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>The end result is that it is becoming harder to trust any statement, not really what we want either. This is a tactic in itself. I can't find the details behi
by tomstockmail 8y ago
>The end result is that it is becoming harder to trust any statement, not really what we want either.
This is a tactic in itself. I can't find the details behind it, but the act of so much misinformation at once that helps drowned out more factual news while simultaneously making it so that you don't believe what you're reading. It's not a new tactic, but it's well used.
- criley2 8y agoIronically, it's a famous Russian propaganda tactic that is in heavy use in Russian propaganda and the subsequently nearly identical Wikileaks propaganda that follows. This tactic played heavily with Russia's troll farms on Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, etc. It also played heavily in Wikileaks propaganda on twitter and other platforms. For me to be accused of the exact evil that Wikileaks uses to manipulate its readers is very ironic, but this kind of dishonest "projection" of accusing the other side of committing your own crimes is precisely the standard operating procedure for far-right propaganda.
- spoovy 8y agoSo you make some wild claims about some brooding evil in the east, then when asked to provide evidence you just ignore the requests and insinuate the requester is a fascist agitator instead? Have you ever considered a career in the Democratic Party?
- Marcus316 8y agoI think you may be referring to Gish Gallop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
- kiliantics 8y agoThere is a nice exploration of this in the Adam Curtis documentary Hypernormalisation