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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: jttmab who wrote (1964)11/12/2000 12:56:38 PM
From: Vendit™  Read Replies (1) of 6710
 
You and I can play later as I have something more important than you on my mind today which is making money tomorrow.
That said let me ask you why Liberals all resort to name calling like little children?

The following are some persuasion tactics often used to promote hidden political agendas:

Tactics that have recently come into widespread use among those supposedly "objectively" discussing conservatism. I am not saying that all liberals use these tactics. I am merely pointing out what I have encountered and observed. These tactics often come into play as a form of avoiding an issue.

Demagoguery: This involves the use of appeals to the emotions to advance a political agenda. Strong language often accompanies. Examples:

"They slashed welfare"
"They are destroying medicare"
"They are attempting to tear down the president in a partisan witch hunt to bring him to trial"
"They are cutting YOUR social security"
"They are poisoning YOUR water and air"
"If we don't pass this legislation, out air will be poisoned"

Suggestive name calling: Another tactic that has come into use when referring to conservatives. Another form of demagoguery in which titles are tacked on to names to suggest extremism. Examples:

"partisaned" politics
"extremist" policy
"mean spirited" cuts
"cold-hearted" legislation
"gun-toting" republicans
"greedy" conservatives
the "radical" right
"ditto head"

Suggestive name calling through false inference: Some often go so far as to relate conservatism to groups with words involved in the extreme or morally wrong. Example:

One who opposes an environment law must (incorrectly) therefore want to destroy it.

One who supports welfare reform must therefore hate people on welfare.

One who makes point of Bill Clinton's scandals must be part of a partisan attempt to tear down the president.

All of these tactics sound bad and illogical when pointed out yet they are all to often slipped into political debate as a means of opposing the views of other while, at the same time, avoiding the issue. Again, I am not saying all liberals use these tactics, nor am I saying conservatives always avoid these tactics. There are some of each who always will use them. I am merely pointing out some which have been recently used in attempt to defeat republican legislation as well as the fallacy in them.

I believe our discussion was about who has been deficit spending over the past 60 years. The liberal democrats that have controlled congress for most of the past 60 years is the correct answer.

Now I'll sit back and await your insult.
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