I would hope a general goal for anyone is to strive for honest conversations while suppressing propaganda and disinformation, regardless of the source
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drathvedro@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Kremlin propaganda has no place on lemm.ee
This is worrying. What exactly constitutes “Kremlin propaganda”? Sounds like a personal gripe which is now imposed as an instance-wide rule, which makes this instance topical, at which point you might as well defederate
Meanwhile, I think I’ll have to switch instances. I hate the Russian government, and I condemn the war in Ukraine, but I do not support Ukraine either, I support both Maidan and the rebellion that followed, I oppose USA’s imperialist politics and I will fight against any attacks on Russians based solely on their nationality. If “Kremlin propaganda” is banned, it is only a question of time until I step on that mine.
Rockyrikoko@lemm.ee 1 year ago
GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Despite its connotations, propaganda is denotatively a value-neutral term, it is the “propagation” of ideas or views. It mostly gets used as a sleightofhand in the fashion of “our informative journalism; their insidious propaganda”. If something is misinformation, call it misinformation. If it is manipulative use of an incomplete truth, call it that. Don’t use extremely vague words that can be used to smuggle in an arbitrary number of tacit assumptions.
420blazeit69@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Your stance on the Russia-Ukraine war is more or less the consensus on Hexbear.
m0nky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Meanwhile, I think I’ll have to switch instances
Sounds like a good idea.
Commiejones@hexbear.net 1 year ago
Yeah I like the implication that only Kremlin propaganda is bad. Like American media isn’t full of lies? Like the BBC didn’t play along with “Weapons of Mass Destruction” in Iraq. Like Reuters hasn’t published that they “used to” be paid and censored by MI6.
Do you want spread holistic medicine propaganda that can lead to significant harm? sure! You want to spread alt-right propaganda? as long as it isn’t Russian nationalism its fine. All that matters is that you don’t listen to them damned ruskies.
All news media is propaganda. If you want to be a reasoning human being and not a thoughtless tool you owe it to yourself to examine multiple view points and weigh them for their value.