Saigon
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Delta -
Nice quote.
But the propagandist's purpose is also to distort both history and the possible future, as Orwell describes so accurately.
We see SO mch of this on this board everyday, and often from people who should know better, and very likely do know better.
Here are five areas of propaganda I see on this board:
1. How often do we see conservatives essentially whitewash Republicans role in the economic meltdown?
2. How often do we see liberals essentially blame EVERYTHING about the meltdown on Bush, when the underlying causes extended back through 30 years of overspending?
3. How often do we see right-wing posters deny climate change because they hate Al Gore, can't see a hurricane outside their window and failed science at school.
4. How often do we see posters claim 'typical liberal/conservative' thinking or 'stupid liberal' or 'liberals can't think'. This is the ultimate in childishness in my book. No political group has a monopoly on smart or stupid. Particularly when posted by a person whose knowledge of politics comes from reading the first chapter of Reagan's biography.
5. And the strangest one for me - this "theory" that Hitler was left-wing, because of 'national socialism'. It's an understandable mistake, but only briefly, and with some posters I sense a very delivberate attempt to change the dictionary definitions and re-write 60 years of recorded history. What next - the Peoples' Democratic Republic of North Korea is a democracy?!
Nice quote.
But the propagandist's purpose is also to distort both history and the possible future, as Orwell describes so accurately.
We see SO mch of this on this board everyday, and often from people who should know better, and very likely do know better.
Here are five areas of propaganda I see on this board:
1. How often do we see conservatives essentially whitewash Republicans role in the economic meltdown?
2. How often do we see liberals essentially blame EVERYTHING about the meltdown on Bush, when the underlying causes extended back through 30 years of overspending?
3. How often do we see right-wing posters deny climate change because they hate Al Gore, can't see a hurricane outside their window and failed science at school.
4. How often do we see posters claim 'typical liberal/conservative' thinking or 'stupid liberal' or 'liberals can't think'. This is the ultimate in childishness in my book. No political group has a monopoly on smart or stupid. Particularly when posted by a person whose knowledge of politics comes from reading the first chapter of Reagan's biography.
5. And the strangest one for me - this "theory" that Hitler was left-wing, because of 'national socialism'. It's an understandable mistake, but only briefly, and with some posters I sense a very delivberate attempt to change the dictionary definitions and re-write 60 years of recorded history. What next - the Peoples' Democratic Republic of North Korea is a democracy?!