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@ElliotSiepker [name pseudonymized] [ontology] [14]: #UnwokeUnawake obvious lies as an expression of power: [URL redacted] (Carlos Maza, Coleman Lowndes and Hunter Boone, 31 August 2018, [URL redacted].
The Russian "Firehose of Falsehood": [URL redacted] (Christopher Paul and Miriam Matthews, 2016) [URL redacted]
#2018_WhyObviousLiesMakeGreatPropaganda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknYtlOvaQ0
Maza, C., Lowndes, C., Boone, H., & Scheltens, L. (2018, 31 August 2018). 'Why obvious lies make great propaganda', Vox Media. https://www.vox.com/2018/8/31/17804104/strikethrough-lies-propaganda-trump-putin
#WebsiteVoxCarlosMaza,
#WebsiteVoxColemanLowndes,
#WebsiteVoxHunterBoone,
#WebsiteVoxLizScheltens
#AdvocacyUSRANDCorporationChristopherPaul and
#AdvocacyUSRANDCorporationMiriamMatthews, The Russian 'Firehose of Falsehood' Propaganda Model: Why It Might Work and Options to Counter It. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2016. https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html
#TheoryAlternativeFacts
#MetaphorDeceitLugenpresseFakeNews
#MetaphorDeceitFakeReality
#TheoryFirehoseOfFalsehood
Context #IRLScholarTimothySnyder https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1844108355590 #ConspiracyTheory_StolenElectionBigLie #TheoryPeriodizationPostTruth Pre #PoliticsFascism #IdentityLGBTQIATransTranny #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump #PhenomnCoupDEtatPutsch #TauntImpeachment #TheoryAffectiveResponseIncitementOfInsurrection #OtheringDiscriminationRacism #PoliticsNationalismAmerican #OtheringLegitimacyQuestioning #PoliticsGeoExceptionalismAmerican #CauseEquality #_Focal
Supplementary In this fallacy one argues, 'I feel it, so it must be true. My feelings are valid, so you have no right to criticize what I say or do, or how I say or do it.' This latter is also a fallacy of stasis, confusing a respectful and reasoned response or refutation with personal invalidation, disrespect, prejudice, bigotry, sexism, homophobia or hostility. ... 'Alternate Facts' work to 'put you off balance,' 'control the story,' and 'make you think you're crazy,' and she notes that 'presenting alternate facts is the hallmark of untrustworthy people.' The Alternative Truth fallacy is related to the Big Lie Technique. See also Gaslighting, Blind Loyalty, The Big Brain/Little Brain Fallacy, and Two Truths https://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm #IRLPhilosopherHannahArendt #ReasoningFallacyAffective #TauntGaslighting #MemeSmallBrainYellingAtBigBrain #OtheringDenialPrejudice
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/01/28/bullshit-asymmetry-principle/
"It has frequently been noticed that the surest long-term result of brainwashing is a peculiar kind of cynicism--an absolute refusal to believe in the truth of anything, no matter how well this truth may be established. In other words, the result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lies will now be accepted as truth, and the truth be de-famed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world and the category of truth vs. falsehood is among the mental means to this end is--being destroyed" (Hannah Arendt, 1967, p.82). [pdf]
#NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimesEzraKlein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QLgLfqh6s&t=17s #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSFrontlineMichaelKirk, #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSFrontlineGabrielleSchonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5xxlajTW0&t=5205s (17 March 2019). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/steve-bannon-2/ #IRLPoliticalStrategistSteveBannon #MetaphorWarfareMuzzleVelocity #NMUSFOXFNCMegynKelly #IRLPoliticalAdvisorStephenMiller
Context #IRLScholarTimothySnyder https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1844108355590 #ConspiracyTheory_StolenElectionBigLie #TheoryPeriodizationPostTruth Pre #PoliticsFascism #IdentityLGBTQIATransTranny #OrgClassifPPUSRepublicanPartyGOPPOTUSDonaldTrump #PhenomnCoupDEtatPutsch #TauntImpeachment #TheoryAffectiveResponseIncitementOfInsurrection #OtheringDiscriminationRacism #PoliticsNationalismAmerican #OtheringLegitimacyQuestioning #PoliticsGeoExceptionalismAmerican #CauseEquality #_Focal
Supplementary In this fallacy one argues, 'I feel it, so it must be true. My feelings are valid, so you have no right to criticize what I say or do, or how I say or do it.' This latter is also a fallacy of stasis, confusing a respectful and reasoned response or refutation with personal invalidation, disrespect, prejudice, bigotry, sexism, homophobia or hostility. ... 'Alternate Facts' work to 'put you off balance,' 'control the story,' and 'make you think you're crazy,' and she notes that 'presenting alternate facts is the hallmark of untrustworthy people.' The Alternative Truth fallacy is related to the Big Lie Technique. See also Gaslighting, Blind Loyalty, The Big Brain/Little Brain Fallacy, and Two Truths https://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm #IRLPhilosopherHannahArendt #ReasoningFallacyAffective #TauntGaslighting #MemeSmallBrainYellingAtBigBrain #OtheringDenialPrejudice
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/01/28/bullshit-asymmetry-principle/
"It has frequently been noticed that the surest long-term result of brainwashing is a peculiar kind of cynicism--an absolute refusal to believe in the truth of anything, no matter how well this truth may be established. In other words, the result of a consistent and total substitution of lies for factual truth is not that the lies will now be accepted as truth, and the truth be de-famed as lies, but that the sense by which we take our bearings in the real world and the category of truth vs. falsehood is among the mental means to this end is--being destroyed" (Hannah Arendt, 1967, p.82). [pdf]
#NewspaperUSBrdshtNewYorkTimesEzraKlein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8QLgLfqh6s&t=17s #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSFrontlineMichaelKirk, #NMUSPublicBroadcastingServicePBSFrontlineGabrielleSchonder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm5xxlajTW0&t=5205s (17 March 2019). https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interview/steve-bannon-2/ #IRLPoliticalStrategistSteveBannon #MetaphorWarfareMuzzleVelocity #NMUSFOXFNCMegynKelly #IRLPoliticalAdvisorStephenMiller
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