Those basic logic books in the philosophy section, you will see logical processes you have probably figured out yourself put on paper and defined, this will lay the foundation for you to compose more sophisticated logical arguments and help you to explain your arguments concisely and to the point using legit terms.
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If someone's motivation is to satiate an emotion then their apparent illogical actions can be very logical from their perspective, also logic is only as effective as the information it is based on which is always limited, inaccurate and jumbled up in the human brain. Of course manipulating people's feelings is an important part of politics, you just need to look at how people are psychologically conditioned to get emotional over something and the reasoning process behind their reaction.
For instance an angry anarchist might break a Starbucks™ window while an angry fascist might act in a beastly manner towards minorities. What is going on in their heads? Why don't they just shoot some basketball to get their frustration out?
>>11
Yes, logic is flexible, even an obstacle like emotions can be quantified and approached logically.
There is a problem though. Invoking feelings in others often requires you show the same feelings yourself and it is difficult to fake the involuntary body language and vocalisations needed without having that emotion, unless you can trigger emotions on cue.