Persuasive Ploys

It ย is now, more than ever,
necessary that political leaders be outstanding
for ย honesty, integrity and commitment
to the common good.

~ Pope Francis

 

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One high school speech class lesson that stuck was The Big Lie, and its persuasive role in winning debates.

Theย ScientficMethod.comย article โ€œSuspect Debate Tactics,โ€ lists quite a few, including,

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Catastrophizing, โ€œpredict[ing] the future negatively without considering other, more likely outcomes.โ€

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Insertionism, a โ€œdeceitful debate tactic โ€ฆ when there is an unwarranted and unsubstantiated insertion of words or new meanings into a statement or argument.โ€

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Question Begging Epithets, โ€œslanted language is used to reaffirm what we wish to prove but have not proven yet.โ€

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Strawman Fallacy, which โ€œpurposely distorts an opponent’s argument (sets up the straw man), in order that he may attack it more easily,โ€

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Recognize these?ย Read moreย with names like โ€œBlack Holing,โ€ โ€œRed Herring,โ€ โ€œPreponderance of Garbage Defense,โ€ etc.

European Center for Populism Studiesย https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/big-lie/ย reports , โ€œTheย BIG LIEย is the name of a propaganda technique, originally coined by Adolf Hitler inย Mein Kampf,ย who says โ€˜The great masses ofย the peopleโ€ฆ will more easily fall victim to aย big lieย than to a small one,โ€™โ€

Big Lies work โ€œby leveraging core psychological tendencies, exploiting social structures, and operating within a fragmented modern information landscape. It relies on a high-profile figure who, through constant repetition across a range of media, can establish a false narrative.โ€

The Psychological Factors that allow acceptance include,

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Repeated exposure to a lie, especially an outrageous one because the human brain can confuse familiarity with factual accuracy

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย People tend to seek out and believe information that confirms their existing beliefs

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Disinformation is often crafted to appeal to strong emotions like anger, fear, and disgust.

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Read more, including about social and technological factors

In personal life and the workplace, trustworthy leadership matters. As Thomas Jefferson wrote. an โ€œinformed electorateโ€ is vital, which becomes difficult when voters canโ€™t tell whatโ€™s true.

Speaking of leaders, here are articles that may interest,

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย The Biggest Lies American Presidents Ever Told ย 

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย What President Has Told the Most Lies?

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Who Truly Was the Most Dishonest President?

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Who Lied the Most During Their First 100 Days: Biden, Trump or Obama?ย 

ยทย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย From Washington to Trump, all presidents have told lies [but only some have told them for the right reasons]ย 

Keep in mind,

โ€ฆ people who pay greater respect to a wealthy villain than to an honest, upright man in poverty, almost deserve to be enslaved; they plainly show that wealth, however it may be acquired, is, in their esteem, to be preferred to virtue.
~ John Hancock

Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.
~ Albert Einstein

To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.
~ William Shakespeare

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