fiundagner
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From Wikipedia
Paranoia [?p?r??n??.?] (adjective: paranoid [?p?r?.n??d]) is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself. (e.g. "Everyone is out to get me.") Making false accusations and the general distrust of others also frequently accompany paranoia. For example, an incident most people would view as an accident or coincidence, a paranoid person might believe was intentional. However, just because an individual is paranoid does not necessarily mean his or her suspicions are false, as noted in Catch-22: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."
From the internet
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/counterterrorism-trolls/all/
I realize I am slightly paranoid. It?s a side effect of having actually had people in a position of authority over me out to get me. But I have to wonder just how much paranoia is involved when I see stories like the one above. Especially when you combine it with operation fast and furious, and with some of the more? extreme? opinions recently posted in online forums by persons of dubious neutrality.
Does anyone else think the government would hesitate to use such tactics on American citizens with the intent to incriminate them (cough, cough, Hutaree militia, cough, cough, hack, wheeze). I can easily see the government paying people to troll web forums attempting to incite less than circumspect speech that could be interpreted to be ?revolutionary? or ?terrorist / terrorism related?? Just some food for thought.
Paranoia [?p?r??n??.?] (adjective: paranoid [?p?r?.n??d]) is a thought process believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of irrationality and delusion. Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself. (e.g. "Everyone is out to get me.") Making false accusations and the general distrust of others also frequently accompany paranoia. For example, an incident most people would view as an accident or coincidence, a paranoid person might believe was intentional. However, just because an individual is paranoid does not necessarily mean his or her suspicions are false, as noted in Catch-22: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."
From the internet
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/counterterrorism-trolls/all/
I realize I am slightly paranoid. It?s a side effect of having actually had people in a position of authority over me out to get me. But I have to wonder just how much paranoia is involved when I see stories like the one above. Especially when you combine it with operation fast and furious, and with some of the more? extreme? opinions recently posted in online forums by persons of dubious neutrality.
Does anyone else think the government would hesitate to use such tactics on American citizens with the intent to incriminate them (cough, cough, Hutaree militia, cough, cough, hack, wheeze). I can easily see the government paying people to troll web forums attempting to incite less than circumspect speech that could be interpreted to be ?revolutionary? or ?terrorist / terrorism related?? Just some food for thought.
