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Donald Dunbar Use Of Propaganda Analysis

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Propaganda is used by a person to promote their own personal opinions to influence others. There are many types of propaganda as stated in the essay “How To Detect Propaganda”. While the essay was written in 1937, its examples of propaganda are still used frequently today. Although propaganda is not as intense and noticeable as it once was, it is still prevalent and important to know when a propagandic device is in use. The republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump, used the name calling device in his campaign announcement speech on many occasions. Donald Trump used the device on many people to mislead his viewers. He started by attacking the other candidates from his political party. He stated “The other candidates — they went …show more content…

His solution to the problem is, “I will build a great great wall on our southern border and I’ll have Mexico pay for that wall”. In his announcement speech his most criticized sound bite was “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some, I assume, are good people.”. Trump uses a negative generalization of Mexican immigrants to justify exactly why a wall on the southern border is necessary. Even though he utilizes a racist generalization of immigrants, he instils fear in listeners. He wants listeners to assume that any immigrant from Mexico have problems that will negatively affect the lives of Americans. Although his generalization only applies to a small percent of immigrants, he says this with such conviction that a lack of factual evidence does not concern many Americans. They assume that what a presidential candidate tells them would be supported with facts and truthful information, which in most examples, is not the case. Donald Trump uses name calling to undermine the opponents of his views, hoping to convince listeners to believe in what he wants them to believe

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