[MD] S/O and Morality

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Arlo Bensinger <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Platt]
> Can you explain, with examples, the difference between intellectual 
> level rhetoric and tactics and social level rhetoric and tactics? I 
> hope it's not simply a matter of one's political views. Thanks.
> 
> [Arlo]
> I thought we agreed that using the rhetoric of "fear" is a 
> social-level rhetorical device. In that thread I gave examples that 
> crossed "party lines" of how politicians of all ilk attempt to 
> leverage fear in order to garner power.

I thought we also agreed that in certain cases fear was intellectually 
justified and that it was often difficult to tell the difference. 




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