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Provide a critical assessment of the following quotation.Discuss rhetorical flourishes and slanting techniques,if any,including otherizing,demonizing,fear or hate mongering,and forstering xenophobia.Some passages may fit more than one category.
"We couldn't get the truth to the American people.
You and I know that that's extremely difficult to do where our newspapers are owned by out-of-state interests.Newspapers which are run and operated by left-wing liberals,Communist sympathizers,and members of the Americans for Democratic Action and other Communist front organizations with high sounding names.
However,we will not be intimidated by the vultures of the liberal left-wing press.We will not be deceived by their lies and distortions of truth.We will not be swayed by their brutal attacks upon the character and reputation of any honest citizen who dares stand up and fight for liberty.
And,we are not going to be influenced by intellectually bankrupt editors of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution,one of whom has presided over the dissolution of the once great Atlanta Constitution.
We can understand his bitterness in his bleak failure,but we need not tolerate his vituperative and venomous attacks upon the integrity and character of our people.These editors,like many other left-wingers in the liberal press,are not influenced by tradition.Theirs is a tradition of scalawags.Their mealy-mouthed platitudes disgrace the honored memory of their predecessors--such men of character as Henry Grady,Joel Chandler Harris,and Clarke Howell,men who made the name of the Atlanta Constitution familiar in every household throughout the South.They are not worthy to shine the shoes of those great men."
-George Wallace,The Civil Rights Movement fraud,sham and hoax speech July 4,1964,http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1964WALLACE.html


Definitions:

Sound Reason

A basis for argument or decision that is valid and grounded in logic or fact.

Creative Spirit

The innate or developed ability to create, innovate, or conceive artistic or novel ideas, projects, or solutions.

Willingness to Take Risks

The propensity of an individual to engage in behaviors or actions that have the potential for negative outcomes in pursuit of a desired result.

Defer to Others

The act of yielding or submitting to the judgment, opinion, or decision of another person.

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