George LakoffDec 27, 2022

What is the middle ground between the truth and a lie? What is the middle ground between democracy and dictatorship?

An examination of the flawed premise behind the so-called "moderate" frame in politics, and how a warped notion of journalistic "neutrality" can aid and abet anti-democratic forces.

https://georgelakoff.substack.com/p/wheres-the-middle-ground-between

Where's the middle ground between authoritarianism and democracy?

Media establishment's search for the mythical "moderate" endangers freedom

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Show threadJochen Fromm
@georgelakoff I think marketing, advertising and propaganda all operate in the foggy middle ground between truth and lie. Marketing can be considered as the art of lying: how much can we bend and distort the truth without breaking it? Advertising does it for economic reasons, propaganda for political ones.
Dec 27, 2022 at 3:37pmWeb