" its a good idea for those in power to give the perception that all who oppose them are in one group"

Question

I paraphrase.....but who said that? Who said its smart for those in power to give the perception that all who oppose them on any issue are really all one group of people and to keep hammering away at that group.. So that for example if someone oppose you on jaywalking you call him a x, if they oppose you on ecology, you call them a x, if they oppose you in what day is best for trash day you call them a x. The point being that you belittle this group x by hammering them all the time so that people become afraid to opppose you or risk being ridiculed as being a member of group x.

and who has done that in the last few years in the american political realm. Please give a specific example.

Answer 1

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
Adolf Hitler


The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention.
Adolf Hitler

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.
Adolf Hitler

The Bush / Cheney/ Rove/ RNC BS political Nexis, and their talk radio Minions have done a fine job of using that method

Answer 2

well, I always wondered why the word "libs" was used so much. Now it makes total sense.

Boy If I did not know any better, it sure would seem fitting to say that someone has been studying Hitler's "How to" manual.

Answer 3

That definitely reminds me of Hillary's right wing conspiracy.

It was very harmful to our country and is one of the reasons I can't stand her.