BUCKLEY, Wash. — When Tyler Smith of Buckley appeared on National Geographic's reality show "Doomsday Preppers" he did so with rifle in hand. Smith, 26, shoots at targets and tests homemade body armor while narrating his exploits for the camera.
Smith is the leader of the survivalist group Spartan Survival. He founded the organization in 2005 to train and prepare others for various doomsday scenarios.
The problem is, Smith is a felon, convicted of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes and theft. He's not supposed to go anywhere near a gun.
If I lived near this guy I think I'd be very inclined to take pre-emotive measures.
Planning to kill and steal? What a scumbag.
I've always thought that a good guy uses a gun to defend his property and family, while a thug uses gun to steal.
So...
In a way, are they not doing the real preppers a favor by making them out to be a bunch of bumbling idiots?
So...
In a way, are they not doing the real preppers a favor by making them out to be a bunch of bumbling idiots?
No, that makes people more likely to attack when they are starving. .
The whole purpose of this show (from the beginning) was to discredit anyone who actually took even basic preparedness seriously. The govt doesn't want anyone caring for themselves, and since the prepping portion of the population is obviously exploding.. they wheeled out the propaganda cannon as usual. If you don't have shows that portray people with ideas you want squelched as hicks, rube, morons and villains then one of the sheep might listen to what they have to say. Theses shows are produced to keep ideas from spreading to the "cool kids" - because of the cool kids get infected, the cheaters risk loosing their carefully cultivated herds of suckers.
So...
In a way, are they not doing the real preppers a favor by making them out to be a bunch of bumbling idiots?
No, that makes people more likely to attack when they are starving. .
The whole purpose of this show (from the beginning) was to discredit anyone who actually took even basic preparedness seriously. The govt doesn't want anyone caring for themselves, and since the prepping portion of the population is obviously exploding.. they wheeled out the propaganda cannon as usual. If you don't have shows that portray people with ideas you want squelched as hicks, rube, morons and villains then one of the sheep might listen to what they have to say. Theses shows are produced to keep ideas from spreading to the "cool kids" - because of the cool kids get infected, the cheaters risk loosing their carefully cultivated herds of suckers.