Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Paul criticizes Paul for calling ‘Islamofascist’ propaganda, saying it shows he’s out of touch with most Americans.
In plain terms
He says the term is propaganda and out of sync with public opinion.
What can you take from it?
Using extreme labels can alienate mainstream audiences.

Where it applies

  • media commentary
  • political speeches
  • social media debates

Putting it to work

  • avoid inflammatory labels
  • align language with audience understanding

Questions to consider

  • When do labels become counterproductive?
  • How can politicians gauge public sentiment accurately?

Another view

The assessment assumes a monolithic American view.

More from Ron Paul

  1. We don't have much time here to talk about Ron Paul because the time is dwindling. Let's see, I have seven seconds, six seconds. What can I say? Uh... Ron Paul…

    Permalink to quote #121
  2. I've known Ron a very, very long time -- I like to think of Ron Paul as 'The Conscience'. You've always got to have a conscience.

    Permalink to quote #123
  3. A the lot of people think like you, I dare not say I'm one of them.

    Permalink to quote #120

Related quotes

  1. The appropriation of radical thinking by lazy, self-obsessed hippies is a public relations disaster that could cost the earth.

    Ben EltonBen Elton quote #3
  2. It must be said that today, at the end of its semantic evolution, the word 'terrorist' is an intrinsically propagandistic term. It has no neutral readability. …

    Alain BadiouAlain Badiou quote #5
  3. How did Memogate get a 'gate'? How did Nipplegate get a 'gate'? We invaded a country with the wrong information, and Janet Jackson's tit got a 'gate'. Who give…

    Jon StewartJon Stewart quote #17