screwing with lives. This is the thing to understand about the disruptors: they are inherently anti-evolutionary. My personal speculation, after discussing the issue with friends and giving it a good think, is the goal of all this disruption, chaos, attacks, etc, is stunningly banal:
The master plan is to maintain the status quo.
A bit of a let down as far as villainous plans go, but bear with me. My thinking started along these lines:
Most of us got into this to change the world. To help people. Because we thought something awful happened that revealed a horrible truth about how the world works. We also extrapolated what might happen if these dangerous crazy people got more greedy. If they’re capable of this, of deliberately murdering 3000 people just to have an excuse to get rich off more fake wars, God knows what else they’re capable of. And with the threat of an Iran war looming, it felt imperative to become involved. Do something. Or at the very least, plan a way out.
Now, if we assume the people disrupting, attacking, stalking, harassing activists are operating from the same set of knowledge, WTF are they doing? Do they want to live in a world of perpetual war, with torture and all the trappings of the “NWO”? (Most of them allege to believe these things) Logically speaking, if they are working against organized activism, or trying to drive people away from 911 truth, aren’t they willingly working to bring about the world they claim to fear? What makes them think they’ll be immune to the police state that follows? And isn’t it, from a “smarts” stand point, one hell of a risk to take? Once the bad guys have won,(again if they really believe this), who's to say they’ll honor any promises made to the pawns who helped get them there? Make a fuss and its off to the gulag with you-throw away the key!
That would be insane—if that’s what these people thought. But it is far more likely they believe they are working for the greater good by maintaining the status quo.
This is analyzing motives, not objective realities. And this is the best motive I can come up with to explain the majority of witting accomplices assuming they are not sociopaths or clinically insane. I wouldn't assume all the actors think this, but it is probably the excuse “middle management” uses. These would be educated professionals who understand enough of how the world works to know its bad, but have given up on real solutions. Maybe they just want to keep things safe for their families for as long as possible. And if that means protecting a system that makes most of the world miserable, so be it.
They will claim to be liberals or radicals, but they are actually conservatives of the most trite type: they are terrified of change. And terrified of people who want change. They are terrified of anyone or anything that makes them feel out of control. If it wasn’t for all the people they hurt, you could feel sorry for them—so scared of a better world they’ll defend a crap world. But there you go. The reason for the disruption and attacks is ultimately cowardice and lack of imagination.
Maintain the status quo—at all costs. That’s their goal. But its getting harder every day. We have been on the edge of world peace for decades. There are plenty of resources, knowledge and will to change. Countries like Sweden modernized(politically) almost overnight at the turn of the last century. It is only because of greed motivated intelligence operations around the globe that we have a “third world”. Now that the citizens literally have the knowledge and power to throw the warmongers out of business if they were effectively organized, these operations have come home for one last desperate spin.
Meet the Villains
“I know you don't understand me, but I want to tell you why I'm helping you. It's that delicious power. You see, when I get my abilities back, I'm gonna kill you... and your sister. And I'm gonna take it all. And if I don't get my ability back, it's not a total loss. Maya's learning quickly. She's a shiny new toy, and she's all mine..” ~Sylar
The witting can’t do it on their own. For many reasons, legal liability being high on the list, they have to convince, dupe, and otherwise get people to do the dirty and dirtier work. But who would willing do these things—for free?
“Free” could be an oversimplification. There’s probably a middle ground between volunteers and people on the payroll, people compensated but not in cash. Possible business services, tax preparation, scholarships, tuition, rent, credit cards, employment, the odd favor and occasionally cash.
Some of these can be used on the unwitting—a way to secure loyalty playing on human nature. Looking at the list and knowing the sub-cultures in activism of all kinds, one can guess how people get to be used:
The radical activist is not known for independent wealth. Generally speaking any younger person from the working class could always use a bit of extra cash and the odd free pint wouldn’t be amiss either. This loyalty comes cheap to middle management who values neither the cash, nor the loyalty. Manipulation afterwords is easy, though a wise manager won’t push for anything out of character.
Then there’s the middle class college student or graduate who has stars in their eyes about saving the world. They are useful for other things, particularly managing the more educated and sophisticated members. The more degrees in bullshit they have the better.
From this pool cream will rise to the top, and it will be skimmed . Cream can’t be controlled. They want loyalty and control, two virtues no among of talent or sincerity or skill set can replace. Remember, the manager is not here to save the world or improve it. They need people to help them maintain the status quo.
Now character comes into play. It is tempting to think all the people fucking with people’s lives and heads are sociopaths, but the numbers don’t support it. We can assume a higher number than the average 1 in 25 due to the nature of the “work” but most of the people who agree to became “villains” do so for other reasons:
Narcissism: there is a type of person who is not an emotional adult. Calling them adult children is insulting to children. No matter what they claim to believe, think or feel, it really is all about them. They are masters at both manipulation and projection. These are survival mechanisms used because they are terrified of feeling inadequate or wrong. Libertarian philosophies appeal to them because they resent working with or depending on people. They may have raw intelligence, but their emotional intelligence is negligible. You would think this would make them useless to a witting manager, but the opposite happens. Because of their stunted empathy, they are capable of doing outrageous things the manager would never do themselves including, but not limited to:
Sending threats /intimidation by email
Pretending to have romantic feelings to get information
Using flattery to build false trust
Lying gratuitously when ever the job calls for it
Exposing their children to this lifestyle
Using minors as decoys
Pretending to be attacked to get sympathy
Making physical threats in person
Lie about people in private or public
Passing information on to stalkers
Simple narcissism doesn’t explain all these behaviors. There are plenty of benign narcissists. The doing people the above are malignant narcissists. The irony is these people see themselves as radical lone warriors, but are slaves to the very “systems” they claim to abhor.
They get this way by internalizing the values of those in power. If they’re actually part of the upper middle class, or the successful go-getters of their generation, this is at least logical. But such a person will have no pretensions about being radical lone warriors fighting the system. They system is good to them!
But, say an individual who is not part of the “cool kids” has somehow internalized the values of the “cool kids”. Whether through unresolved envy or repeated bullying, they learn the narcissist value that you advance yourself by putting other people down.
We often glorify victims, and assume given power they will not abuse it. This is only true if the victim has access to other positive resources.
Otherwise they learn this is the way the world works. If they have no other resources,--no will, no imagination, no empathy—they will internalize these values. If there is no intervention, they will resent not only being bullied, but the fact they couldn’t bully too. And they will always be hungry for it. Because no matter what religion or politics they claim, at the heart they believe they have a right to tear people apart to build themselves up.
This is aggravated in the depressed individual who may have never felt any satisfaction until they found they could manipulate people. For that individual their narcissism will act like an addiction. The need to feed it is compulsive.
Its important to note these people are sane. The proof? When confronted with real consequences, they will capitulate to a higher authority—the law, police, etc. That is how you know
a: they are not crazy and
b: they know exactly what they are doing.
And since many of them are ego invested in being good people, their capitulation will come with excuses like: “It was all a misunderstanding!”
To a certain extent they are genuinely out of control. The need to manipulate and bully to feel good drives them. They will never apologize and never admit they are wrong on their own.
This emotionally crippled package is of great use to the witting manager if used carefully. They are invested in the status quo. They are terrified of change. Because their empathy is stunted, they are capable of doing many things. Unfortunately, their use is limited by the fact the malignant narcissist is always burning bridges and eventually their past victims will meet up and no amount of dissembling or lies will hide them forever. They are also high maintenance. They must be handled firmly by debt, employment or some other obligation because they literally can't be trusted. If they’re exposed, this cuts both ways, because then the manager is stuck with them. This is IMO the most probable personality that is recruited, convinced, maybe even volunteers, for the worst of harassment.
This may also explain the low competence/creativity/learning curve among the low level disruptors. The internalized philosophy of narcissism coupled with defending the status quo argues against change, adaptation or learning. A consequential weakness is they are a legion of followers. Creativity is limited. We often wonder why these middle disruptors, don’t just hack into truth sites and take them down. Leaving aside the difference between real world hacking and what happens in movies, the witting managers will put off any self respecting computer wiz by their requirement of control. True creativity and absolute control cannot co exist. This model of disruptive operations limits itself to a pool of slightly above average intelligent people of mediocre talents. Conversely, a talented person, especially versed in computers, would be a greater danger to these operations, even if they were witting. Perhaps especially if they were witting...
Following close on the heels of these lost souls are the hapless, the “useful idiot”, who is bound by a misplaced sense of friendship and loyalty. They never know the whole story, and may not have the mental energy or critical thinking skills to see flags that things are not as they seem. If their life is full of disruption, the artificial drama may look and sound normal. These are the people in true crime books who end up convicted for murder because their best friend(the narcissist) convinced them to do it.
Not to be left out are the “normalizers”. They could include any of the above. These would act like a Greek Chorus to the leader/celebs.
“Leaders” can be witting or sincere celebrity types surrounded by sycophants in the above categories. A bit like at school where good popular kids are surrounded by a cloud of nasty hangers on who keep them from mingling. This could explain the “what problem” syndrome some “leaders” in 911 truth have.
But leaders who are witting “normalizers”, know their role is to normalize unacceptable behavior then dismiss it as not serious. To mock concerns if they can get away with it. Of all the roles this one is the most blatant betrayal of trust. These are the very people anyone would logically turn to to solve serious problems like harassment, intimidation and stalking. Instead they say ignore it, or “its not important” or they blame the victim for being targeted because they were doing what activists do—getting out there and taking a stand. The naive ones may ask around for advice, feeling that something is wrong, but of course they are surrounded by the nasty cool kids who reassure them its nothing. Just some unimportant drama. Ignore it, it’ll go away.
And the exhortations to ignore a problem because louder the closer anyone comes to the source of the problem. Its as a crude compass—the louder people known to behave or be complicit in unacceptable behavior deny there is anything wrong, getting nearly hysterical about “don’t give them any attention”, the more certain you’re close to something about to be exposed.
A final note on observed disruptive behavior: some object to this model thinking these people can’t be part of a deliberate scheme because they don’t get along or they disagree about issues. But on closer examination, their disagreement is facile. They can adopt phony view points to support a strategy of appearing to disagree, giving their arguments more credibility.
For example, if you find a “debunker” claiming all truthers are nasty liars and internet stalkers like X person, but when X person lies and stalks, the debunker backs them up—well, one shouldn’t need to draw a diagram. One or the other party—possibly both—is a phony. They’ve cynically adopted these positions to act like a tag team. A real person who was really appalled by lies and stalking, wouldn’t support or help spread the work of X persom.
When one can reasonably assume the parties are all on the same side, but have a falling out, the falling out can be simple stage management: for many reasons it might be decided the parties need to appear to not be working together. And sometimes a falling out is genuine for the most boring reason: office politics. The best of people with the best intentions disagree during the best of times. One can only imagine the conniving and backstabbing that flourishes just beneath the surface in a group dominated by malignant narcissists.
The Hidden Cost of 30 pieces of Silver
(after taking Mohinder's gun and punching him in the nose) You lie to me. Betray me. You come after my daughter. (cocks gun) How did you think it was gonna end? ~Noah
Its worth looking at the cost of living a lifestyle based on deliberate deceit. Clandestine activity takes its toll on participants the best of times. Like the priesthood, very few people are built for long term counterintelligence, even if we assume the best of intentions and every effort to avoid harm to innocent parties.
So what does that mean for people who embrace being “bad guys”, whatever their excuse, and live it, day in day out? We include everyone from the witting manager to the pawns who may not know all the reasons why they’re asked to do this and that, but know the golden rule enough to know they break it regularly without hesitation. What is the price?
Its not pretty.
I will not say this man is an agent or part of a disruption operation. I have no proof of that; it would be irresponsible. But the facts are his actions and activities have been disruptive and malignant:
He has hosted people on his radio show with a history of slander, stalking, and harassment.
He tried to “normalize” or excuse Webster Tarply’s attacks on Cindy Sheehan and other 911 activists in the wake of the Kennebunkport Hoax.
It is suspected he assisted in passing on information to known stalkers.
He ran a dishonest joke of a campaign, with 911truth given prominence, managed by a repeat DUI offender;
And finally was disgraced by arrest on charges of domestic violence.
This personal breakdown did not happen overnight. No doubt there were issues unrelated to his 911 activities that factored in as stressors. But the fact remains this individual engaged in or excused some of the worst disruptive behavior in 911 activism, behavior that directly attacked or threatened people. He made a career out of excusing the inexcusable and it ultimately broke him as a person.
The witting managers should look carefully: this is their future.
It is documented that professionals in fields that use these skills legitimately, burn out, have high divorce rates and are prone to nervous breakdowns under extreme stress. Those are the (mostly) good cops, soldiers, lawyers, ER techs and anyone else in a high risk emotionally stressed job. But whatever personal hardships they have are mitigated knowing they are trying to help people. For that alone they will always have social support in some form. They will always have the inner satisfaction they have tried to make the world a better place. This knowledge will sustain them through whatever shite life throws their way.
The volunteer narcissist “disruption league” can’t say the same. Even the “useful idiots” have an inkling something is wrong when they are asked to convince webmasters to ban people for spurious reasons. The semi-witting person who is angry they have lost control of their charge has even less excuse; they know they are being vindictive. And the witting manager must go through neurosis inducing rationalization to back these actions up, or have lost any self-respect ages ago.
And so we come to the truth of these people: They are full of self loathing. They hate themselves. You cannot deliberately lie, slander, betray and set people up, who have done you no harm without becoming morally bankrupt. The longer someone lives this way, the more habituated they become to lying gratuitously, manipulation for the fun of it, power games for the rush, the more certain they are creating a future where they will be alone and friendless.
It shows after a while. Strangers can see it in the eyes and the way these people carry themselves. Unless they have an abundance of charm, they advertise they are not to be trusted by a coldness one can’t put a finger on. They become like vampires, literally sucking energy from anyone they can to fill the dead hole their heart has become.
That’s the hidden cost of thirty pieces of silver.
Where do we go from here?
“Save the cheerleader, save the world.” ~Hiro
At the end of the day, everything we’re trying to do is to help people. Make a better world. Bring some justice. Make things right. To do that with any heart and soul, we have to take care of the least of us. Society is human beings taking care of each other. It is not a bunch of individuals just out for themselves. Social responsibility says we take care of the least of us until they can take care of themselves. That’s what makes it worth being human. That’s what makes you human. That’s also what makes heroes.
It is a sad commentary on the current state of affairs that basic human decency has become “heroic”. But thanks to lax leadership, rampant abuse, outright manipulation, “heroic” measures are needed for a while. Just remember, “heroic” activism is not a healthy norm. No one wants to be the “thought police” (another dismissive attempt by “normalizers” to discourage responsible behavior). We need to build a movement where the values of accountability and responsibility to the standards of human decency within activism are enforced by an agreement on ethics. Then everyone is a hero and no heroic activism is needed. That means anything that hurts or threatens people will be confronted, including but not limited to:
Spam email lists
Harassment or threats to personal safety
Any attempt at or duplication of privacy invasion
Slander or spreading slander about activists, 9/11witnesses or survivors
Anyone repeated engaged in the above actions, should be confronted with evidence, not opinion. If they have no good explanation and refuse to acknowledge the problem, they should be noted as someone who cannot be trusted. Trusted website administrators should be warned, with evidence of their antics. It isn’t about free speech, its about protecting activists and proving we can be trusted to stand for something.
If this is not done, the very moral authority the 911truth movement rests on will crumble. If we can’t take care of and protect our own, its ridiculous to think we can hold anyone outside of 911 truth accountable, much less the criminals behind the murder of 3,000 civilians.
The greatest advantage we have over the witting managers of disruption is evolution. We’ve learned from our successes and failures, adapted to the changing environment, while they’ve stayed mired and ossified protecting their precious status quo.
On the other hand, those of us who have “evolved”, by definition are creative problem solvers. Its one of our “powers”. If it wasn’t, we wouldn't still be here. Thanks to the “villains”, we’ve been tested. We’ve gone through the fire and didn’t get burned(too much). And we are still here. We aren’t going away.
But we should be mindful some of the “villains” haven’t quite left the stage. A few are laying low waiting it out. Others are cynically trying to rebuild reputations covering current tragedies, hoping to buy back everything sold for thirty pieces of silver, pretending the past isn’t with us.
But it is. That’s how we change, grow improve—learning from the past. Evolving. Adapting. Using our power to help people. We’ve forgotten what we can do in 9/11 truth when we have no disruption. Its time to get back to it.
911truth: Accountability within is needed for success outside
There is good and there is evil. Right and wrong. Heroes and villains. And if we're blessed with wisdom, then there are glimpses between the cracks of each where light streams through. We wait in silence for these times when sense can be made, when meaningless existence comes into focus, and our purpose presents itself. And if we have the strength to be honest, then what we find there, staring back at us, is our own reflection, bearing witness to the duality of life. And each one of us is capable of both the dark and the light, of good and evil, of either, of all. And destiny, while marching ever in our direction, can be rerouted by the choices we make. By the love we hold onto, and the promises we keep.
~Mohinder
There are many worthy tasks in 911 truth. All sincere efforts to bring the truth of 911 to the public and hold those responsible for the murder of 3000 people should be supported. But none of these efforts will have a chance if we can’t hold members in 911turth accountable for behavior that would not be acceptable anywhere, much less among activists demanding accountability. Unless we can walk our talk, we don’t have a chance in hell.
We will rarely know with certainty who is "cointelpro", but we don’t need to. All we need to do is challenge disruptive behavior when it happens. People attacked instead of their arguments, investigating private people’s lives, instead of their work; calls to hunt people down, calling activists terrorists or challenges to their privacy, while ignoring the substance of what they have to say, and the snitch jacketing cliché, leading with the accusation of “agent” with no proof—these are the signs of disruption. Whether its cultivated or free range it doesn’t matter. Anyone who tried to justify this as “seeking truth” is anathema to 911 activism.
It won’t be easy. The entrenched “normalizers” will resist evolution to the end. It will not be easy but the status quo was doomed anyway.
Let's bury it. Challenge anyone who defends it at the expense of the safety and well being of real people. Unfortunately the movement is not healthy enough that these attacks can be ignored, trusting "someone in charge" will "do something". Each of us is that "someone". Whatever you do--research, outreach, actions, petitions--none of it will matter if we can't take a moment to take time to take care of people when they need it.
So--when the time comes-- are you ready to demand accountability within 911truth? Are you ready to be a hero?
