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Greg g's avatar

Tom a class on advocacy a decade ago. “Personalization of issues” was a form of advocacy, AKA propaganda.

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Deep Dive's avatar

Greg, I'm in the camp of those who believe that there is a difference between advocacy and propaganda. I'd argue that advocacy is merely promotion, but that propaganda is intentional misrepresentation/mischaracterization.

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Charles Mackay, PhD's avatar

These six points also describe conspiracy theories rather well.

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Deep Dive's avatar

They don't apply as well to many conspiracy theories though, such as Holocaust Denialism, CIA involvement in the JFK murder, Princess Diana's death, PizzaGate, Area 51, Illuminati-control, Shakespeare never living, and Lewis Carroll being Jack the Ripper.

The bulk of those conspiracies do not center around science, like COVID policy was claimed to do.

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Geotom's avatar

You're too kind, given the history, a public hanging would be a proper end for theses godless psychopaths. A needle is more deadly than all the atomic bombs. I might seem a little harsh, but it's too late NOT TO SPEAK UP! BYE a clue or go to hell, it's pretty simple.

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