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Old 09-15-2019, 07:14 PM   #221 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elphenor View Post
if you want to semantically ignore the middle bit which is the whole point of having a separate word in this case

academically there is a distinction between a persuasive essay, and a propaganda piece

even if you could say every piece of literature is propaganda it's quite obtuse
Defining things such as literature as propaganda is almost as obtuse as thinking that literature doesn't qualify as propaganda.
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