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To: tcrlaf
Which is the better propaganda then?

LOL. There's such a thing as better (accurate) propaganda?

I question all reports. I reject all propaganda.

37 posted on 03/18/2014 12:51:42 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
Did you see this? whataboutism.

Readers of a certain vintage will likely recall the oleaginous, Brooklyn-accented Vladimir Pozner, an American citizen domiciled in Moscow who regularly popped up on television in the waning days of the Cold War, propagandizing on behalf of the Kremlin. Pozner was a rather impressive practitioner of whataboutism, the debate tactic demanding that questions about morally indefensible acts committed by your side be deflected with pettifogging discussion of unrelated sins committed by your opponent’s side. Soviet tanks lumbering through the streets of Prague? Yes, but what about the mistreatment of the Native Americans? East Germany’s reluctant citizens penned in by an imposing cement wall, ringed by trigger-happy border guards? A necessary “anti-fascist protection barrier,” sure, but...what about Hiroshima?

41 posted on 03/18/2014 5:31:40 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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