(03-25-2018 05:46 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(03-25-2018 05:36 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  Propaganda by definition is "information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."

Sounds like all the BS I keep hearing from all sorts of sources about "common sense gun laws" is propaganda.

When you analyze even the canned definition, several things leap out at me.

First when you remove the portions between the commas (allowable, as the commas indicate that it is not a predicate) the term deconstructs to

Quote:"information ... used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."

And how is *any* political message NOT by definition propaganda, even if triple signed in Sharpie and moonglow paint, letters 4 feet high. I mean, political ads seem to BE *the* definition of 'propaganda'.

For grins lets add some limiting qualifiers back in. First note the 'or' between the qualifiers, which means they do not have to be both present.

Quote: "information, especially of a biased nature [], used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view."

Even heavily restricting the phrase, how is *any* political message NOT by definition propaganda. I do not think I have *ever* seen an 'unbiased' political ad.

I still dont see how the differentiation between 'propaganda' and 'valid political ad' is in any way important in the ethical and moral differences between CA and Team Obama actions.