Negative campaigning, also known more colloquially as mudslinging, is trying to win an advantage by referring to negative aspects of an opponent or of a policy rather than emphasizing ones own positive attributes or preferred policies. In the broadest sense, the term covers any rhetoric in which one refers to ones opponent in an ad hominem manner. ad hominem Personal attacks redirects here. For the Wikipedia policy, see Wikipedia:No personal attacks. An ad hominem (Latin for to the man or to the person[1]), short for argumentum ad hominem, means responding to arguments by attacking a persons character, rather than to the content of their arguments. When used inappropriately, it is a fallacy in which a claim or argument is dismissed on the basis of some irrelevant fact or supposition about the author or the person being criticized.[2] Ad hominem reasoning is not always fallacious, for example, when it relates to the credibility of statements of fact or when used in certain kinds of moral and practical reasoning.[campaigning... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_campaigning It is robustly unfortunate that the campaigns leading to the 2015 elections has been characterised by MUDSLINGING, all you hear are worn out clichés; thieves cluesless semi illiterate bigot corrupt disgrace to PH.Ds... etc Im saddened by this downward spiral... Is this all our present crop of politicians can offer? It is depressing... Recall that people keep vigil because of American electioneering debates... Why are we thus blest? Like it or not, #wethepeople demand ISSUE BASED CAMPAIGNS. COME LET US REASON TOGETHER... #wethepeople refuse to be blindfolded by the MUD you freely SLING at each other... Come with strong, compelling and verifiable reasons... #wethepeople need to be persuaded! #DonKesterOshioreame Twitter: @donkestertwits Therapist. Author. Public Speaker. Public Affairs Analyst.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:18:50 +0000