Propaganda: Why Douglas Fir Tugs at Your Heart
by: Caroline Blackman
This post displays glittering generalities, a form of propaganda that relies on pathos, the ability to evoke an emotional response.
"Candidate Douglas Fir supports liberty, perfect, clear air for you to breathe, saving the world's natural resources, and YOU. He has been striving to educate the public on why they should vote NO on Proposition Pine since 2008 while he battles Candidate Coniferous Pine's cruel policies towards lions and normal, everyday people like you and me."
Glittering generalities are emotionally appealing words so closely affiliated with laudable concepts and beliefs that they carry conviction without supporting information or reason. The visceral reaction to such highly-valued notions is approval and acclaim. Such words employed in this post may include liberty, perfect, clear, saving, natural resources, educate, normal, and everyday people. This post demonstrates glittering generalities because a multitude of the expressions pull at your heart and make you think Douglas Fir is a truly admirable guy.
