Comment on Why is propaganda frowned upon?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 8 months ago
its a disingenuous form of persuasion.
youre explicitly leaving out facts or distorting the argument to your case. so its lie by omission at best, and outright lying at worst.
Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Don’t most forms of persuasion leave out inconvenient facts or distort the argument to their case?
originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 8 months ago
no
Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Some, not most. Propaganda and advertising are one sided conversations - you either see through the bullshit, or you find yourself agreeing with it.
Effective and rational persuasion involves a back and forth conversation, which is far too time consuming for practically anyone to bother with these days. Since everyone has to have an opinion on everything, they’ll usually find someone saying what sounds right to them and recite the same talking points. When you’re engaging in that sort of persuasion, you don’t really need to worry about giant holes in your arguments.
bluGill@kbin.social 8 months ago
often it is better to directly acknowledge where your side has trouble. You can then address those areas on your terms before they find out, possibly from a source that won't show you why your side is better despite those issues.