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To: combjelly who wrote (554713)	3/12/2010 12:48:50 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572354

"Tell me if you can recognize anything here." Sure. I recognize your standard M.O. You probably have it as a wall poster and pledge allegiance to it each morning. ........................................................... Here are five basic rules of propaganda, courtesy of Norman Davies in his extraordinary book "Europe: A History": * The rule of simplification: reducing all data to a simple confrontation between 'Good and Bad', 'Friend and Foe'. * The rule of disfiguration: discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies. * The rule of transfusion: manipulating the consensus values of the target audience for one's own ends. * The rule of unanimity: presenting one's viewpoint as if it were the unanimous opinion of all right-thinking people: draining the doubting individual into agreement by the appeal of star-performers, by social pressure, and by 'psychological contagion'. * The rule of orchestration: endlessly repeating the same messages in different variations and combinations.

To: combjelly who wrote (554713)	3/12/2010 1:03:24 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572354

One of two things is clear........either all Rs have read Norman Davies book, or they helped him write it. Its exactly how they operate. Its a very effective MO....and it takes a lot to counterbalance. Sometimes I think its happening nationally...the counterbalancing. Other times, I wonder. The fact that they are so discredited in the polls suggests Americans finally have their number. We can only hope. I saw this in a different forum. Tell me if you can recognize anything here. Here are five basic rules of propaganda, courtesy of Norman Davies in his extraordinary book "Europe: A History": * The rule of simplification: reducing all data to a simple confrontation between 'Good and Bad', 'Friend and Foe'. * The rule of disfiguration: discrediting the opposition by crude smears and parodies. * The rule of transfusion: manipulating the consensus values of the target audience for one's own ends. * The rule of unanimity: presenting one's viewpoint as if it were the unanimous opinion of all right-thinking people: draining the doubting individual into agreement by the appeal of star-performers, by social pressure, and by 'psychological contagion'. * The rule of orchestration: endlessly repeating the same messages in different variations and combinations.