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mick063

(2,424 posts)
9. If we were competing against critical thinkers,
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 02:25 PM
Oct 2012

I would agree.

But we are competing against Neanderthals that are influenced primarily by emotion.

The axiom of public speaking:

Know your audience.

Fox gets this and it is working.

We must laugh at Trump. We must speak in their language. We must play on their emotion, not their senses. If you have not already discovered, they have no sense. They despise science . They despise secularism.
They despise reason. They can call our President a "retard" with little consequence.

Know your audience.

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