"Have you ever noticed how you'll see the same succinct clever talking-point showing up over and over again especially on social media? Oftentimes, that's propaganda and it's designed to gradually condition you to accept a concept. When you see it in more than one place, your subconscious mind begins to think it's a consensus which makes you feel like you need to get on board."
"In the spring of 2008, a nine year old boy hit my nine year old son with a baseball bat just before a Little League game. They were on opposing teams and were warming up before the game. In the spirit of rivalry both teams were yelling back and forth in a typical grammar-school sing-song fashion, "We're gonna win and you're gonna lose." Suddenly a boy who was taking batting practice went into a rage and ran into the crowd of my son's team swinging his baseball bat and hit my son on the shoulder."
Propaganda frequently relies on logical fallacies and repeated, catchy talking-points to condition audiences and create a false sense of consensus. Seemingly common-sense statements can conceal hidden meanings and shift responsibility away from actors. A recurring social media line about taking a stick away after a child hits another exemplifies how object removal can be framed as a solution. A Little League episode from 2008 describes a nine-year-old striking another child with a baseball bat; adults removed the bat and the victim continued to play, yet no formal discipline was applied to the aggressor. The incident illustrates how removing objects can substitute for holding people accountable.
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