Shaping A Political View

http://www.nisleerskov.com/labels/Rhetoric.html

This cartoon focuses directly on rhetoric used in a political context. In the first few panels, the one character uses loaded language/exaggerations to describe the more horrific activities supposedly committed regularly by the countries mentioned. Another interesting point is the fact that these practices are referred to be committed “by” the country and not “within” the country. This makes all the difference when it comes to how one’s political perceptions are shaped regarding these countries. Also, the cartoon plays on the idea of rhetoric by bold-facing certain words such as “typical strategy” and “opposition” as if to imply that choice of words is a very significant factor here.