{"id":13785,"date":"2023-08-10T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=13785"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:58:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:58:15","slug":"823-representative-misrepresentation-the-language-and-rhetoric-of-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/13785","title":{"rendered":"823 &#8211; Representative misrepresentation\u2014the language and rhetoric of politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/823-BinaryPolitics-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13786\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20230810-justRIGHT-823-REPRESENTATIVEmisrepresentation-theLanguageAndRhetoricOfPolitics.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><br \/>\n<strong>The latest round of indictments against Donald Trump is so absurd,<\/strong> and the accusations so demonstrably false, <strong>that one must wonder about the state of mind that that could be driving them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why Trump\u2019s insistence that the last federal election was stolen should even be a concern to his accusers is a question that can only be understood in light of their terror.  So desperate are they to make some kind of case against Trump, that <strong>their argument has now boiled down to an absurd assertion that their \u201ccase could hinge on whether he believed his lies.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With political rhetoric like \u201cYou can put all kinds of whipped cream on manure, and it\u2019s still manure\u201d used to justify their charges against Trump, you can smell the crap on which such arguments are piled.  The \u201cmanure\u201d in question, of course, is <strong>the fact of the stolen election \u2013 called \u201clies\u201d by Trump\u2019s accusers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fascinatingly, <strong>the case has once again forced the spotlight on the violent nature of the Left in contrast to the peaceful nature of the Right.<\/strong>  \u201cViolence is only the domain of the Left,\u201d Stew Peters correctly observed in his assessment of the January 6 \u201cuprising\u201d for which Trump is being blamed.  Along with the violence, <strong>Leftist politicians rely on misrepresenting their legitimacy as democratic representatives, which is essentially what their whole case against Trump is all about.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In projecting all of their electoral evils and crimes on to Trump, the Left has found itself resorting to the manipulation of language and rhetoric calculated to justify unprecedented and outrageous assertions.  <strong>They, not Trump, have forced the long existing polarization of America\u2019s politics to surface,<\/strong> and that is a good thing because now more are able to see the true nature of the binary choice before them.<\/p>\n<p>Those on the Left who condemn Trump for being a \u201cpolarizing\u201d figure are mistaken in their condemnation, but Just Right about the fact that Trump represents their polar opposite.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/823-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/823-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest round of indictments against Donald Trump is so absurd, and the accusations so demonstrably false, that one must wonder about the state of mind that that could be driving them. 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