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Tim McCormack's avatar

Calling tax handouts "government benefits" is propaganda. Please clean up your act.

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Lau Vegys's avatar

Hi there, Tim. I know from experience that there's rarely ever a way to fully placate folks like yourself, but you actually made a good point. So, I've changed the wording. Let me know if I'm off your blacklist now :). Thanks for reading.

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Al Azar's avatar

Sorry Tim, I have to interject. My grandpa told me once, "don't be that guy who gets hung up on individual words - you're always gonna miss the bigger picture." I mean, it's fine to critique ideas you disagree with, obviously... but getting hung up on semantics when you're probably in agreement with most of the other stuff is just silly.

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Tim McCormack's avatar

Thanks, but you miss the point. False framing is different. This is not about debating "individual words". All great propaganda is based in two things: 1. false framing, and 2. omission. A timeless quote; "If you can frame the issue, the battle is nearly won."

And if one cannot recognize propaganda - one is forever lost.

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