Eck! liked an interesting article on Propiganda
Filene and his colleagues identified the seven most common “tricks of the trade” used by successful propagandists (Marlin 102-106: Propaganda Critic: Introduction). These seven techniques are called:
* Name Calling
* Glittering Generalities
* Transfer
* Testimonial
* Plain Folks
* Card Stacking
* Band WagonThese techniques are designed to fool us because the appeal to our emotions rather than to our reason.
Really interesting read. Go have a look, and see if the stuff you read sounds familiar.
The Obama ’08 campaign in a nut-roots-shell.
Name Calling = “Racist! Teabaggers!”
Glittering Generalities = Hope and Change
Transfer = “It’s George Bush’s fault” and other strawmen
Testiomonials = Organizing for America
Plain Folks = Confused, Angry, Bitter-Clingy!
Card Stacking = SEIU, Astroturf, ACORN voter fraud
Band Wagon = “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!”
Yahtzee!!
DirtCrasher,
Works both ways. I’ve pulled the BS rope on all of them. They all do it but do we all realize that?
The difference between propaganda and advertising is often unnoticed or ignored as that brand
of soda is one we like.
Eck!
And, of course, we must not forget the “Intimidation through the implied threats against employment, families, and so forth,” as Weer’d is now aware… 🙂
Granted, those seven tactics basically boil down to intimidation in one form or another, but there are also more… direct methods.
Hey, if you can’t win fair-and-square your choices are “Cheat” or “Switch to the Winning Side”
Why they’d take the route they did. It was no fun when I switched sides, but I would be impossible for it to be as bad as the hell they have crafted for themselves!
At this point, there is no way for them to switch sides. Even if they were to acknowledge the facts of the situation, their pride and supposed self-worth would prevent them from even considering that they had been wrong in the past…
Compartmentalization – it is a wonderful thing!