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Originally Posted by Curious
Another very particular and defining feature of WL's writings is all the repetition of sentance that convey a theme. In one and a half A4 sheets of printout handed to me for a study for an evening's meeting, I counted 7 repititions of a one-line sentance that summerized the point being made. That is a feature I had never encountered before in any book I have ever read.
I straight away thought, 'isn't that a communist propoganda tactic, to keep repeating as if the number of repetitions will alone convince a person they are true' ?
At the time I had not much idea that something was amiss with this group.
(The counting of these repetitions was made easier by the fact that all these identical sentences had been highlighted with a highlighter pen, by my LC friend, hoping this added emphasis would further convince me as to the 'truth' of the statements!.... So sad this sort of effort is actually believed to be effective by LC people).
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Children also learn thru repetition. I don't see the sinister intention in the repetition by itself. Much of it may come from the editorial staff. They had a way of taking WL's spoken messages and fluffing them up into 2 or 3 written messages, apparently good for the bottom line.
Regarding brainwashing via unending propaganda, the entire world is bombarded with this daily, my friend. It's nearly impossible to hear something free from it. Definition of factoid: anything repeated often enough that it becomes "fact."