dave wrote:

The 'Big Lie' is wrongly attributed to the Nazis. In fact, it was THEY
who were claiming that the Communists were perpetrating it.


Bull****. Hitler outlined it in Mein Kampf.


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"Sometimes the truth is so precious it must be accompanied by a
bodyguard of lies." ~ Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 25
Sept. 2001 Pentagon Briefing
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"In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours."
~Willie Brown, California political leader
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A lie told often enough becomes the truth. ---Lenin (1870 - 1924)
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"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over
and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda." --- George W. Bush, Rochester, N.Y., May 24, 2005
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"An idea or position is repeated in an attempt to elicit an almost
automatic response from the audience or to reinforce an audience's
opinion or attitude. This technique is extremely valid and useful
because the human being is basically a creature of habit and develops
skills and values by repetition (like walking, talking, code of ethics,
etc.). An idea or position may be repeated many times in one message or
in many messages. The intent is the same in both instances, namely, to
elicit an immediate response or to reinforce an opinion or attitude."

--Appendix I: PSYOP Techniques" from Psychological Operations Field
Manual No. 33-1 published by Headquarters, Department of the Army,
Washington DC, 31 August 1979.
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As for the Hitler quote, he is talking about the Communist methods which
he was blaming for the collapse of the previous German State. Get the
book and read the stuff previous to the quote. When he gets quoted,
people mysteriously forget who he is talking about. He also mentions the
media.

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All this was inspired by the principle--which is quite true in
itself--that in the big lie there is always a certain force of
credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily
corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than
consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of
their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small
lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters but
would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods. It would never
come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not
believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so
infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be
brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will
continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the
grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has
been nailed down, a fact which is known to all expert liars in this
world and to all who conspire together in the art of lying. These people
know only too well how to use falsehood for the basest purposes.

Adolf Hitler,
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A comprehensive PDF file concerning lying:

http://www.domaindiver.com/FarRight/...lice.State.pdf




mike