Comments on: Lies and Propaganda http://inertia.freedom-blogs.com/99/lies-and-propaganda/ Ⓐ³ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:03:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anthony Martin http://inertia.freedom-blogs.com/99/lies-and-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Anthony Martin Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:33:28 +0000 #comment-11 That's true. If you want control, you do have to be perceived as a reliable source of information. Then it's easy to distract away from the real issue. Sometimes these are conflations and dialectics. Or fnords, in the slang. That's true. If you want control, you do have to be perceived as a reliable source of information. Then it's easy to distract away from the real issue.

Sometimes these are conflations and dialectics. Or fnords, in the slang.

]]> By: Winterset http://inertia.freedom-blogs.com/99/lies-and-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Winterset Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:51:30 +0000 #comment-10 The worst problem is that it's not only lies that are used for propaganda. The scarier thing by far is when they use the truth to deceive. Admittedly this is less common in the US, but it does happen that occasionally the government tells the truth. Invariably when they do tell the truth, it's in an effort to either cloud a different issue or to justify the taking of power. The same can be, and is, done by individuals even in scenarios similar to what you're talking about in this post. I've often said "the Truth is the best manipulator". One of the most insidious things about manipulation is that once you realize how easy it is to do, it's almost impossible to not do it. This, of course, is a million times more true of governments which is no small part of why they should be forbidden in general. The worst problem is that it's not only lies that are used for propaganda. The scarier thing by far is when they use the truth to deceive. Admittedly this is less common in the US, but it does happen that occasionally the government tells the truth. Invariably when they do tell the truth, it's in an effort to either cloud a different issue or to justify the taking of power.

The same can be, and is, done by individuals even in scenarios similar to what you're talking about in this post. I've often said "the Truth is the best manipulator". One of the most insidious things about manipulation is that once you realize how easy it is to do, it's almost impossible to not do it. This, of course, is a million times more true of governments which is no small part of why they should be forbidden in general.

]]> By: Anthony Martin http://inertia.freedom-blogs.com/99/lies-and-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anthony Martin Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:19:58 +0000 #comment-8 Yes, institutions get to call it lots of things. Yes, institutions get to call it lots of things.

]]> By: Mike Gogulski http://inertia.freedom-blogs.com/99/lies-and-propaganda/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Mike Gogulski Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:57:16 +0000 #comment-7 Well, sometimes "propaganda". Other times: "gospel", "law", "curriculum", etc... Well, sometimes "propaganda". Other times: "gospel", "law", "curriculum", etc...

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