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25 Rules of Desinformation - Crimson - 10-15-2010
I found these interesting methods professional forum trolls use. Just for you to be aware when you roam the internet...
Twenty-Five Rules of Disinformation
1. Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.
Regardless of what you know, don’t discuss it — especially if you are a public figure, news anchor, etc. If it’s not reported, it didn’t happen, and you never have to deal with the issues.
2. Become incredulous and indignant.
Avoid discussing key issues and instead focus on side issues which can be used to show the topic as being critical of some otherwise sacrosanct group or theme. This is also known as the ‘How dare you!’ gambit.
3. Create rumor mongers.
Avoid discussing issues by describing all charges, regardless of venue or evidence, as mere rumors and wild accusations. Other derogatory terms mutually exclusive of truth may work as well. This method which works especially well with a silent press, because the only way the public can learn of the facts are through such ‘arguable rumors’. If you can associate the material with the Internet, use this fact to certify it a ‘wild rumor’ from a ‘bunch of kids on the Internet’ which can have no basis in fact.
4. Use a straw man.
Find or create a seeming element of your opponent’s argument which you can easily knock down to make yourself look good and the opponent to look bad. Either make up an issue you may safely imply exists based on your interpretation of the opponent/opponent arguments/situation, or select the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Amplify their significance and destroy them in a way which appears to debunk all the charges, real and fabricated alike, while actually avoiding discussion of the real issues.
5. Sidetrack opponents with name calling and ridicule.
This is also known as the primary ‘attack the messenger’ ploy, though other methods qualify as variants of that approach. Associate opponents with unpopular titles such as ‘kooks’, ‘right-wing’, ‘liberal’, ‘left-wing’, ‘commie’, ‘socialist’, ‘terrorists’, ‘conspiracy buffs’, ‘radicals’, ‘militia’, ‘racists’, ‘religious fanatics’, ‘sexual deviates’, and so forth. This makes others shrink from support out of fear of gaining the same label, and you avoid dealing with issues.
6. Hit and Run.
In any public forum, make a brief attack of your opponent or the opponent position and then scamper off before an answer can be fielded, or simply ignore any answer. This works extremely well in Internet and letters-to-the-editor environments where a steady stream of new identities can be called upon without having to explain criticism reasoning — simply make an accusation or other attack, never discussing issues, and never answering any subsequent response, for that would dignify the opponent’s viewpoint.
7. Question motives.
Twist or amplify any fact which could be taken to imply that the opponent operates out of a hidden personal agenda or other bias. This avoids discussing issues and forces the accuser on the defensive.
8. Invoke authority.
Claim for yourself or associate yourself with authority and present your argument with enough ‘jargon’ and ‘minutia’ to illustrate you are ‘one who knows’, and simply say it isn’t so without discussing issues or demonstrating concretely why or citing sources.
9. Play Dumb.
No matter what evidence or logical argument is offered, avoid discussing issues except with denials they have any credibility, make any sense, provide any proof, contain or make a point, have logic, or support a conclusion. Mix well for maximum effect.
10. Associate opponent charges with old news.
A derivative of the straw man — usually, in any large-scale matter of high visibility, someone will make charges early on which can be or were already easily dealt with – a kind of investment for the future should the matter not be so easily contained.) Where it can be foreseen, have your own side raise a straw man issue and have it dealt with early on as part of the initial contingency plans. Subsequent charges, regardless of validity or new ground uncovered, can usually then be associated with the original charge and dismissed as simply being a rehash without need to address current issues — so much the better where the opponent is or was involved with the original source.
11. Establish and rely upon fall-back positions.
Using a minor matter or element of the facts, take the ‘high road’ and ‘confess’ with candor that some innocent mistake, in hindsight, was made — but that opponents have seized on the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion and imply greater criminalities which, ‘just isn’t so.’ Others can reinforce this on your behalf, later, and even publicly ‘call for an end to the nonsense’ because you have already ‘done the right thing.’ Done properly, this can garner sympathy and respect for ‘coming clean’ and ‘owning up’ to your mistakes without addressing more serious issues.
12. Enigmas have no solution.
Drawing upon the overall umbrella of events surrounding the crime and the multitude of players and events, paint the entire affair as too complex to solve. This causes those otherwise following the matter to begin to loose interest more quickly without having to address the actual issues.
13. Alice in Wonderland Logic.
Avoid discussion of the issues by reasoning backwards or with an apparent deductive logic which forbears any actual material fact.
14. Demand complete solutions.
Avoid the issues by requiring opponents to solve the crime at hand completely, a ploy which works best with issues qualifying for rule 10.
15. Fit the facts to alternate conclusions.
This requires creative thinking unless the crime was planned with contingency conclusions in place.
16. Vanish evidence and witnesses.
If it does not exist, it is not fact, and you won’t have to address the issue.
17. Change the subject.
Usually in connection with one of the other ploys listed here, find a way to side-track the discussion with abrasive or controversial comments in hopes of turning attention to a new, more manageable topic. This works especially well with companions who can ‘argue’ with you over the new topic and polarize the discussion arena in order to avoid discussing more key issues.
18. Emotionalize, Antagonize, and Goad Opponents.
If you can’t do anything else, chide and taunt your opponents and draw them into emotional responses which will tend to make them look foolish and overly motivated, and generally render their material somewhat less coherent. Not only will you avoid discussing the issues in the first instance, but even if their emotional response addresses the issue, you can further avoid the issues by then focusing on how ‘sensitive they are to criticism.’
19. Ignore facts presented, demand impossible proofs.
This is perhaps a variant of the ‘play dumb’ rule. Regardless of what material may be presented by an opponent in public forums, claim the material irrelevant and demand proof that is impossible for the opponent to come by (it may exist, but not be at his disposal, or it may be something which is known to be safely destroyed or withheld, such as a murder weapon.) In order to completely avoid discussing issues, it may be required that you to categorically deny and be critical of media or books as valid sources, deny that witnesses are acceptable, or even deny that statements made by government or other authorities have any meaning or relevance.
20. False evidence.
Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations — as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution. This works best when the crime was designed with contingencies for the purpose, and the facts cannot be easily separated from the fabrications.
21. Call a Grand Jury, Special Prosecutor, or other empowered investigative body.
Subvert the (process) to your benefit and effectively neutralize all sensitive issues without open discussion. Once convened, the evidence and testimony are required to be secret when properly handled. For instance, if you own the prosecuting attorney, it can insure a Grand Jury hears no useful evidence and that the evidence is sealed an unavailable to subsequent investigators. Once a favorable verdict is achieved, the matter can be considered officially closed. Usually, this technique is applied to find the guilty innocent, but it can also be used to obtain charges when seeking to frame a victim.
22. Manufacture a new truth.
Create your own expert(s), group(s), author(s), leader(s) or influence existing ones willing to forge new ground via scientific, investigative, or social research or testimony which concludes favorably. In this way, if you must actually address issues, you can do so authoritatively.
23. Create bigger distractions.
If the above does not seem to be working to distract from sensitive issues, or to prevent unwanted media coverage of unstoppable events such as trials, create bigger news stories (or treat them as such) to distract the multitudes.
24. Silence critics.
If the above methods do not prevail, consider removing opponents from circulation by some definitive solution so that the need to address issues is removed entirely. This can be by their death, arrest and detention, blackmail or destruction of their character by release of blackmail information, or merely by destroying them financially, emotionally, or severely damaging their health.
25. Vanish.
If you are a key holder of secrets or otherwise overly illuminated and you think the heat is getting too hot, to avoid the issues, vacate the kitchen.
Eight Traits of the Disinformationalist
1) Avoidance
They never actually discuss issues head-on or provide constructive input, generally avoiding citation of references or credentials. Rather, they merely imply this, that, and the other. Virtually everything about their presentation implies their authority and expert knowledge in the matter without any further justification for credibility.
2) Selectivity
They tend to pick and choose opponents carefully, either applying the hit-and-run approach against mere commentators supportive of opponents, or focusing heavier attacks on key opponents who are known to directly address issues. Should a commentator become argumentative with any success, the focus will shift to include the commentator as well.
3) Coincidental
They tend to surface suddenly and somewhat coincidentally with a new controversial topic with no clear prior record of participation in general discussions in the particular public arena involved. They likewise tend to vanish once the topic is no longer of general concern. They were likely directed or elected to be there for a reason, and vanish with the reason.
4) Teamwork
They tend to operate in self-congratulatory and complementary packs or teams. Of course, this can happen naturally in any public forum, but there will likely be an ongoing pattern of frequent exchanges of this sort where professionals are involved. Sometimes one of the players will infiltrate the opponent camp to become a source for straw man or other tactics designed to dilute opponent presentation strength.
5) Anti-conspiratorial
They almost always have disdain for ‘conspiracy theorists’ and, usually, for those who in any way believe JFK was not killed by LHO. Ask yourself why, if they hold such disdain for conspiracy theorists, do they focus on defending a single topic discussed in a NG focusing on conspiracies? One might think they would either be trying to make fools of everyone on every topic, or simply ignore the group they hold in such disdain. Or, one might more rightly conclude they have an ulterior motive for their actions in going out of their way to focus as they do.
6) Artificial Emotions
An odd kind of ‘artificial’ emotionalism and an unusually thick skin — an ability to persevere and persist even in the face of overwhelming criticism and unacceptance. This likely stems from intelligence community training that, no matter how condemning the evidence, deny everything, and never become emotionally involved or reactive. The net result for a disinfo artist is that emotions can seem artificial. Most people, if responding in anger, for instance, will express their animosity throughout their rebuttal.
But disinfo types usually have trouble maintaining the ‘image’ and are hot and cold with respect to pretended emotions and their usually more calm or unemotional communications style. It’s just a job, and they often seem unable to ‘act their role in character’ as well in a communications medium as they might be able in a real face-to-face conversation/confrontation.
You might have outright rage and indignation one moment, ho-hum the next, and more anger later — an emotional yo-yo. With respect to being thick-skinned, no amount of criticism will deter them from doing their job, and they will generally continue their old disinfo patterns without any adjustments to criticisms of how obvious it is that they play that game — where a more rational individual who truly cares what others think might seek to improve their communications style, substance, and so forth, or simply give up.
7) Inconsistent
There is also a tendency to make mistakes which betray their true self/motives. This may stem from not really knowing their topic, or it may be somewhat ‘freudian’, so to speak, in that perhaps they really root for the side of truth deep within.
I have noted that often, they will simply cite contradictory information which neutralizes itself and the author. For instance, one such player claimed to be a Navy pilot, but blamed his poor communicating skills (spelling, grammar, incoherent style) on having only a grade-school education. I’m not aware of too many Navy pilots who don’t have a college degree. Another claimed no knowledge of a particular topic/situation but later claimed first-hand knowledge of it.
8) Time Constant
There are three ways this can be seen to work, especially when the government or other empowered player is involved in a cover up operation:
• ANY NG posting by a targeted proponent for truth can result in an IMMEDIATE response. The government and other empowered players can afford to pay people to sit there and watch for an opportunity to do some damage. SINCE DISINFO IN A NG ONLY WORKS IF THE READER SEES IT – FAST RESPONSE IS CALLED FOR, or the visitor may be swayed towards truth.
• When dealing in more direct ways with a disinformationalist, such as email, DELAY IS CALLED FOR – there will usually be a minimum of a 48-72 hour delay. This allows a sit-down team discussion on response strategy for best effect, and even enough time to ‘get permission’ or instruction from a formal chain of command.
• In the NG example 1) above, it will often ALSO be seen that bigger guns are drawn and fired after the same 48-72 hours delay – the team approach in play. This is especially true when the targeted truth seeker or their comments are considered more important with respect to potential to reveal truth. Thus, a serious truth sayer will be attacked twice for the same sin.
Remarkably, not even media and law enforcement have NOT BEEN TRAINED to deal with these issues. For the most part, only the players themselves understand the rules of the game.
RE: 25 Rules of Desinformation - Questioner - 10-16-2010
Thanks Crimson.
I've seen this before, but I don't recall where. Do you have a link back to the source?
Dealing with the multitude of disinformation strategies can be overwhelming. Rather than trying to identify and combat each strategy one at a time, I find it simpler to try to get a shorter checklist of positive interaction. For example:
- Is the information relevant to the alleged topic or issue?
- What is the source of the information? What evidence is there that this source is or is not impartial, or biased? What evidence is there that this source is well informed, able to bring in valid new information?
- Is the information applied in a logically consistent manner?
- Considering the person making this application: how open is that person to the possibility that their application might be mistaken, irrelevant, inaccurate, or unhelpful for particular audience members?
- Does the application provide a broader, deeper, or more thorough understanding than if this information had not been brought in?
- Is this more extensive understanding one that seems to mesh well with already known facts about the situation?
- Is this more extensive understanding one that can be used to promote love, joy, peace, harmony, wisdom, balance, and other positive qualities of experience?
With practice, I find that intuition usually does a pretty good job highlighting these types of answers, without the need to stop and ask each question every time. Occasionally, intuition is overwhelmed by conditioned responses. Once I realize this, I have an opportunity to trace back from the current catalyst to past catalyst, and reconsider what it all might mean to me.
By the way, you have a typo in the thread title. I'm willing to believe the typo was an honest mistake, not an attempt to hide this topic through desinformation.
Perhaps more importantly, by the way, I don't see the 25 disinformation practices you describe used in the L/L Research material or by most forum participants here, most of the time. I do see the positive practices I described widely used in the LLR material and by most forum participants here most of the time.
Your list reminds me of some extensively detailed discussions on psychopathic evil within human hierarchies. This theme used to be a major concern of a channeling-based forum whose members who have extremely intricate efforts to piece together history and current affairs. I say "used to be" because I decided to stop visiting that site a long time ago, so their interests may have changed since then. That's why I'm here rather than the other site I'm hinting at. I felt I was subjected to practices 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, and 24, by people showing traits 1, 2, 4, and 8. "Exhausting" doesn't begin to describe the negative experience I had there.
RE: 25 Rules of Desinformation - Crimson - 10-16-2010
No I don't have the original link.
Actually to me is not so obscure at all and it is very simple and clear, easy to spot. If you have noticed newspapers lately, many (almost all of them) allow comments on certain news (especially the ones they want to monitor) you can see trolls working overtime there. And all forums in general become susceptible. I imagine this forum will be (or is already) because some of the info is sensitive.
By the way, attacking typos is one of the favorite techniques (actually I could see 4, 8, 14 17...just joking...)
RE: 25 Rules of Desinformation - Questioner - 10-16-2010
I agree that these kinds of attacks are easy to spot, once you know what to look for.
For me, an implied algorithm with about half a dozen "is this positive?" questions is happier, faster, and less draining than an explicit algorithm with 30+ "is this negative?" questions. Of course different people will find different evaluation techniques suitable for each person's own background and temperament.
I didn't mean to suggest that your big checklist isn't very valuable. Of course it is. I only meant to suggest a companion and/or alternative approach to evaluation. Sorry if that came across as in any way dismissive of the value of your checklist.
This forum is an excellent haven. About 95% of the time I enjoy it greatly, and find that my interactions here help me experience a more loving, thoughtful, wise, balanced, harmonious perspective that carries over to everyday life. I acknowledge that much or all of the last 5% might be my own limitations or unhealed conditioned responses, rather than anything negative outside of my own mind.
There have been discussions here about whether this forum might attract negative-path STS types who would try to subvert it. My own feeling, and I think several others agree, is that this forum is so strongly oriented towards the positive path of service. Thus it would have little to interest a negative entity. The members and moderation team usually work hard at trying to keep this a very positive forum.
With today's Internet, the Ra material is so widespread now, along with other positive channeled messages, that subverting this little-known forum would not gain much of a prize for enormous effort if it could even be done. Because of his efforts towards publicity, I think David Wilcock's work and forum would actually be a juicier target for potential STS subversion. His work is much more focused on his own personality and ideas about how evidence fits together, compared to the LLR focus on the channeled content rather than the personalities of the channelers.
Also, Wilcock is far easier to find through his Coast-to-Coast appearances, so subverting his message would more likely mislead more newcomers to the Law of One. He's already acknowledged a personal issue with defensiveness when certain types of challenges are made to the material he offers. (With respect and love, and seeing something of myself in there too, I find David's edginess about some of those attacks remind me of Marty's outraged response to being called a yellow coward in each of the Back to the Future movies.) Because of those risks, and his role as a very public gateway introducing many to the Law of One, I think it's worthwhile to uphold his work in prayer along with this site.
Furthermore, now that you have given us a pretty extensive checklist of ways to spot disinformation, any disinfo attempt would not last long here without challenge and exposure.
RE: 25 Rules of Desinformation - Seeking One - 10-16-2010
Great thread guys. I too have found value in trusting my intuition to filter for positive content, but it certainly is interesting to hear "what the other side" uses. Just seems like so much work to tell lies and try to get away with it!
This link seems to quote some original sources:
http://www.whale.to/m/disin.html#Twenty-Five_Rules_of_Disinformation__
RE: 25 Rules of Desinformation - Crimson - 10-16-2010
(10-16-2010, 10:09 AM)Seeking One Wrote: Great thread guys. I too have found value in trusting my intuition to filter for positive content, but it certainly is interesting to hear "what the other side" uses. Just seems like so much work to tell lies and try to get away with it!
This link seems to quote some original sources:
http://www.whale.to/m/disin.html#Twenty-Five_Rules_of_Disinformation__
Haha, maybe we can add a couple more: Spambots attacks and its opposite "flourished" answers or comments (another appeal to authority I suppose).
Thanks for finding one "original source", I don't know where these rules were first originated, though.