For this project, you will use Justin Gustainis’ text as a lens to examine one speech. You must decide if you want to accuse someone of demagoguery or if you want to defend someone from the accusation.
If you accuse a politician of being a demagogue: Find a specific speech that displays demagogic traits. (Although you will closely analyze one speech, be ready to reference other speeches by this politician. You must discuss how this is habitual.) Explore how two specific characteristics (polarization, demonization, motivism, scapegoating, etc.) work in the given text. You will discuss examples of these elements, how they work, why they may have been used in the context, and possible effects on the audience. Also, analyze at least one fallacy.
If you defend: If you think the charge is untrue then you will analyze how the politician is being inaccurately assessed based on a wrong interpretation of the demag. tactics and fallacies. You must still break down two demagoguery strategies and one fallacy. You will need to prove how he is not a demagogue. In other words, you would defend the speaker. Find at least one outside source that is accusing ___ politician of being a demagogue to have grounding.
For either stance you must to use Gustainis as a source to make your case.
Paper must be in MLA format.
Page length 4-6.