For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.
I bet we`ll see a lot of demagoguery [in Donald Trump speech] about the 10,000 Syrians that [Barack] Obama has allowed to be resettled here.
I have never met anyone who did not support our troops. Sometimes, however, we hear accusations that someone or some group does not support the men and women serving in our Armed Forces. But this is pure demagoguery, and it is intellectually dishonest.
Demagoguery enters at the moment when, for want of a common denominator, the principle of equality degenerates into the principle of identity.
If you've heard Hillary Clinton's recent remarks on Ritalin and other drug use on children, you'll find the usual nauseating demagoguery. She appears to be urging Ritalin caution; but, if you listen carefully, she's calling it a miracle drug: "A Godsend for emotional and behavioral problems, for both children and their parents. " She insists her efforts are not an attack on the medical treatment of children's emotional well-being because the drugs are very, very "useful. "
We may repeat the awful revolutionary history of the 20th century because of the vulnerability of social movements to demagoguery.
When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.
While there were many factors in the 2016 election, from false news to voter suppression and Russian hacking, the question is why so many people responded to Donald Trump's demagoguery.
The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.
