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Propagandists, therefore, may employ it as a "tar-brush," pejoratively, and thus create a perceived atmosphere of controversy, discrediting the subject:

"Beatrix Potter's creation, Peter Rabbit..."
vs.enaeus' Adversus haeresis. The Christian writers inherited from the classical rhetors the conviction that controversial confrontations, even over trivial matters, were a demonstration of intellectual superiority. See Christian theological controversy.

See also

Social/political controversy

Social/political controversy: local US interest

Social/political controversy: other recent

Secular controversy: intellectual and historical

Christian controversy

Other religious controversy

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