10 Ways To Recognize War Propaganda In Western Media A Handy checklist ~~Thomas Römer

https://fort-russ.com/2021/04/10-ways-to-recognize-war-propaganda-in-western-media/

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National Holidays and the Agenda Behind Them

        National Holidays and the Agenda Behind Them

                                Written by Dmorista

I am writing this after seeing, once again, the Corporate Controlled Media's hoopla, propaganda, and disinformation campaign that now envelops the newest national “sacred date” of September 11, universally referred to as “9-11”. It is now 19 years since the September 11, 2001 events, that were sold to the U.S. populace as a vicious attack on the U.S. by Muslim extremists. Yet, there is a wide difference between the role that important dates play, given that they have a significant role in the collective national memory but that do not have an officially designated recognition status, as compared to official National Holidays.  The first category includes famous and important dates like September 11^th , November 22^nd, August 6^th/9^th, December 7^th, or May 1^st  dates that denote very important events in our history and culture.  This situation contrasts strongly with the role played by official National Holidays like July 4^th, Labor Day, Memorial Day, November 11^th, or January 1^st. There are three types of National Holidays and “Informal Days of Remembrance”; those that address some historic national socioeconomic development¹; those that commemorate and/or glorify war; and those that are primarily days when families get together for indoor meals or cookouts, or other fellowship. Over time national dates especially those that have achieved National Holiday status, that once had political and/or socioeconomic meaning, move into the fellowship and cookout category; a process the ruling class knows will occur and does what they can to facilitate, and the change in the way these days are commemorated ends up “defanging” that particular observance, and depoliticizes those dates.  A date once solemn and/or politically charged becomes another consumer event.