Posted by:
Dave the Atheist
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Date: October 26, 2018 07:41AM
AD HOMINEM: Personal attack.;
AD NAUSEAM: Regurgitate until accepted.;
AGENDA SETTING: "Suck all the oxygen" out of news and debate.;
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY: [Leader name] likes it, you do too.;
APPEAL TO FEAR: Be afraid, be very afraid.;
APPEAL TO PRIDE: You are better than they are.;
BANDWAGON: Everybody's doing it. Hop on-board!.;
BIG LIE: "If you tell a big lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.";
BLACK AND WHITE: "You are with us or against us.;"
BLIND I: Ignoring ally actions opponents are attacked for.;
BROKEN RECORD: Eternal repetition, same thing, same way.;
CHERRY PICKING: Hype tiny supporting evidence, conceal massive opposing evidence;
CLASSICAL CONDITIONING: Politician plays popular song, gains support (see Pavlov's dog).;
CRISIS MANIPULATION: Spectacular event buries damaging facts.;
CULT OF PERSONALITY: Leader becomes religious figure.;
DECEPTION: Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie (foundation of most propaganda).;
DICTAT: Leader said it, so it is true (even if obviously false).;
DISINFORMATION: Incorrect information.;
DISTRACTION: Quick, change the subject!;
DIVIDE AND CONQUER: Pit opponents against themselves.;
DOUBLE ENTENDRE: Miners refuse to work after death.;
ECHO CHAMBER: Interweaved stovepiped media amplifies its own disinformation.;
EUPHEMISM: Friendly terms blunt ugly facts. "They tortured opponents quietly.";
EUPHORIA: Things are excellent! (Even when they're terrible.);
EXAGGERATION: "There has never been anything greater than this, ever.";
FALLACY OF COMPOSITION: One person does it, so all people do it.;
FALSE COMPARISON: Piloting is like driving 1000 cars.;
FEAR, UNCERTAINTY, AND DOUBT: Support leader or else.;
FLAG WAVING: Patriotic symbols valued over national foundations.;
FOOT IN THE DOOR: Give tiny gift, expect eternal loyalty.;
GASLIGHTING: Deception encouraging targets to doubt their own perceptions.;
GISH GALLOP: Speedily discharging convoluted concepts.:
GLITTERING GENERALITIES: Enthralling statements with no actual meaning (aka B.S.).;
GUILT BY ASSOCIATION: Shop keeper who talked to opponent condemned as opponent.;
HALF TRUTH: The politician ran down their opponent.;
HYPERBOLE: The comedian killed the audience.;
CREATIVE VAGUENESS: Broad statements lets audiences hear what they want.;
LABELING: Dividing people against themselves (left/right, liberal/conservative).;
LOADED LANGUAGE: "The site" of conventional attack labeled "ground zero.";
LOVE BOMBING: Destroy family, provide new family.;
MANIPULATING THE NEWS: Complaining about unfavorable reports induces favorable reports.;
MISINFORMATION: Disinformation spread unintentionally (see pseudo-environment).;
MILIEU CONTROL: Social environment creates control (see love bombing, pseudo-environment).;
MINIMIZATION: "Enemy agents are harmless.";
MUDDY THE WATER: Confusing distractions.;
NAME CALLING: Opponent is a [dirty name].;
NON-SEQUITUR: "Some lies are so false they are true.";
OBFUSCATION: Devising the uncomplicated as knotty.;
OPERANT CONDITIONING: Carrot and stick.;
OPINION AS FACT: "The moon is cheese so the landings were faked.";
OVERSIMPLIFICATION: There is no alternative to war.;
PLAIN FOLKS: Join us common people.;
PROJECTION: Accusing opponent of crime(s) you are committing.;
PSEUDO-ENVIRONMENT: Propaganda manufactured interpersonal situation of meshing falsehoods.;
QUOTES OUT OF CONTEXT: "My opponent says I lied" becomes "I lied.";
RATIONALIZATION: "We killed the dissidents to save their families.";
RED HERRING: Distraction with "shiny/smelly object.";
SCAPEGOATING: Fixing blame, not problems.;
SLOGANS: "Bumper sticker" arguments, "Stop plate tectonics.";
SMEAR: Falsely attacking opponents' character.;
SPECULATION: Predicting the future.;
STEREOTYPING: They are [stereotyped], therefore they all [stereotype].;
STOVEPIPING: Restricting information sources to avoid learning facts (see pseudo-environment).;
STRAW MAN: Create false premise, then attack it.;
TESTIMONIAL: Celebrity support.;
THIRD PARTY: Partisan plays independent.;
THOUGHT TERMINATING CLICHE: "Don't be silly.";
TONE ATTACK: Ignore facts, attack delivery.;
VICE WORDS: Unkind incorrect words, "demonic" opponents.;
VIRTUE WORDS: Kind incorrect words, "angelic" allies.;
WHATABOUTISM: Distract with charge of hypocrisy.