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Well Past Time to Stop Using Logos or Reason to Persuade Trump/GOP Supporters, Isn’t It?

2017-12-26
By: IndivCort
On: December 26, 2017
In: ICC Blog
Tagged: fear, gun rights, immigration, Logos and Pathos, Second Amendment

After his first year in office, Trump has demonstrated one concept more than any other: Facts, reason, science, education, knowledge, history, evidence, data, ethics, morality, and the law play no part in the Trump administration approach to governing. Only manipulation through pathos or emotions count as they may be effectively dangled over those who don’t read much, think less, and are glued to Fox “news” and Facebook Russian bots to reinforce narrowness. It is beyond time for Democrats and progressives—let’s call it like it is—Americans who love their country and still believe in democratic principles, ethics, and morality—to use the same tactics, although not forRead More →