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How politicians fool the public

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Hey everyone, I found a great page that will outline all the different ways that politicians distort the truth and fool the public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

haha, its so true though! Most of them minor in psychology anyway.

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Originally posted by ChessJester
Hey everyone, I found a great page that will outline all the different ways that politicians distort the truth and fool the public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

haha, its so true though! Most of them minor in psychology anyway.
I found another one where a politician fools the public too! 😉

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm

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LOL! Thats great.

Here is a theory on 'bull-poo'

In particular, Frankfurt distinguishes bullpooing from lying; while the liar deliberately makes false claims, the bullpooer is simply uninterested in the truth. Bullpooers aim primarily to impress and persuade their audiences. While liars need to know the truth, the better to conceal it, the bullpooer, interested solely in advancing his own agenda, has no use for the truth. Following from this, Frankfurt claims that "bullpoo is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are."

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So the List of Fallacies is actually an arsenal of Weapons of Mass Bullpoo, for all the master bullpooers out there. 😉

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Originally posted by ChessJester
Hey everyone, I found a great page that will outline all the different ways that politicians distort the truth and fool the public.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

haha, its so true though! Most of them minor in psychology anyway.
Lying techniques change, but the lies remain basically the same. 😏

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>Lawyers are trained in law school to distort the truth.
>All politicians are liars.