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hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 30, 2017 - 09:47am PT
95% or perfect fit?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demagogue
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Apr 30, 2017 - 09:54am PT
Too bad nobody in Turkey can access Hoob's link.
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Topic Author's Reply - Apr 30, 2017 - 10:04am PT
there is value in pattern recognition. civics! basic civics

Contents
1 History and definition of the word

2 The enduring character of demagogues

3 Famous demagogues
3.1 Ancient
3.1.1 Cleon
3.1.2 Alcibiades
3.1.3 Gaius Flaminius Nepos
3.2 20th century
3.2.1 Adolf Hitler
3.2.2 Joseph McCarthy

4 Methods
4.1 Scapegoating
4.2 Fearmongering
4.3 Lying
4.4 Emotional oratory and personal charisma
4.5 Accusing opponents of weakness and disloyalty
4.6 Promising the impossible
4.7 Violence and physical intimidation
4.8 Personal insults and ridicule
4.9 Vulgarity and outrageous behavior
4.10 Folksy posturing
4.11 Gross oversimplification
4.12 Attacking the news media
SteveW

Trad climber
The state of confusion
Apr 30, 2017 - 08:02pm PT
Gosh, I'm surprised that list didn't have little t on it. . .
zBrown

Ice climber
Apr 30, 2017 - 08:26pm PT
repo man
demo man





thebravecowboy

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The Good Places
May 1, 2017 - 01:08am PT
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