I can't say that I'm completely surprised by the suicide of Mike Ruppert.
He told the truth at a very high personal cost: his health, his ability to earn a living, his peace of mind, and now ultimately, his life. He has been doing this for the better part of four decades. He was responsible for some of the best investigative journalism this country has produced (specifically, the From The Wilderness newsletter, Crossing The Rubicon, and others), and he did not sell out his convictions. He left tools for us to use in the continuing struggle against rampant corporatism and consumerism that is destroying our planet as I write this. He left a positive mark on me, and I'm sure millions of others like me who see what's coming, in large part because of his work.
And it wasn't for personal profit, save for his need to make a living like the rest of us. He could have sold out. He could have given it all up for the security of a nice, middle-class life in Los Angeles. He knew, or at least had a very good idea about, the personal cost associated with telling the truth in a nation (and world) that can't handle The Truth. But he was cursed with a conscience that would not let him turn a blind eye to the evils around him.
He was stuck with all of the labels - "conspiracy theorist" (even with his reputation for well-researched and documented fact), "9-11 Truther", and so on. Hell, I wear the Truther label like a badge - anybody with a three-digit IQ could read through the 9-11 Commission Report and know that it was pure, whitewashed bullshit. Thus, he was marginalized, this process assisted by dilettantes like David Corn.
It's sad, but it seems like the world is running out of room for people like Mike Ruppert. We simply don't have the will to take a good look at ourselves in the mirror, as a society - which is in large part what Ruppert spent his career and life doing.
I wish I would have had the opportunity to meet him. Now that I no longer have that chance, I can only say in absentia:
Thank you, Michael C. Ruppert. For Everything.
And Rest in Eternal Peace.
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