this is one of those things that seems like a great idea when you are in charge, then instantly becomes an awful idea at some point in the future when the other side gets to be in charge.
jailing people for wrong think or wrong speech isn't a power the right should ever seek to wield since it's a power you would never want the left to have.
Propaganda is best fought with free speech, but now censorship is all the rage. If propaganda is illegal then ‘propaganda’ is going to be defined which leads to a basis for censorship.
Do you really think they should be able to put this shit in kids programming though like Sesame street?
I know parents are responsible for what their own kids watch but the sad reality is many parents use the TV as a baby sitter and don't even pay attention to what their kids watch. I just don't want a generation of souless humorless Marxists in the future. God what a nightmare.
I don’t, but once you start making exceptions it inevitably bleeds out to other areas. The only solution is to make better people capable of understanding information to protect against propaganda and ensure freedom of speech...Noam Chomsky, the once darling of the left who dared to defend Trump the tiniest bit, argued for an intellectual self-defense course for the average American in one of this books...Critical thinking can actually be taught and I get kids won’t get it but banning Sesame street propaganda could lead to banning the national anthem or pledge of allegiance for kids under 18, or worse.
this is one of those things that seems like a great idea when you are in charge, then instantly becomes an awful idea at some point in the future when the other side gets to be in charge.
jailing people for wrong think or wrong speech isn't a power the right should ever seek to wield since it's a power you would never want the left to have.
Ah, now I can say this totally unironically... Thanks Obama!
Smith-Mundt Act - 2012 Amendment - for those who aren’t in the know.
Propaganda is best fought with free speech, but now censorship is all the rage. If propaganda is illegal then ‘propaganda’ is going to be defined which leads to a basis for censorship.
Thank you. That's my point. Propaganda is dangerous and how Nazi nations start.
Do you really think they should be able to put this shit in kids programming though like Sesame street?
I know parents are responsible for what their own kids watch but the sad reality is many parents use the TV as a baby sitter and don't even pay attention to what their kids watch. I just don't want a generation of souless humorless Marxists in the future. God what a nightmare.
I don’t, but once you start making exceptions it inevitably bleeds out to other areas. The only solution is to make better people capable of understanding information to protect against propaganda and ensure freedom of speech...Noam Chomsky, the once darling of the left who dared to defend Trump the tiniest bit, argued for an intellectual self-defense course for the average American in one of this books...Critical thinking can actually be taught and I get kids won’t get it but banning Sesame street propaganda could lead to banning the national anthem or pledge of allegiance for kids under 18, or worse.
They want your children.
The problem with propaganda being illegal is that if democrats regain power, they'll just declare all opposing viewpoints propaganda.