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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Propaganda derives from the foreign missions of the catholic church to propagate their faith. This was later generalized to include any messaging with the intention of propagating a belief system, and, after WWI began to also be inflected by a sense that it is deliberately misleading.

The word "propaganda" isn't what needs "saving."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not trying to "save" the word propaganda. In highlighting its over-broad definition in combination with its negative connotation, I am actually advocating against its use.

"saving"

Also, don't use quotes around something the person you're responding to didn't say. You are now the second person I've responded to in this thread to have done so.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago

I'll "definitely" stop doing that for you.