Christians Everywhere Have Been Duped Into Nationalism
Troll farms run the top Christian Facebook groups, but the history behind how this happened isn’t that surprising.
“Our platform (Facebook) has given the largest voice in the Christian American community to a handful of bad actors, who, based on their media production practices, have never been to church.”
— Jeff Allen, former senior-level data scientist at Facebook
In the middle of the 2020 COVID lockdown, my dad shared a report from a Christian entity discussing ongoing issues in America. After reviewing the article, I pointed out that much of the “information” presented was propaganda and misinformation. Having spent eleven years in the Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations of the United States Army, you learn to identify propaganda quickly. Most people wrongly assume propaganda is inherently deceitful, but that’s rarely the case. Black propaganda (explicitly deceitful) is almost never used in psychological operations. Instead, the most common form of propaganda is “white propaganda,” which uses truth as psychological warfare. By using omissions and emphasis on key information, white propaganda can help dictate favorable outcomes. As I’ve written before, this is the most common form being used by news outlets ranging from Fox News to CNN to…
