Stormy Daniels
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Democrats are reacting to the Biden admin's disinformation board as if the whole point is to correct math problems. But that's not how disinformation and propaganda works. Propaganda is artistic. And is where the danger lies in a government disinformation board.
Let's take Lavrov's recent comments about Hitler and anti-Semitic Jews as an example. Lavrov claims that Hitler had Jewish ancestry. Is that truth or disinformation? Can anyone prove that Hitler didn't have Jewish ancestry? Are you absolutely certain that, if you go back far enough, you won't find a Jew? Can you definitively rule out the possibility Nazi revisionist history didn't obscure the Jewishness of Hitler's ancestors in a way that has left reality lost to history?
And what about these alleged Jewish anti-Semites? Can you prove that his claim is false? Of course you can't. It's impossible to prove a negative.
See, the key to disinformation and propaganda is that the facts don't matter. The propagandist's goal isn't to fill your head with a bad education. It's to stir the pot and get the waters boiling and distract you from what actually matters. Wasting time in a tit-for-tat about the facts is to give the propagandist a victory. And that's a best care scenario.
Let's take Lavrov's recent comments about Hitler and anti-Semitic Jews as an example. Lavrov claims that Hitler had Jewish ancestry. Is that truth or disinformation? Can anyone prove that Hitler didn't have Jewish ancestry? Are you absolutely certain that, if you go back far enough, you won't find a Jew? Can you definitively rule out the possibility Nazi revisionist history didn't obscure the Jewishness of Hitler's ancestors in a way that has left reality lost to history?
And what about these alleged Jewish anti-Semites? Can you prove that his claim is false? Of course you can't. It's impossible to prove a negative.
See, the key to disinformation and propaganda is that the facts don't matter. The propagandist's goal isn't to fill your head with a bad education. It's to stir the pot and get the waters boiling and distract you from what actually matters. Wasting time in a tit-for-tat about the facts is to give the propagandist a victory. And that's a best care scenario.