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Words on Fire - The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It (Paperback)
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Words on Fire - The Power of Incendiary Language and How to Confront It (Paperback)
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Words on Fire is about the power of communication to do great harm,
and how civic leaders and engaged citizens can hold leaders
accountable to prevent such harm. Author Helio Fred Garcia focuses
on the language President Trump uses that conditions an audience to
accept, condone, and commit violence against a targeted group,
rival, or critics. The book includes a history of such rhetoric,
and identifies a playbook consisting of twelve forms of
communication that typically precede genocides and other acts of
mass violence. The Nazis used all twelve; the Rwandan Hutu used
ten. Trump uses all twelve. The language triggers lone wolves to
commit violence. Since 9/11 the use of rhetoric that provokes
violence has been known as "stochastic terrorism," a phrase that
tends to confuse and that makes discussion difficult. The author
suggests a more accessible name: lone-wolf whistle violence, on the
model of "dog whistle" politics. The book draws on the most recent
scholarship on lone wolves, their mindset, and what it takes to
activate them to commit violence. The book documents Trump's
increasingly dangerous rhetoric through his campaign and first
term, and how some lone wolves were motivated by the rhetoric to
commit violence. It also describes the changes in the nation's
political culture and media that led to Trump's nomination and
presidency. It profiles leaders who dialed back their rhetoric when
it was shown to put people's lives in danger. Words on Fire closes
with a call to action: We can learn the lessons of today to prepare
for tomorrow, to help civic leaders, engaged citizens, journalists,
and public officials recognize the phenomenon and take steps to
hold other leaders accountable in the future when they use such
language.
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