Name: "Understanding The Zeitgeist Movement Critics..." An Essay by Peter Joseph
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Understanding The Zeitgeist Movement Critics: Malicious Intent or Innocent Ignorance?

Hello, my name is Peter Joseph and this is a July 15th 2012 video essay.

I haven't done an essay in a while so I decided it would be about time.

This video is going to quickly address some persistent misinterpretations of the Movement

which originate from researchers and reporters

Please understand that there are many people out there who oppose or object

to various issues brought up by the Movement.

But at least they do so in a way that actually has some basis

with respect to what the Movement is and does.

I have nothing but respect for those who oppose us with

general consideration and diligence in the process of their criticism.

As the old saying goes: "If we all agreed there would be no progress."

So this essay is not to denounce general critics of the Zeitgeist Movement

who have done basic, fundamental research of the Movement

and communicate their ideas and objections in a mature, respectful way.

In fact, I want to bring on notable critics of the Movement

to The Zeitgeist Movement's global radio show

to speak with me and others directly about their objections.

Unfortunately a lot of people out there prefer to just criticize from afar.

And I'm sorry to say, if any researcher or reporter is not willing to interact

with those persons or groups they choose to criticize,

being open to change their disposition through new clarifying information,

We live in a very different world today with the age of the Internet

and now everyone has the ability and freedom to present

However, as with all freedom comes increased responsibility.

And one-sided closed attacks are simply intellectually unjustifiable,

At any rate, if you would like to suggest somebody for our global radio show

please email media@thezeitgeistmovement.com

and we will work to bring them on, so we can understand their criticisms better.

The trigger for this essay was my recent discovery

of an apparently peer-review style article published in 2011

in the 'Journal of Contemporary Religion'

called 'The Emergence of Conspirituality'

I discovered this article by stumbling upon the current state

of The Zeitgeist Movement's Wikipedia page

which sadly undergoes constant edit-wars by some very persistent

and clearly anti-Zeitgeist Movement gatekeepers

that subtlely pollute and distort what The Zeitgeist Movement actually does.

You know as much as I appreciate Wikipedia's democratic platform

or seemingly subjective in interpretation,

and only the most persistent and aggressive will win.

In such a context, Wikipedia is not about truth and proper representation,

it is simply about aggression and persistence

and those with the most time, evidently, will win.

Anyway, while I never take Wikipedia seriously as a source on that basic level,

I am still very much amused by what surfaces in this sort of entertainment aspect

with respect to the ongoing debasing of The Zeitgeist Movement there

through deliberate misinterpretation and spin by its gatekeepers.

My favorite part is the current Criticism section,

not only because none of the criticisms actually have anything to do

with The Zeitgeist Movement's interests and intents,

but also because of how much it outweighs in focus

the other flimsy statements that appear to express

actually providing no real information of relevance at all.

Just a hodge-podge of prima facie and trajections

that ignore mostly everything the Movement advocates,

harping instead on my personal unrelated artistic expressions,

which was made years before the Movement was even realized

with respect to the Movement's interests.

And for those familiar, it's nothing new,

we have endless 9/11 conspiracy relationships

which of course have nothing to do with anything we promote.

We have this very odd article by Michelle Goldberg

which suggests that the Movement is some type of anti-Semitic cult

along with some dubious claim about this German social network site

that banned evidently one of our groups because of anti-Semitism

since there's no evidence that the group that was banned

had any official connection to our chapter network

and was not just some random page using our name

which has been prolific across the Internet.

And not to mention of course, The Zeitgeist Movement clearly

and rather seeks human unification and support in general, not division.

But my real interest here is the noted article in the 'Journal of Contemporary Religion'

and the lapse - complete lapse - of academic integrity put forward by the authors,

which paints not only an incorrect picture of the Movement,

If you were a reporter wanting to learn about The Zeitgeist Movement objectively,

and you wanted to understand what it was, what it did,

what would YOU do? Would you go to Wikipedia?

Would you go to some random blog or YouTube video that comes up in a search engine?

Or would you go to the official site that actually made its points very clear

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