Name: Laird Wilcox 2006-07-02 16:59
Character Assassination.
Name Calling And Labeling.
Irresponsible Sweeping Generalizations.
Inadequate Proof For Assertions.
Advocacy Of Double Standards.
Extremists Tend To View Their Opponents And Critics As Essentially Evil.
Extremists Tend To Have A Manichean Worldview.
Extremists Very Often Advocate Some Degree Of Censorship And Repression Of Their Opponents And Critics.
Extremists Tend To Identify Themselves In Terms Of Who Their Enemies Are.
Extremists Are Given To Arguments By Intimidation.
Wide Use Of Slogans, Buzzwords And Thought-Stopping Cliches.
Doomsday Thinking.
Extremists Often Claim Some Kind Of Moral Or Other Superiority Over Others.
Extremists Tend To Believe That It's OK To Do Bad Things In The Service Of A "Good" Cause.
Extremists Tend To Place Great Value On Emotional Responses.
Some Extremists...claim some kind of supernatural, mystical or divinely-inspired rationale for their beliefs and actions.
Name Calling And Labeling.
Irresponsible Sweeping Generalizations.
Inadequate Proof For Assertions.
Advocacy Of Double Standards.
Extremists Tend To View Their Opponents And Critics As Essentially Evil.
Extremists Tend To Have A Manichean Worldview.
Extremists Very Often Advocate Some Degree Of Censorship And Repression Of Their Opponents And Critics.
Extremists Tend To Identify Themselves In Terms Of Who Their Enemies Are.
Extremists Are Given To Arguments By Intimidation.
Wide Use Of Slogans, Buzzwords And Thought-Stopping Cliches.
Doomsday Thinking.
Extremists Often Claim Some Kind Of Moral Or Other Superiority Over Others.
Extremists Tend To Believe That It's OK To Do Bad Things In The Service Of A "Good" Cause.
Extremists Tend To Place Great Value On Emotional Responses.
Some Extremists...claim some kind of supernatural, mystical or divinely-inspired rationale for their beliefs and actions.