Posted on 08/08/2002 9:00:42 PM PDT by enrg
Comments?
Yeah, it's cool being cleverer, ain't it? ;0)
Nota bene, libertarians. Nota bene...
They learned from the masters: government. WWI was the first
to use propaganda massively as part of the war effort. The
method of appealing to emotion more likely had its genesis
in the hellfire and damnation preaching found in nineteenth
century churches.
Once you realize that advertising is lies,
you are on your way to surviving in this culture.
Once more, let me recommend John Taylor Gatto's The Underground History of American Education, linked on my profile page. Best $30 you'll ever spend. Eight chapters are online.
The best propaganda mixes truth with the lies, and he does this very well. I've got a flag on my truck. Interestingly enough, nobody told me to put it there, nobody forced me to put it there and nobody better try to take it off there. I put it there for one reason. You screw with one of us, you screw with all of us. As a Cowboys fan, I even found myself rooting for the Giants for a weekend.
The concept of Bush "whipping" us into a war frenzy is absurd. I STILL want to send two sidewinders into the dome of the rock and then see how many of those lizards we can take out when they slither out from under their rocks.
Those SOB's attacked us on our soil. This moron would sit there trying to "understand" them until they shoved a nuke up his *ss and hit the detonator. I don't want to understand them. I want them to understand that on September 11, 2001, they made the worst mistake they could have made.
I'd be thoroughly ashamed that this guy is from Texas, except I have no shame left, knowing Ma Richards and LBJ are also from here.
"Increase local flexibility," as long as they meet the fedgov's demands (wink wink). "You're perfectly free to do whatever you want, so long as what you want to do is what I want you to do."
Masterful propaganda. Fer the chillun.
I'll assume Joe sixpack sits on the right side of the fence. What if there was Jason pre-mixed-can wanting diplomacy instead (left side)?. Who do you appease?
GWB may think he needs to sway us to his way of thinking but the reality is that we are way ahead of him wondering why he is so god damned slow.
He does not need to sway the right, but he does need to sway the left and those who want action but can't decide what the action should be. He also needs to keep the people interested in this age of 2 second attention spans.
However I fail, as did the author, to make the connection seemingly impplied of some government agency or figure and our going to war with the Islamists of the ME.
By connection I assume you mean in terms of propaganda. So, correct me if i'm wrong, but don't you answer this question (?) with this statement:::::::: "GWB may think he needs to sway us to his way of thinking.....". Is this where the propaganda bit comes in?
OK. If you mean its implied i see where your coming form, but i don't see where he actually sais that.
I've got a flag on my truck. Interestingly enough, nobody told me to put it there, nobody forced me to put it there and nobody better try to take it off there.
I think the author is stating that nobody told you to put a flag on your truck but they did tell you what it stands for. Same Hitler told the Germans what the swastika stood for (even though in reality it didn't). I never knew the swastika was used by American tribes and and ancient Hindus. I'd really like to see an article that explains this, as it has also been found in a 3rd or 4th Century church in Macedonia.
The concept of Bush "whipping" us into a war frenzy is absurd
Again I don't see where it sais this. Unless you mean implied.
I think the article is quite good on explaining the use of propganda.
For starters, the demonizing of the enemy, is millenia old. It was well done, and stirred the populace , every bit as did Hitler and his use of music, flags, an ancient Roman salute, and a panoply of other things, NOT invented by, nor even particularly even associated with American advertizing or FDR ! Yes, the " twisted cross " is a VERY ancient Indian ( India, as in Hindu, as well as American Indian ) symbol. This IS common knowledge ! It's amazing that you do not know this.
This article is a Libertarian screed ; nothing more ! Its main purpose, which the author took his time to get to, was to Bash President Bush and the War on Terror. You are either guilless, or a fraud.
Yes, the " twisted cross " is a VERY ancient Indian ( India, as in Hindu, as well as American Indian ) symbol. This IS common knowledge ! It's amazing that you do not know this.
Well, its not that common. I assure you of that. There are many people who do not know this.
What you said.
I think I'll add here, though, that the purpose of propaganda like this piece is not so much to whip people into an emotional frenzy, but to make it very tedious to go through it and refute every point that needs refuting. Since the process of refutation is so tiresome, few people who recognize the untruths bother... and the people who don't have all the facts end up believing the propaganda.
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