The Social False Dilemma: Perpetuating Conflicts between Liberals and Conservatives
This essay addresses the establishment of a social false dilemma in the form of the socially-constructed categories of liberals and conservatives. The illogical positioning of only two options for solving a problem reduces an audience’s ability for developing creative solutions. The dichotomous nat...
Main Author: | Brent Kice |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society
2019-03-01
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Series: | Res Rhetorica |
Online Access: | http://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/337 |
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