Mention anything about climate change denial conspiracy? That's a suin'!

You can't hide your guilty eyes, "Heartland" Institute!

The message here is that only The Cult of AGW is allowed to lie.

phil_herup: The message here is that only The Cult of AGW is allowed to lie.

wait? So now your argument is that it's fine for the Heartland institute to lie because you are under the impression that "the cult of AGW" is lying? Really that's your defence of this?

Phil here's a partial list of propoganda techniques. Can you identify how many of these you commonly use? How about just today in the various threads?

PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES:

Lie
Lie By Omission and Half-Truths
Lie With Qualifiers
Lie With Statistics
Scream Accusations of Lies and Lying
Observational Selection
The Statistics of Small Numbers
Bury The Lead
The Big Lie
Reversal Of Reality
Projection
Make a Virtue out of a Fault
Unsupported Claims
Imaginary Evidence
Use Association
The Glittering Generality
Exaggerate
Confusion of Correlation and Causation
Reverse a Cause-and-Effect Relationship
Straw Man
Hypnotic Bait and Switch
The Either/Or Technique — Bifurcation — the Excluded Middle
False Dichotomy
The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend
"Hobson's Choice"
Alternative Advance
"Somebody's got it worse"
Faulty Syllogism
Non Sequitur
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc — "It happened after 'X', so it was caused by 'X'"
The Norm of Reciprocity
Guilt Induction
Play On Emotions, Appeal To Emotions
Ad Hominem, Launch Personal Attacks On Opponents
Engage in Name Calling
Delegitimize One's Opponent
Demonize the Enemy
Apply Labels
Stroking Ploys
Blame A Scapegoat
Blame Somebody Else (Anybody Else)
Blame A Non-Factor
Claim That There Is A Panacea
Claim That There Is A Panmalefic
Flattery
Proof by Anecdote
Double-Talk
Unprovable Statements
Undisprovable Statements
The Language Trap
Vague, Undefined, Grandiose Language
Loaded Language, Euphemisms, and Redefined Words
Fluffy Phrases
Use Self-Referential Definitions — Define Something In Terms Of Itself
Deception Via Mislabeling or Misnaming Things
Misuse Words
Moving The Goalposts
Set Low Expections
Sliding Adjectives
Vague Adjectives
Undefined Terms
Pseudo-intellectual Bull
Confuse With Technicalese
Simplistic Slogans
Over-simplification
Wrap Yourself In A Higher Power
Repeat Old Memes
Everybody's Doing It, Everybody Knows, and Everybody Says
Pomp, Ceremony, and Ritual
Humor and Ridicule
Assume The Major Premise
Petitio Principii, Assume Facts Not In Evidence
Hidden Assumptions
Assume Futures or Future Results
Fallacy of Presupposition
Affirmation of the Consequent
Irrelevant Conclusion (Ignoratio Elenchi)
Confusion of Beliefs with Facts
Substitute Feelings For Facts
Confusion of Abstractions with Reality
Circular Reasoning (Circulus in Demonstrando)
Appeal to Evil
Appeal to Higher Principles
Appeal to Authorities (Argumentum ad Verecundiam)
Appeal to Force (Argumentum ad Baculum)
Appeal to Popularity — Appeal to the People (Argumentum ad Populum)
Appeal to Numbers (Argumentum ad Numerum)
Dismiss by Numbers
Appeal to Averages
Appeal to Antiquity (Argumentum ad Antiquitatem)
Dismiss by Antiquity
Appeal to Novelty — Newness (Argumentum ad Novitatem)
Dismiss by Novelty
Appeal to the Exotic
Appeal to Tradition
Appeal to Poverty (Argumentum ad Lazarum)
Appeal to Wealth (Argumentum ad Crumenam)
Appeal to Common Folk
Appeal To Stupidity
Antirationalism
Appeal to Desperation
Appeal to Pity Ad Misericordiam
Exploit Wishful Thinking, and Tell Them What They Want To Hear
It Ought To Be True, So It Is.
It's Too Terrible To Tell
Argue from Adverse Consequences
Argue from Beneficial Consequences
Apply Time Pressure
The Real Scotsman Fallacy
Inverse Real Scotsman Fallacy
Inconsistency
Compare Apples To Oranges
Special Pleading
Self-Sell
Repetition for Emphasis (Argumentum ad Nauseam)
Antimetabole
Reification
Take Undeserved Credit
Create A Granfalloon
Spin Doctoring
The Semi-Attached Figure
Use Exact Numbers
Avoid Specific Numbers
Hide Behind Others
The Preacher's We
Put Words Into Other People's Mouths
Tokenism
Testimonials and Stories
The Fallacy of One Similarity
The Fallacy of One Dissimilarity
If It Looks Like X, Then It Is X.
A Distinction Without A Difference.
Sly Suggestions
Misleading Inference
Unsubstantiated Inference and Groundless Claims
Introduce Irrelevant Information as Supporting Evidence
False Analogy
False Equality
Double Bind
Project Future From Past
False Analysis Of History
It's Never Happened Before
I Didn't See It Happen, So It Never Happened
Argue Inevitability
Pollyanna's Ploy — Unbridled Optimism
Chicken Little's Pessimism
Generalize, and the Sweeping Generality
Take Quotes Out Of Context
Argue from Ignorance (Argumentum ad Ignorantiam)
Begging The Question
Meaningless Question
Blame The Victim
Play the Victim, and Self-Victimization
Claim to Have Special or Secret Knowledge
Bad Math
Use the Passive Voice
Use Slanted Language
Use Inflamatory Language

burntman: wait? So now your argument is that it's fine for the Heartland institute to lie because you are under the impression that "the cult of AGW" is lying? Really that's your defence of this?

Phil here's a partial list of propoganda techniques. Can you identify how many of these you commonly use? How about just today in the various threads?

All of them, Katie.

burntman: Can you identify how many of these you commonly use? How about just today in the various threads?

PROPAGANDA TECHNIQUES:



Accusations of Lies and Lying

Use Inflamatory Language




Libs lie, and calling them the fuck out keeps me busy.

phil_herup: Libs lie, and calling them the f**k out keeps me busy.


burntman:
Projection

sloth:


I don't lie... therefore I do not project.

I predict many secondary quotes for this post.

burntman:

I predict many secondary quotes for this post.

Maybe they can hire Joseph Rakofsky to sue the Internet for defamation.