All this was inspired by the principle--which is quite true within itself--that in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.
—Adolf Hitler , Mein Kampf
Joseph Goeggels later wrote: The essential English leadership secret does not depend on particular intelligence. Rather, it depends on a remarkably stupid thick-headedness. The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.
The essential elements state that if you repeat a lie long enough ...people will believe it to be true.
This can be done unknowingly also ...as during the time before Columbus sailed, they had widely taught that the world was flat.
The term "flat-earthers" has been recently used as a political tool to poke fun at people whom others disagreed with, claiming they were not modern enough thinkers to accept such things as the evolutionary theories that have been taught for years in our schools ...or the more recent phenomenon of "global warming" (to us in Michigan, experiencing one of the coldest winters in many years, we find it difficult to reason it as merely a slight fluctuation or spike out of the ordinary warming trend).
The term "flat-earthers" has been recently used as a political tool to poke fun at people whom others disagreed with, claiming they were not modern enough thinkers to accept such things as the evolutionary theories that have been taught for years in our schools ...or the more recent phenomenon of "global warming" (to us in Michigan, experiencing one of the coldest winters in many years, we find it difficult to reason it as merely a slight fluctuation or spike out of the ordinary warming trend).
So, it also becomes a technique to laugh at & ridicule those who don't believe the lie ...as if they are the ones who are believing the real falsehood. Ridicule or criticism ...anything between scoffing and scorn finds itself in the promotion of the lie, to embarrass and belittle all those not embracing it.
Many of us do not use those insensitive and often cruel techniques, therefore upon seeing so intense of a campaign against the truth ...we feel compelled all the more to appeal to logic and rational thinking.
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