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A comment on Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the Space Race (2018). Parent comment

Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by chapium on Saturday January 12, 2019 @10:55AM (#18891681)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by cat199 on Saturday January 12, 2019 @12:32PM (#18892217)
ooh lets post one liner wikipedia links and feel smug!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic

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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by chapium on Saturday January 12, 2019 @11:56PM (#18895160)
Thats not at all what i was aiming for, however enjoy feeling like you got me
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Re:Vintage “Soviet Santa” Postcards Were Propaganda for the ... by kstenerud on Monday January 14, 2019 @09:05AM (#18902971)
This isn't about whataboutism. I'm not referring to any hypocrisy here. The problem is with the criteria being used to define "propaganda".

In this case I argue that, when the same standards are applied to Western media of this type, the same (invalid) conclusion must be reached. Therefore, the evidence presented is insufficient for the charge of propaganda.

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