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Barbara McCrary wrote:
> I've read that only the wealthy in Europe eat horse meat.  Why is it 
> that anytime someone opposes an issue, the "wealthy" are always blamed 
> as being contributors to the problem?

It is a demagogic trick, employed primarily by individuals or organizations 
that have a real stake (financial, power, self-interest) in the argument at 
hand.  They identify a large segment of the population that they wish to 
sway to their side and then claim that someone or some group their target 
audience either dislikes, fears or envies is against what ever the 
demagogue is favoring.  Thus, they convince a large number of people to 
support their position without ever having to present a single logical 
argument.  There is the added benefit that since the support is based on 
subconscious emotions which ARE real to the people, it is doubly difficult 
to get them to change their minds based on mere facts, logic and reasoning 
which may involve concepts that are foreign and/or hard to grasp.

Neat, huh!


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