Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those … - Randal Marlin

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Randal Marlin

Once we recognize the power of propaganda, we need to ask whether its exercise is consistent with those democratic ideals to which lip-service is commonly accorded.

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Any restrictions to freedom of expression will always open the door to possible others, because analogical reasoning can mount arguments showing why this or that class of objects is closely similar to those for which exceptions have been made.

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Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the audience into the right kind of emotional receptivity; and the logos, or the argument itself, carried out by abbreviated syllogisms, or something like deductive syllogisms, and by the use of example.

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Small town people assume you are a friend if you simply remember their names.

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When you give false information you tend to restrict the freedom of choice to others.

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Since the time of Plato and Aristotle philosophers have had an interest in taking note of common fallacies in reasoning.

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