Sheeple
quote:If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. - Thomas J Watson
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Ever read this?! I can't belive some of what wikipedia has stated...
Sheeple
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Look up sheeple in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Sheeple is a term of disparagement, a portmanteau created by combining the words "sheep" and "people"; a reference to herd mentality. It is often used to denote persons who acquiesce to authority, and thus undermine their own human individuality. The implication of sheeple is that as a collective, people believe whatever they are told, without processing it to be sure that it is an accurate representation of the real world around them. The term is generally used in a political or religious sense.
The label seems to have originated among conspiracy theorists in the United States of a far right political persuasion. The Wall Street Journal first reported the label in print in 1984, where its reporter encountered the word used by the proprietor of an American Opinion bookstore affiliated with the John Birch Society.[1] In this usage, taxpayers were derided for their perceived blind conformity, as opposed to the conspiracy theorists and tax protesters who thought independently. "Sheeple" are people who pay their taxes and accept what the government and the mass media tell them. [2] A piece of folk poetry circulating among conspiracy theorists puts this usage in a nutshell:
Oh yes, I am a sheeple, and oh so proud to be.
I am way too smart to believe in a conspiracy.[3]
Acceptance of government intrusion and regulation is another hallmark of the "sheeple" according to those who use the epithet. The Guardian reported that an Alaskan reacted to news of a survey that said that "four out of five Americans . . . would give up some freedoms for greater security" by labelling this majority as "sheeple".[4] In a column entitled A Nation of Sheeple, columnist Walter E. Williams writes that "Americans sheepishly accepted all sorts of Transportation Security Administration nonsense. In the name of security, we've allowed fingernail clippers, eyeglass screwdrivers and toy soldiers to be taken from us prior to boarding a plane."[5]
Common usage also applies the term to devoutly religious people, particularly Christians; however, it is also used to describe devout members of any religious persuasion, and perhaps its particular application to Christianity is a combination of the fact that Christians are the majority religion in the Americas and Europe where the term is commonly used, and the fact that Christians describe themselves as a "flock" and Christ as a "shepherd."
In political usage, it can be used to refer to a member of any political party, and is especially applied to those who take a hard party line stance or who are especially trusting of any politician.
However, the term is also used more broadly to describe any person who the speaker feels is exceedingly conformist, including members of consumer culture and popular culture at large.
The term has also come to be used to describe hoplophobes and other similar persons - people with an illogical fear of weapons, fire, cars, machinery etc, and certain other things such as men in camouflage or ethnic minorities. In this sense it is used particularly amongst gun and knife enthusiasts.
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It appears, at least to me, to be an accurate description of the term "sheeple." Maybe not Walter Williams' description of the things you were not allowed to carry on board. I don't consider the people who went along with that "sheeple." It was case of "go along" or don't fly. 0 -
that was overly long.
sheeple:
people who live day to day with no thought that things could ever be different.0 -
Urban Dictionary
Sheople:
Unable to think freely, kin to a Zombie, brain dead. Possibly make a good politician0 -
Here are some who appear to be 'all flocked up!' 
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quote:Originally posted by hisbigbootygirl
Common usage also applies the term to devoutly religious people, particularly Christians; however, it is also used to describe devout members of any religious persuasion, and perhaps its particular application to Christianity is a combination of the fact that Christians are the majority religion in the Americas and Europe where the term is commonly used, and the fact that Christians describe themselves as a "flock" and Christ as a "shepherd."
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quote:Originally posted by zipperzap
Here are some who appear to be 'all flocked up!'
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[:0]took me a minute to figure out what this is.. lol0 -
I just remember Hairy using the word..Best I can remember, he used it to describe anyone who disagreed with him.
To me it's an insulting word and I don't want to hear it any more.0 -
It's only truly insulting if it applies to you - right?
... I've been called a lot of things but never that one.
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She favors my friends wife! 0 -
I haven't been called that, Zip, but I still don't like the word. It sounds too much like DWS offspring..Just kidding..[:D][:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by hisbigbootygirl
Urban Dictionary
Sheople:
Unable to think freely, kin to a Zombie, brain dead. Possibly make a good politician
so what kind of gun would you use in a SHTF, sheeple invasion0 -
quote:Originally posted by longsantafe
that was overly long.
sheeple:
people who live day to day with no thought that things could ever be different.
man if I had a nickle everytime some girl told me that line in bed....[:D][:D]0 -
quote:Originally posted by RustyBones
quote:Originally posted by hisbigbootygirl
Urban Dictionary
Sheople:
Unable to think freely, kin to a Zombie, brain dead. Possibly make a good politician
so what kind of gun would you use in a SHTF, sheeple invasion
I think I would need a couple M16's in my hands, Preston by my side with a couple more... We'd both need like a Pile of loaded mags behind us, and some kind of granade launcher set up somewhere! lol. I don't freakin know,
but that was a great question so I thought I'd bring this topic back up. What would you use?0 -
quote:Originally posted by rogue_rob
quote:Originally posted by longsantafe
that was overly long.
sheeple:
people who live day to day with no thought that things could ever be different.
man if I had a nickle everytime some girl told me that line in bed...I wouldn't have a nickel to my name.[:D][:D]0 -
I thought it was a reference to the essay "On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs" by Col Dave Grossman.
From the essay:
"Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident." This is true. Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another. Some estimates say that two million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year, a tragic, staggering number, perhaps an all-time record rate of violent crime. But there are almost 300 million Americans, which means that the odds of being a victim of violent crime is considerably less than one in a hundred on any given year. Furthermore, since many violent crimes are committed by repeat offenders, the actual number of violent citizens is considerably less than two million."0 -
quote:Originally posted by rogue_rob
quote:Originally posted by longsantafe
that was overly long.
sheeple:
people who live day to day with no thought that things could ever be different.
man if I had a nickle everytime some girl told me that line in bed....[:D][:D]
You would still be working on your first penny![}:)][:p]0
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