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Absolutely, it is simply fighting the adversary's propaganda with your own. Plus ca change...
by NotPaidToPost 7y ago
Absolutely, it is simply fighting the adversary's propaganda with your own.
Plus ca change...
- w8vY7ER 7y agoI would posit that this differs _significantly_ as it's being done with transparency and the motives for it are being clearly expressed by those pursuing the efforts. This stands in stark contrast to the assumed and obviously nefarious motives of those responsible for the disinformation. What better approach, I wonder?
- NotPaidToPost 7y agoYou don't seem to really be contradicting my point. You're just assuming that the 'good guys' don't lie while the others are the 'bad guys' who obviously do lie. There are indeed fighting propaganda with counter-propaganda, which is an age old strategy. They do seem to have adapted it for our era of instant communication and social media. Now, working out the facts in any given situation is not always easy. Everyone tends to spin things, or to omit things, or to simply make things up...
- komali2 7y agoOne difference is that they can be held accountable for their actions, something that doesn't apply to freedomeagle69.facebook any more than it applies to people working at the PRC ministry of "cultural well-being." Doesn't that make a difference?
- w8vY7ER 7y agoI sure believe so :)
- NotPaidToPost 7y agoIt does not, as we can experience every day...