(October 30, 2014 at 12:29 pm)tjakey Wrote:(October 29, 2014 at 1:59 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: I don't think the answer to bullshit speech is to censor it. I think the answer to bullshit speech is to answer it.
Answering it has to be done off course, and I agree. But answering does not counter propaganda backed by the wealthiest, most powerful people and organizations on the planet. I'm also not sure that openly censoring, or at least labeling, propaganda is a a bad thing. It may not be a good thing either, but perhaps not quite as bad as allowing propaganda to run rampant through a society.
I disagree, because then you leave it to a government agency to decide what is or isn't propaganda, and the problem with that is that they can censor that which threatens their position, their party, or their agenda.
The answer to propaganda is factuality added to volume. What that means is that people have to participate in the national discussions on the topics that interest them. The answer is more, and not less, involvement.
