@KenRoth @SpeakerJohnson A sickening discourse of justification which even lacks the moral values that extremists would allege when justifying their illicit activities. NB: For more about the tactics of the discourse of justifications, see https://t.co/w
@ShibleyTelhami Politicians here are using similar tactics of manipulation (e.g. discrediting) to those used by violent extremists. https://t.co/w9bvKw1xCa
Discursive pragmatics of justification in terrorist threat texts: Victim-blaming, denying, discrediting, legitimating, manipulating, and retaliation https://t.co/y1nEMB66gG
This analysis also helps #society to understand how similar #linguistic tactics are used by politicians, e.g. Netanyahu & Trump, to #influence & #manipulate #public #perception and #behaviour in contemporary #media #discourse. https://t.co/dFhho98