Is this scary?

I guess the question I have now, is what constitutes as brainwashing? 

just the ignorance of america regardless of what political affiliation they are a part of.
the woman is just ignorant about the book burning simply b/c she doesn't agree on what is being taught.
i guess if we burned books on evolution  it would only effect biology classes to an extend. 
 
it just reminds me of the history books lessons of the dark ages and we know how that worked out, burning of books, novels, history and lets not forget the ppl.

Education could be seen in a looser context as ethically brain washing. Brain washing as I see is a persuading, rather manipulating, someone's way of thinking through some means to some extent. Helping them to come to the desired conclusion. Yellow is only yellow because we tell everyone it is. So we agree upon it. Who's to say it isn't you know? Up until that point we just see another color. It's a poor example I know but you get the idea?

 @one_upper said:

" I guess the question I have now, is what constitutes as brainwashing?  "

" just the ignorance of america regardless of what political affiliation they are a part of. the woman is just ignorant about the book burning simply b/c she doesn't agree on what is being taught. i guess if we burned books on evolution  it would only effect biology classes to an extend.   it just reminds me of the history books lessons of the dark ages and we know how that worked out, burning of books, novels, history and lets not forget the ppl. "

" Education could be seen in a looser context as ethically brain washing. Brain washing as I see is a persuading, rather manipulating, someone's way of thinking through some means to some extent. Helping them to come to the desired conclusion. Yellow is only yellow because we tell everyone it is. So we agree upon it. Who's to say it isn't you know? Up until that point we just see another color. It's a poor example I know but you get the idea? "

"  @one_upper said:

" I guess the question I have now, is what constitutes as brainwashing?  "

indoctrination and conforming to the collective view of a particular group in our case american society in my own words of course "

" @Wise Son said:

" Education could be seen in a looser context as ethically brain washing. Brain washing as I see is a persuading, rather manipulating, someone's way of thinking through some means to some extent. Helping them to come to the desired conclusion. Yellow is only yellow because we tell everyone it is. So we agree upon it. Who's to say it isn't you know? Up until that point we just see another color. It's a poor example I know but you get the idea? "

Right. For a method of communication to work, all those who use it must agree to represent things by the same symbol whether it be a word, motion, gesture, written symbol, etc.   It changes peoples's way of thinking, but it doesn't let you control how they change their way of thinking.  "

" @one_upper said:

" @Wise Son said:

" Education could be seen in a looser context as ethically brain washing. Brain washing as I see is a persuading, rather manipulating, someone's way of thinking through some means to some extent. Helping them to come to the desired conclusion. Yellow is only yellow because we tell everyone it is. So we agree upon it. Who's to say it isn't you know? Up until that point we just see another color. It's a poor example I know but you get the idea? "

Right. For a method of communication to work, all those who use it must agree to represent things by the same symbol whether it be a word, motion, gesture, written symbol, etc.   It changes peoples's way of thinking, but it doesn't let you control how they change their way of thinking.  "

True. But you have to admit there is a lot of forces of coercion in our society. Consumerism has shaped out society to suckle on the bitter sweet teet of capitalism. We're program to think a certain way depending on what the forces that be see valuable. I think this describes it best. 

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I only got about 1:20 second in...and I turned this trifle mess off... The Red Scare...really...

It would have scared me earlier in life but now we live in a world where someone called Snookie can write a best selling novel, rendering all faith in humanity null and void so I guess I'm numb to this kind of crap 

Not really scary, just annoys me tremendously.

" I doubt this man is a danger to anyone. He sounds insane, and stupid. Too stupidly insane to be a harm to anyone, but himself. "

"I doubt this man is a danger to anyone. He sounds insane, and stupid. Too stupidly insane to be a harm to anyone, but himself. "

" @joshmightbe: Taking a variation of George Carlin's approach huh? 
 
  

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"@Metro_Man said:

"I doubt this man is a danger to anyone. He sounds insane, and stupid. Too stupidly insane to be a harm to anyone, but himself. "

Almost anyones a danger to anyone if you push the right buttons. "

Bah, a couple hundred years ago this group would be lynching an old woman on suspicion of witchcraft. They're unhappy with their lot in life and not intelligent enough to figure out why, so they band together and look for a convenient target for their impotent rage. Tale as old as time...