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That is exactly the parent’s point. Controlling the narrative is way more effective than brutal deletion of a subject for censuring purposes.
by spockz 6y ago
That is exactly the parent’s point. Controlling the narrative is way more effective than brutal deletion of a subject for censuring purposes.
- int_19h 6y agoI don't see any signs of that narrative being successfully controlled. In fact, I've yet to see any discussion where "didn't kill himself" didn't manifest immediately.
- TillE 6y agoAnd what does all that talk amount to, exactly? It's a cute little "conspiracy theory" for the masses to play with, nobody in power is threatened in the slightest. In many ways it's self-neutered by turning that phrase into a mindless meme. The soft censorship means we've seen effectively zero mainstream investigation into any of the glaringly obvious questions.
- hutzlibu 6y agoAnd "conspiracy theory" in general today means: pothead crazy garbage, as if politics isn't a histories of small and big conspiracies. No need to censor any truth anymore, if it simply does not reach anyone because it is burried in a huge pile of garbage information, most people have not the time sorting it through.any
- majewsky 6y ago"Conspiracy theory" is set equal to "pothead crazy garbage" because 99% of conspiracy theories are just that. An instance of Sturgeon's Law, if you will.
- int_19h 6y agoWhat you're saying is that it doesn't matter that information does get around and everybody knows, because we can't do anything about it. That's not "soft censorship", though - that's lack of the need to censor, because the population can be kept in check even while informed.
- Dahoon 6y ago> I've yet to see any discussion Discussions isn't the point though. Articles in big newspapers and TV stations, not forum chitchat.