I waited a week. A self check, of sorts. To collect my thoughts and make sure I’m reacting thoughtfully rather than emotionally.
So I’d like to share some “constructive criticism” I received last week; and then some “constructive review” that I’m offering this week. This is regarding posts I previously made here, here, here, and here.
But first….I’ll start by saying that I am of the opinion that some salient contributing factors to our current predicament include:
Hubris (*H)
Excessive, overbearing pride, presumption or self-confidence; arrogance.
Thought Terminating Clichés (*TTC)
A form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance. Its function is to stop an argument from proceeding further, ending the debate with a cliché rather than a point. Some such clichés are not inherently terminating; they only become so when used to intentionally dismiss dissent or justify fallacious logic.
False Binaries (*FB)
Based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available. The source of the fallacy lies not in an invalid form of inference but in a false premise. This premise has the form of a disjunctive claim: it asserts that one among a number of alternatives must be true. This disjunction is problematic because it oversimplifies the choice by excluding viable alternatives, presenting the viewer with only two absolute choices when in fact, there could be many. (wiki)
The following are excerpts from the feedback I received last week. This was in response to my observations regarding The Sound of Freedom. To be clear, this feedback was not made out in the open, as a comment on Substack, but rather in a personal email.
Ok, I have covered human trafficking since 2016. I have seen a lot. Probably more than almost anyone covering this topic. I am forwarding you a response that I sent to a group of independent journalists who are blinded by BS so much, like you, they don’t know when to use a message for a useful purpose.
Question, does the pedophile culture within the masses create the pedophile culture within the elites or does the elite pedophile culture create the pedophile culture of the masses? It’s a grey area…. and its all bad and it all needs to end.
So does this movie help, yes. Use it to heighten awareness. Use it for what its good for. But don’t destroy the message (a correct one) because it isn’t the message you want (which would also be correct one).
Use it to educate people what is behind the trade. Who controls it and why it’s strong. Most people know the drug trade is controlled by powerful interests but no one bashes the drug movie that focuses on drugs on the street without connecting it to the controllers. This is the same. Now go to work; at least the conversation has started.
My response:
The feedback continues:
Of course it is an incomplete message. The fact it even made it into the theaters is a miracle.
Just so you know, I know the people behind this film. I know what happened and I know how the legit people have separated themselves from those who have been corrupted for unknown reasons.
Bottomline, these heroes have been risking their lives to save thousands of children and to lock up pedophiles. The fact there is light on this subject, no matter how vanilla, is a miracle. People need to use that momentum to end this horrible practice of sex trafficking (the Art of War).
The journalists before who have covered this topic have had their lives ruined, their careers have been stopped. Police chiefs who try to end this have had their lives ruined. I know many whistleblowers that are now broken men for exposing this (the devastation they do to their lives is immense).
Again, the fact it made it to the theater in the first place is a miracle. And I will say again, drug movies do not cover the entire industry, I know first hand with my coverage of that trade. So why do we expect this to cover every aspect of that trade?
And no, it’s not “full stop” because its in the theater they approve everything. It’s not how the world really works. It’s more complicated than what you think it is.
It’s easier though to think there is one cabal controlling everything, but us little people do have some power. There is more of us than them. We just don’t use it and when we see light, we distinguish it ourselves (like so many are doing with this film).
Again, the Art of War. If you think this film is them putting out a controlled message, then use that energy against them. If you want to learn about human trafficking, spend your time doing real research on the actual problem instead of the problem with the film (which only hurts the momentum of the energy that you could be using to help end trafficking).
Do you understand???
I doubt you are familiar with my work. I don’t know how I started getting your Substack, somehow I did. But please be better. I know you have the ability to be. I have read some of your stuff, you have the ability to be really good.
So, that went well. Sounds like she’s pretty open to hearing thoughts other than what she has decided is The Truth™.
In an effort to “Be Better”, let’s just do a little review. Not even a comprehensive one. Let’s JUST look at the last few years.
I did a quick search for Covid headlines from 2020; and vaccine headlines from 2021.
Quick check-in….just mere months ago, calling attention to any of ^^ that bullshit helped me acquire my current nomenclature —> Conspiracy Sarah (*TTC).
In fact, I think a lot of people had a similar experience. That experience being that some people decided that THEIR truth was, in fact, THE TRUTH™ (*H).
And that The Science™ could be decided because SCIENCE™ GOOD; you AntiVax Science Denier BAD (*H; *TTC,*FB).
Moving along…
Turns out, that (very recently) we learned the hard way that The Truth™ was not in fact, the truth; by definition science is never settled; and thought terminating clichés like “conspiracy theory”, did nothing more than move everything and everyone in exactly the wrong direction.
For example, it was conspiracy theory to talk about the money that COVID MADE. Early on, it was the money that was given for a diagnosis, admission, intubation, and/or death of/from Covid.
Then, the (un-transparent) money made on Covid “vaccines” (did your provider share this incentive program with you?):
Now, in light of just the previous few years, I would like to look at this chart. Unfortunately, it is ridiculously small print and, to my knowledge, notably not addressed by the mainstream media, including our main stage movie.
It’s The Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program Earning History By State:
Children raised in foster care have a greater chance of becoming victims. In 2013, 60% of child victims the FBI recovered were from foster care. In 2017, 14% of children reported missing were likely victims of sex trafficking, and 88% of those had been in child welfare, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported. (LINK)
Operation Underground Railroad is the nonprofit associated with The Sound of Freedom.
The IRS Form 990 is the reporting form that many federally tax-exempt organizations must file with the IRS each year. This form allows the IRS and the general public to evaluate a nonprofit’s operations; it includes information on the nonprofit’s mission, programs, and finances.
Here’s the 990 for for Operation Underground Railroad (OUR):
Now let’s review some recent emotional advertisements:
I’ve said this in previous posts, and it bears repeating:
I am NOT telling ANYONE not to see this film. I’m simply calling attention to propaganda and the dangers of blindly accepting decided truths from people peddling The Truth™. Even when Especially when there is pushback that employs known conformance strategies like false binaries, thought terminating clichés and abundant hubris.
Go see the movie for yourself. Just be aware of what you are watching and where your money is going.
Sound of Freedom Film Falls Short of Revealing the Ones Trafficking Children and How to Stop It
But new evidence is coming to light that indicates that not only do the wealthy child sex traffickers not mind if you go watch Sound of Freedom, but they are the ones who actually funded it.
Billionaire John Paul DeJoria is listed as an “executive producer” of Sound of Freedom. (Source.)
He is a philanthropist who was invited by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to become part of the Billionaire Giving Pledge which funded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
This is an interview on Fox 13 in Utah 5 years ago, and Tim Ballard himself names both Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim and Billionaire John Paul DeJoria as the ones who funded the original production of the film. It starts at the 25:50 mark in the video.
Paul Hutchinson
Executive producer of the current top box office film "The Sound of Freedom". Humanitarian, Philanthropist and founder of 20 companies including the $48 billion Bridge Investment Group. Led over 70 missions to rescue trafficked children.
Paul Hutchinson will discuss the nonstop roadblocks and censorship the movie had to endure to get into the theaters. He will also discuss his real life role in the movie played by the director Alejandro Monteverde and his current passion to end this nightmare with his organization Child Liberation Foundation.
Here’s a photo from Hutchinson Halloween 2018:
So that’s it. If my observations and questions are calling attention away from the trafficking of humans, please feel to let me know. I invite respectful discussion and debate.
“There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” - P.T. Barnum
I strongly feel that reasonable inquiry into messaging and funding - of any and everything in the mainstream - is appropriate, particularly in light of the past 4 years.
Why are nonprofits “required” to be so transparent with their funding? Well, other than the obvious financial implications, I would point to what happens when transparency is NOT structurally inherent.
Trafficking of humans is an enormously disgusting and profitable business that must be stopped. Make no mistake about my position on this. Getting clear on the ways we are fighting this evil is paramount.
Because last I checked, evil doesn’t give a shit about your good faith and honest intentions. And is very comfortable hiding in plain sight. But by all means, Trust The Experts™, Stay Safe™, and definitely CHIP your kids.
Stay on your toes, friends.
An ABC News reporter who bragged about ‘debunking’ evidence of an elite pedophile ring had pleaded guilty to a sickening array of child sex crimes, according to reports. James Gordon Meek, 53, who served as a national security journalist at ABC, is scheduled to appear in a Virginia federal court on Friday following his January 2023 indictment on child rape charges. He faces up to 20 years behind bars.
The disturbing crimes were exposed after the FBI conducted a raid on the journalist’s Arlington home in April 2022. FBI officials were alerted by Dropbox in March 2021 of ‘sickening child rape’ materials of minors stored on Meek’s account.
According to the Post, an FBI agent claimed in an arrest affidavit that upon analyzing Meek’s devices, three phone calls were discovered in which the former ABC News journalist was actively making plans to rape various young children.
In a disturbing message that Meek sent, he asked an unnamed user, “Have you ever raped a toddler girl? It’s amazing.”
Before his arrest, Meek regularly wrote hit pieces against Trump supporters, QAnon and ‘conspiracy theories’ such as Pizzagate.
Radaronline.com reports: Other disturbing accusations on exchanges the agency said they found on his devices included Meek sharing his fantasy of “abducting, drugging, and raping” a user as a 12-year-old girl.
The agency claimed Meek had additional pornographic materials on other devices and engaged in online chats with minors.
Meek resigned from his former network immediately following the search conducted at his home.
Meek began his career with ABC News back in 2013. While at the network, Meek won an Emmy award for his breaking news coverage of the 2017 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.
CS, your Stack was exceptionally well constructed, reasoned and written. I respect and admire your diligent and thoughtful introspection.
Thank you Sarah, for being on your toes. You are certainly helping me learn to be on pointe.
Good research and, even better, great dot connecting and pattern recognition.
The patterns are the patterns, and the clichés, including follow the money, and all the rest abound. The 'the' have had great success in the past with this their now well established set of propaganda tools. And like woke, have a limited imagination so have understood: we now see you.
With covid I that that the 'they' have over played their hand and accidentally, hubristically, taken them from behind their, what turns out to be, rather flimsy curtain. Now we get to see, so long as we are willing to remove our glasses of delusion. Thank you again for helping with that.
I hope I am on my toes, and keep exercising my intuition and mind in that direction.