Good thread. People need to know this is happening. And you are correct, if you are being censored, they lost the debate. They can't marginalize you with words. And yes, false reports are commonly used to justify censorship. Cognitive distortions twisting discussion is the main reason I developed the strategy seen here.
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...ricans-Accept-The-Root-Purpose-Of-Free-Speech
But be aware you are fitting in with the elite agenda by using labels as you are. Not a criticism, just pointing it out. You will probably have to continue and slowly educate your group to what they are doing.
For example. People have tried to call me a statist because I defend the constitution. The constitution is not a state. The word "statist" is a label, which is a cognitive distortion.
The constitution is a limiter or controller of states. We are basically stuck with states for awhile, until our common educational levels enable near total independence from corporate and state support. Most critically the constitution limits the collusion between corporations and the state. Such collusion has created our dependency which is very much against our interests.
Cognitive distortions are a main tool of the elitist agenda (I can use that label because we both know what it means). Cognitive distortions have been taught surreptitiously by corporate media for over 2 generations. All forms of media were used on TV; sitcoms, soaps, game shows, all forms of films and episodic entertainment series.
What they do is prevent critical thinking by removing the real information needed for understanding. Here is a list used by cognitive therapists to treat individuals who suffer from disorders caused by using cognitive distortions in their thinking.
COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS
1. All or nothing thinking: Things are placed in black or white categories. If things are less than perfect self is viewed as failure.
2. Over generalization: Single event is viewed as continuous failure.
3. Mental filter: Details in life (positive or negative) are amplified in importance while opposite is rejected.
4. Minimizing: Perceiving one or opposite experiences (positive or negative) as absolute and maintaining singularity of belief to one or the other.
5. Mind reading: One absolutely concludes that others are reacting positively or negatively without investigating reality.
6. Fortune Telling: Based on previous 5 distortions, anticipation of negative or positive outcome of situations is established
7. Catastrophizing: Exaggerated importance of self's failures and others successes.
8. Emotional reasoning: One feels as though emotional state IS reality of situation.
9. "Should" statements: Self imposed rules about behavior creating guilt at self inability to adhere and anger at others in their inability to conform to self's rules.
10. Labeling: Instead of understanding errors over generalization is applied.
11. Personalization: Thinking that the actions or statements of others are a reaction to you.
12. Entitlement: Believing that you deserve things you have not earned.
On the web, cognitive infiltration uses covert groups that employ the above distortions in ways that make them appear as valid impressions, concepts, notions, thinking, perceptions etc. When the group agrees upon the use of the distortion as accurate and valid information for critical thinking, the unwary viewer can easily be induced to follow the quasi thinking the covert group exemplifies.
The interesting thing about cognitive distortions is that the intent of their use controls how they work. Between people who understand a given subject, distortions can be used with greater linguistic efficiency because they are shorter. They lack all of the info needed for understanding. But when people already understand, you don't need all that info. Distortions also carry implication of attitude which create a "flavor" or more "colorful" discussion. When discussing things in a group where some do not use or know the details which are the basis for the understanding which the distortion represents, those people can be alienated or disoriented by the distortions.
I understand exactly what you are saying because I understand the phrases and words which are the distortions. When you can take that list and break down your post to all the separate distortions, you will be fairly ready to take on the communications of others. The reason I suggest you start with your own post is because you know exactly what you mean.
You are doing good work and bringing valid perspective to your generation. If you can refine it, limiting distortions helps, but social groups use them extensively, a learned behavior, so you'll have to go slowly in your groups; you will be able to increase the size of the overall group that supports your intentions. So this awareness is very important for unity and I recommend it for all Americans trying to take action to protect ourselves from out of control, colluding state actions. And there are a shit load of them. In fact, it is becoming fairly dominiant which is why things are getting so bad.
Check my site for some documentation of cognitive infiltrations I have screen shot and posted in order to inform activists in various areas of what they are up against. There is a navigation block at the bottom with a number of social activist areas I've worked in and found such infiltrations.
http://algoxy.com/
Near the bottom is also a link to my 9-11 section which has its own, quite significant amount of documentation for the cognitive infiltration I found in that area of activism.
It's their constitutional right to censor you for any reason they see fit.
