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When you say that someone's public opinions are propaganda, it immediately follows that that person is a propagandist

Nope.

Noun    1.    propagandist - a person who disseminates messages calculated to assist some cause or some government

A propagandist is disseminating propaganda consaciously for a cause. But, if s/he is successful, non-propagandists will buy into it, and propagate it further.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 01:02:45 PM EST
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I somehow missed the link for the dictionary quote.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 02:12:11 PM EST
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Sigh. Yes. And disseminating messages calculated to assist .... is called "propaganda".

So a propagandist is disseminating propaganda. Period.

So if I say that your public posts amount to propaganda, I actually implicitely called you a propagandist.

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)

by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:37:58 PM EST
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You really have a problem understanding basic semantics. Or logic. From (A does B) + (C does B) doesn't follow that A = C.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:52:03 PM EST
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Lessons of logic from an ideologue? :)

prop⋅a⋅gan⋅dist  [prop-uh-gan-dist] Show IPA Pronunciation  
–noun 1.    a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.

dictionary.reference.com

if your opinions are propaganda
and
if you spread your opinions by repeating them on a public forum

it follows that you spread propaganda
=you are a propagandist.

Just like I said before: even when evidence is in front of you, you still won't have it.

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)

by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 08:30:31 PM EST
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