> There's a difference between "appeal to emotion" and spewing outright lies. The only difference is that spewing outright lies is a large subset of appealing

> There's a difference between "appeal to emotion" and spewing outright lies. The only difference is that spewing outright lies is a large subset of appealing to emotion when it comes to activism, which is itself a large subset of politics. > Sounds an awful lot like giving up to me. Democracy is compromise, and compromise at the level of government is messy. It's not giving up, it's jut not giving in to one idea without considering and weighing all opinions.