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Great, we needed something to counter the domestic propaganda that was legalized in 2013: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130715/11210223804/anti-propaganda

• tptacek 10y ago
  This (2016) bill is extremely silly. But so was that Techdirt story. Can you identify the government "propaganda" we've been subjected to since 2014 that we weren't subjected to in (say) 2007?
  • btrask 10y ago
    No, independently these moves are inconsequential. But the trajectory is clear, and reason to worry.
    • RodericDay 10y ago
      this is a good reply. people often get stuck because they get goaded into trying to describe a single "smoking gun" that doesn't exist in such a blatant form. propaganda is much more subtle, a well-timed unsubstantiated allegation that is later claimed to be a good faith error, when the damage is already done. it's good to refuse to play that game altogether, and focus instead of facts such as the the fact that WMDs were not found, the CIA torture report was not discussed by talking heads, drone bombings aren't personal interest stories, and that bird's eye view kind of stuff.
      • tptacek 10y ago
        Every one of those things you just cited preceded the bill Techdirt was freaking out about.
        • btrask 10y ago
          Turning it around: if the bill changed nothing, why did it need to be repealed?
          • tptacek 10y ago
            It didn't need to be.