Michael Pollak wrote:
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> On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Liza Featherstone wrote:
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> > ANSWER is saying "Bring the Troops Home Now" and I think it's a better,
> > clearer slogan in many ways, expressing concern for the safety of these
> > people without in any way "supporting" militarism.
>
> You're right that it is clearer as an argument. But slogans don't
> persuade as arguments, they persuade as rhetoric. And I think the other
> is better rhetoric. It starts with the common slogan that almost commands
> assent and then turns it on its head.
>
Slogans don't persuade, period. They are symbols of mutual recognition among activists.
I simply can't imagine, even as a remote possibility, anyone hearing a slogan and then changing his/her mind. I would be sceptical that it ever has happened or ever will.
Carrol