You cheered (and are still cheering) a massive propaganda effort... and are calling efforts to lessen the lies "censorship". Your lies prevailed and the "censorship" of them clearly failed.
Minus FJ = lover of lies and hater of attempts to "censor" the lying.
I'm for more speech... to fill in the purposefully-forgetful narration gaps that censorship creates when it leaves out information documenting the actual record of reality...
from the Jared Bauer video on Memento mentioned in another post: To be able to narrate, or remember, one must be able to forget or leave out a great deal. So, as a personal example, when I was in high school everybody was obsessed with the show 24. It branded itself as a realtime narrative. Each season was 24 episodes. Each episode a full hour of continuous time, with the whole season covering a single day. A "record" you could say. There was this lame joke you'd always hear where people would say, "Well, if it's really a full day, why doesn't anyone ever use the bathroom?" Silly I know, but it nevertheless points to the fact that even stories that market themselves as seamless records of reality still, by virtue of being stories, have gaps. Because it's through editing reality that we create narrative.
Minus: ...all those inconvenient-to-the-narrative "alternative facts" that you claim are merely imaginary...
The "alternative facts" are real. Real lies and disinformation.
Copilot: ...the term "alternative facts" is often used to describe false or misleading information presented as if it were true. It's a way to frame lies or distortions in a more palatable way, but ultimately, facts are objective and verifiable. When someone presents "alternative facts", they're usually trying to manipulate the truth to fit a particular narrative or agenda.
Indeed. But narratives related to "facts" are not.
To be able to narrate, or remember, one must be able to forget or leave out a great deal. ...
For Benjamin, it's actually a lack of explanatory power that makes narrative work. Take Hitchcock for example. The master of suspense was able to keep us on the edge of our seats because he was a pro at depriving us of information, "How much does the detective know? What's happening in the apartment across the street? What's the deal with Norman's mother?", Etc. Obfuscation, a lack of information, gives us drive. It's in the "not knowing" that we find momentum, meaning, and purpose.
*replaced with the more significant d0n0ld/Musk gaslight.
ReplyDeleteYou should be cheering! You LOVE censorship and organized propaganda!
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DeleteYou sure cheered the censorship when it was working against your political opponents...
DeleteYou cheered (and are still cheering) a massive propaganda effort... and are calling efforts to lessen the lies "censorship". Your lies prevailed and the "censorship" of them clearly failed.
ReplyDeleteMinus FJ = lover of lies and hater of attempts to "censor" the lying.
I'm for more speech... to fill in the purposefully-forgetful narration gaps that censorship creates when it leaves out information documenting the actual record of reality...
Deletefrom the Jared Bauer video on Memento mentioned in another post: To be able to narrate, or remember, one must be able to forget or leave out a great deal. So, as a personal example, when I was in high school everybody was obsessed with the show 24. It branded itself as a realtime narrative. Each season was 24 episodes. Each episode a full hour of continuous time, with the whole season covering a single day. A "record" you could say. There was this lame joke you'd always hear where people would say, "Well, if it's really a full day, why doesn't anyone ever use the bathroom?" Silly I know, but it nevertheless points to the fact that even stories that market themselves as seamless records of reality still, by virtue of being stories, have gaps. Because it's through editing reality that we create narrative.
You know, all those inconvenient-to-the-narrative "alternative facts" that you claim are merely imaginary... @@
DeleteMinus: ...all those inconvenient-to-the-narrative "alternative facts" that you claim are merely imaginary...
ReplyDeleteThe "alternative facts" are real. Real lies and disinformation.
Copilot: ...the term "alternative facts" is often used to describe false or misleading information presented as if it were true. It's a way to frame lies or distortions in a more palatable way, but ultimately, facts are objective and verifiable. When someone presents "alternative facts", they're usually trying to manipulate the truth to fit a particular narrative or agenda.
"facts are objective and verifiable"
DeleteIndeed. But narratives related to "facts" are not.
To be able to narrate, or remember, one must be able to forget or leave out a great deal. ...
For Benjamin, it's actually a lack of explanatory power that makes narrative work. Take Hitchcock for example. The master of suspense was able to keep us on the edge of our seats because he was a pro at depriving us of information, "How much does the detective know? What's happening in the apartment across the street? What's the deal with Norman's mother?", Etc. Obfuscation, a lack of information, gives us drive. It's in the "not knowing" that we find momentum, meaning, and purpose.
...often "political" purpose.
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