{"id":145,"date":"2019-06-12T21:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/?p=145"},"modified":"2021-05-01T02:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T02:57:44","slug":"the-subtly-of-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/the-subtly-of-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"The Subtly of Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>None of us thinks that we are easy prey for propaganda. We all think that it\u2019s the other gal or guy, the one that hasn\u2019t read as much as us or that we\u2019re just not that dumb to swallow a half-truth, let alone a full-blown lie. But I\u2019m afraid it\u2019s just this attitude that the propagandists loves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unless we\u2019re humble enough to admit that we could possibly have some things wrong in our thinking, then we\u2019ll be easy prey. Think you can\u2019t possibly fall, and you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to <em>Subverted:<\/em> <em>How I Helped the Sexual Revolution Hijack the Women&#8217;s Movement<\/em> by Sue Browder (mentioned in the <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:10060\/subverted-how-i-helped-the-sexual-revolution-hijack-the-womens-movement\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"140\">previous note<\/a>), I\u2019m also reading <em>The Gravest Show on Earth: America in the Age of AIDS<\/em> by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elinor_Burkett\">Elinor Burkett<\/a>. I\u2019ve had to rethink many ideas long held since beginning both books. Most foundational, I\u2019ve had to rethink how stupid I\u2019ve been in not asking more questions. I\u2019ve believed half-lies as full-truths. I\u2019ve taken the words of friends and writers (who I don\u2019t know) and been swept up in flow of the social\/cultural circles that I was raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, I\u2019m no different that most Americans. I\u2019m no different than most Europeans I know. I\u2019m no different than humanity, period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I must say, that\u2019s no excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I see it, propagandists as horrible as Joseph Goebbels and as inane as a tennis racquet PR rep, all prey on one weakness common to us all: pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yep. Pride. Pride in intellect. Pride in country. Pride in social position or status. Pride in religion or nonreligion. Pride in [fill in the blanks].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tell someone a half-truth about \u201call mighty me\u201d, especially in an area of profound hurt or wounding\u2014something that \u201call mighty me\u201d longs to hear\u2014and you\u2019re halfway to persuading them to do what you want them to do. Because, well, they can\u2019t possibly step back and admit that they might have been made a fool. Pride won\u2019t let them. Only humility can do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only humility can disarm the propagandist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Question everything, especially yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>None of us thinks that we are easy prey for propaganda. We all think that it\u2019s the other gal or guy, the one that hasn\u2019t read as much as us or that we\u2019re just not that dumb to swallow a half-truth, let alone a full-blown lie. 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