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“You know he looks smart because he wears those little glasses,” he said at a rally in November. “If you take those glasses away from him, he’s a dummy.”
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Its probably no accident that NHK (Japan's broadcasting company) is featuring a documentary on Hitler's rise to power. He also used emotion to obtain supporters. So many who saw what he was, instead, choose to use feelings to make a conclusion. George Wills does something not seen on the extreme left or right. His conclusions are often based in reasoning. He always includes reasons why.
This week's (first) episode takes Hitler from 1933 through to the point where he became powerful by attacking minorities with emotional attacks. Ending with disparagement of Jews that fully entrenched his power. "Them verses Us" is a powerful tool to manipulate an emotional majority. Demonstrated again with Brexit. And with many who love assault weapons only because emotional gratification is sufficient to justify unlimited, unregulated, and immediate purchases.
How many remember Joseph McCarthy? So many remain so emotional as to support David Duke (often without publicly admitting it) or believe as Timothy McVeigh. These evil news reporters are trying to confuse us with facts. "I don't watch the news because it is so depressing". Another example of an anti-American. Someone who knows using emotion.