Watch for language-based manipulation this political season
Thursday, August 16, 2012Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/036824_Presidential_election_politicians_manipulation.html#ixzz23ky2VKVe
The key to independent thinking lies in asking the right questions.
If you lack the ability to question the communication of others, then you are doomed to spend your life grazing with the rest of the sheeple. Sheeple don't question.
Vague, fluffy language offers the greatest opportunity to manipulate people into agreeing with you and politicians are the kings of fluff. The problem is, most people do not know how to formulate questions that get beyond the facade.
What follows are real world examples of personal and political fluff, with appropriate responses that neutralize attempts at manipulation. You are about to discover how to get to the heart of the matter through the magic of well-formed questions!
FYI, I go through these examples in a free on-hour podcast at Mental Health Exposed. Download this week's show to listen. Be sure to have a paper and pencil or your favorite device ready to take notes! The source for political quotes is the search engine at politco.com.
According to the classic linguistic patterns made popular by Neuro-Linguistic Programming, here are five categories of vague language and how to respond to each one.
If you lack the ability to question the communication of others, then you are doomed to spend your life grazing with the rest of the sheeple. Sheeple don't question.
Vague, fluffy language offers the greatest opportunity to manipulate people into agreeing with you and politicians are the kings of fluff. The problem is, most people do not know how to formulate questions that get beyond the facade.
What follows are real world examples of personal and political fluff, with appropriate responses that neutralize attempts at manipulation. You are about to discover how to get to the heart of the matter through the magic of well-formed questions!
FYI, I go through these examples in a free on-hour podcast at Mental Health Exposed. Download this week's show to listen. Be sure to have a paper and pencil or your favorite device ready to take notes! The source for political quotes is the search engine at politco.com.
According to the classic linguistic patterns made popular by Neuro-Linguistic Programming, here are five categories of vague language and how to respond to each one.
- Unspecified verbs: Forgetting "how"
- Nominalizations: Things that are not really things
- Universal language: Everyone is guilty!
- Mind reading: I know you know about this one
- Modal Operators: To should or not to should...
- Conclusion: Don't ask, don't know!
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