I was just thinking about that Hitler video clip Kate showed us in class earlier today. The fact is that it is really scary when a speaker like Hitler is speaking he or she can speak in extremely general terms so the audience doesn’t really know what the speaker is saying. And because the speaker or politician speaks so general, the audience can basically conclude whatever the speaker or politician is saying; the audience can make it into whatever they may feel like, and apply it into their own beliefs and wants.
So here are a few questions that rose in my mind when I was writing this.
Why then would a speaker/politician not want the audience to know his or her agenda?
What’s so wrong with being black and white on a subject?
If a speaker wants to win an audience, then why does it seem like the speaker is hindered when it comes to sharing his or her beliefs? Furthermore, doesn’t everyone want to know the beliefs of a speaker/ politician?
-Sarah
I think in Hitler’s position, he told the German people what they wanted to hear, which was pretty much anything positive at that time, because there economy was in such a depression. If Hitler came out and said that he wanted to kill the Jews in order to make a perfect race, I don’t think many people would back him up. But in our modern politics I agree with you, why can’t the politicians just come out and use the right words, and not try to sway for the truth.
ReplyDeleteI think that politicians do not come right out and say what they mean because its all apart of their "job" to make the audience FEEL as if they know exactly what the speaker is saying and that way since the audience assume they know then they will easily side with the speaker and be pleased that the speaker is fulfilling their wishes when the speaker could really be saying the exact opposite! Its just like saying something but not really saying it so that way if someone says "YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD......" the speaker could say "NO I NEVER SAID THAT, YOU MAYBE IMPLIED THAT WHEN I SAID....."----u see they are TRICKY :) just dont trust em! (lol)
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I really wish politicians would, "know what they mean and mean what they say." It's strange, we're all people and you would think that we would all want the same things. You know? No Republicans or Democrats, Just one group. But that will never happen. So I guess we can just hope for the best and not trust em!!
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