Posted on 10/29/2024 4:33:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber
We hear that misinformation is wrong information, disinformation is deliberate wrong information, and malinformation, a newly coined Orwellian term that hasn’t yet weaseled its way into the dictionary, is true information that goes against the regime narrative and thereby does ‘harm.’
Example. Biden is a strong president -- clearly misinformation. The Hunter laptop is Russian propaganda -- disinformation. The Hunter laptop story is true but runs counter to the Biden narrative, so it was suppressed -- malinformation.
Disinformation is a powerful tool for wannabe tyrants. Those who practice the disinformation dark arts wield a double-edged sword. With one edge the government apparatus claims their critics and opponents are spreading harmful disinformation and use their considerable power to censor and eradicate dissent. Much as the term “hate speech” opens the door to the suppression of free speech, “disinformation” is the skeleton key of modern domestic propaganda and censorship. With it, the regime can target political movements, specific politicians, and prominent voices on the grounds that they are influenced by or in thrall to foreign “disinformation.” The goal is consensus. Silencing all opposing views creates by default an apparent unity of thought. The climate change crisis is a prime example of censorship creating false consensus.
The grain of truth is that the effective techniques of disinformation were honed by our intelligence branches in foreign arenas, against other governments and peoples. However, putting parents who talk at school board meetings, Catholics who pray with rosary beads, pro-life protesters and Americans who disagree with transmania, vaccines, climate crisis, or war on government lists of potential terrorists, is beyond the pale.
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The propagandists will use every tool. I wonder if those on the left believe the propaganda or are they comfortable with lies?
BTTT
The leftists I know just “believe the news” and are so stupid they cannot imagine that those wonderful folks in the mass media would ever lie to them.
Propaganda does not work on everyone—but it does work on those with weak minds and weak character.
It’s not comfortable challenging the narrative. People will call you radical. Plus it requires a motivated intellect. Our sense of awe and winner has been crippled by screens. It’s much easier to be swept into the current of manufactured news and eek by in a make believe world. Only tragedy and catastrophe can make you understand the horror of allowing yourself to be seduced. But by then, it’s too late. You’re perishing and cannot be saved.
*wonder
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