Tonight, the NYT has an op-ed by a fascist, Sen. Tom Cotton. He proposes using military force against protesters. In response, I posted the following:
In June, 1941, the NYT published excerpts from Mein Kampf under the title "The Art of Propaganda."
In June, 1941, the NYT published excerpts from Mein Kampf under the title "The Art of Propaganda."
It was meant, I think, to be a warning as to how Hitler's propaganda works.
The piece said, in part: "The people, in an overwhelming majority, [because of their 'feminine nature'] that their activities and thoughts are motivated less by sober consideration than by feeling
The piece said, in part: "The people, in an overwhelming majority, [because of their 'feminine nature'] that their activities and thoughts are motivated less by sober consideration than by feeling
and sentiment
"This sentiment, however, is not complicated but very simple and consistent. It does not differentiate very much, but it is either a positive or negative; love or hate, right or wrong, truth or lie; but never half this and half that, or partially, etc.
"This sentiment, however, is not complicated but very simple and consistent. It does not differentiate very much, but it is either a positive or negative; love or hate, right or wrong, truth or lie; but never half this and half that, or partially, etc.
"No matter how skillfully propaganda is presented it will not lead to success unless a fundamental principal is considered with continually sharp attention: it has to confine itself to little and to repeat this eternally.
Here, too, persistency, as in so many other things in this world, is the first and the most important condition for success."
Tom Cotton has apparently taken this passage to heart. No subtlety. No nuance. In Cotton's world it's not a "majority who seek to protest peacefully," but rather "a band[] of miscreants."
The Mein Kamp piece was intended to educate and warn about Nazi propaganda. The introduction made it clear. There should have been a similar warning before Cotton's piece.
