Deckard said:
And they are certainly nowhere to be found if you go on _www.think.mtv.com
Well, they are there, but I'm not sure how much MTV actually "promotes" them too.
On think.mtv.com hit the little tv icon on the top-right corner of the page (it's on the blue bar)
Then filter by choosing Video, and choosing Discrimination, hit the "Most Viewed" tab and click on "40" to display 40 results per page. Both videos will be on that page.
I don't know how the think mtv site works, or if it's anything like youtube, but both videos there are (posted?) by the user "MichaelFranzini". I don't think that necessarily means he made the videos, since the videos do say "think mtv" etc, but that's part of what I'm confused about, if MTV made the videos, why does it say they were posted by that user?
Either way, he appears to promote the site Facing.org. That site seems to be about learning "the evils of history" and applying those lessons to today's world. Seems like a generally good idea. But reading their "What We Do" page left me unimpressed:
Facing.org said:
Our work over the past 30 years demonstrates that effective teaching can cultivate the sense of civic responsibility needed to protect human dignity and prevent violations of human rights. The flow of people, ideas, capital, and images across borders opens new possibilities for tolerance and also new risks of misunderstanding. Facing History, informed by leading thinkers from the fields of philosophy, religion, and education, is a leader in educating for tolerance and understanding. Facing History highlights education, often overlooked, as a crucial tool for strengthening civil societies.
Looks like they are not aware of psychopaths as being the force that manipulates us against one another. That is, they seem to think it's a bunch of misunderstandings and just "human nature" due to ignorance. Now, ignorance certainly is the reason - but not in and of itself - but because ignorance allows for manipulation. I don't know what those 2 videos have to do with Facing.org, if anything.
Anyway, it seems like they say all the right things about learning from history and being informed and active - but the devil is in the details - the details of what exactly we learn from history makes all the difference. We all had a history class in high school, but it doesn't mean it taught us anything that matters about history. Similarly, it seems that this website says all the right things, but when it comes to the details, I'm not sure it delivers. Does it teach about psychopaths? Does it teach about lies and manipulation - which are the key ways that humanity was driven to do what it does then and now? It's not enough to just encourage people to be "tolerant" and nice to one another and just get along - this does not account for "by way of deception we shall wage war".
And I totally agree - MTV is fully owned and controlled by psychopaths, and nothing is aired unless those psychopaths give it the ok. So if something is aired, it WAS approved by the psychopaths - so the only question is, why would a bunch of psychopaths show this? Actually, was it ever even aired on the MTV channel itself, or is it only an online video that was never aired? I don't think that anything can "slip past the control system" on the very network owned and operated by the control system.
I suppose one way to answer this is to look at what exactly was shown - and what was NOT shown. If we see this video from the point of view of an average ignorant citizen, and consider the average person's assumptions and sacred cows, is there a chance that this video will not be understood as we here on this forum understand it given our knowledge about what is going on, but in some other way, maybe even in a way that benefits the control system? If that video was indeed made by MTV and actually aired, I'd think the answer is yes.
If that video was never aired and exists only on the internet, and especially if that video was not even made by MTV but somehow by this guy "MichaelFranzini", then maybe the answer is not necessarily yes then.