This self-righteous trend of "clarifying" concepts is ridiculous. Alt right is not white nationalism. Similar but diff. Distinctions matter.
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Similarly, fake news is not propaganda. Propaganda sometimes takes the form of fake news, but is often "real" news with skewed framing.
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In the rush to "simplify" concepts, people are erasing crucial meaning.
And they wonder why nobody cares when they yell "Nazi!"
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I'm all for clarifying that the alt right is largely composed of assholes, but that doesn't give anyone the right to shit on semantics.
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This is much like the US fascination with labeling anything outside their politics "communist".
Please don't erase meaning from language.
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One reason the Russians are massacring the US propaganda machine is they understand they don't have to lie to make propaganda.
US doesn't.
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Of course the Russians are also full of shit, they just don't feel the need to compromise themselves by lying when they can be found out.
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Implying that the western brand of fake news is propaganda is idiotic precisely because the west *sucks* at making propaganda.
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the West is very good at propaganda for its own citizens, but it's been breaking down the last 10-15 years.
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Especially this election in the US it's looked dire.
I also suspect UK citizens are more upset about their gvt than media lets on.