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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-18-07 03:46 PM
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Help - writer's block - how does one use "Fear mongering" in a sentence?
I'm writing a LTTE about the Republican attacks on the Frost family.

At the start, I use the famous quote from Joseph Welch - "Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator...You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"

But, I wanted to say that Joe McCarthy rose to power through fear mongering... but, would it be "fear mongering on communism" or "fear mongering of communism" or "communism fear mongering" or something else?

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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-18-07 03:47 PM
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1. The last time I left my zipper open I was arrested for fear mongering
:rofl:
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-18-07 03:50 PM
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2. wouldn't it be "fear mongering over communism"?
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ChickMagic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-18-07 03:51 PM
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3. It's probably
fear mongering about communism. I think.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-18-07 03:58 PM
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4. Unless you're married to "fear mongering," I would suggest a different phrasing altogether
No matter how you use it, unless it's at the end of the clause, I think that it risks sounding forced and artificial. That's a problem with the phrase itself, rather than with what you're hoping to convey.

How about "Joe McCarthy rose to power by preying upon the public's deepest fears and prejudices," or something similar?
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