[Joe Dees]
Isn't it funny how when Hermet and his like-minded minions
[rhinoceros]
I can understand "like-minded", but what "minions" is supposed to mean?
[Joe Dees]
flooded the list
[rhinoceros]
Until recently, I could find political articles only on the BBS.
[Joe Dees]
with anti-US and anti-Israel propaganda,
[from Merriam-Webster]
propaganda
1 capitalized : a congregation of the Roman curia having jurisdiction over missionary territories and related institutions
2 : the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person
3 : ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause; also : a public action having such an effect
[rhinoceros]
The least I can say is that the definition does not make distinctions as to what is being promoted. It seems to be about the determination and dedication to promote something, and I believe those factors can be evaluated in several ways here.
[Joe Dees]
it was characterized as updating and informative,
[rhinoceros]
As far as it contained information.
[Joe Dees]
but when the slant leans the other way, all of a sudden it is to be condemned?
[rhinoceros]
Was something to be condemned? I didn't notice.
[Joe Dees]
Perhaps what really upsets these types is the fact that the argument for the positions opposing theirs is so strong that there are a plethora of resources to back them up.
[rhinoceros]
I don't know about those types who got upset, but I do know that the strongest arguments I have encountered are tautologies, which hardly need a plethora of resources to be accepted. A weak or a very unusual argument needs much more in order to get through.
That said, a google search would produce hundreds of opinion articles from good sources in support of anything. It is easy to post a dozen articles a day. So, it is possible that the reason most people don't do that is that they find it meaningless. But they may be wrong and Goebels may be right about repetition.
[Joe Dees]
I happen to believe that when Hermit's hand was the only one one-sidedly clapping on this issue, that THAT'S when this commons was undergoing its REAL tragedy
[rhinoceros]
Personally, I didn't see any tragedy, neither then nor now. Anyway, if you want to further your case, you can go to the politics section of the BBS and answer to each and every of Hermit's posts, or post your own, preferably in a single thread or in two or three topical threads.
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