A few weeks ago I looked at Malenkov’s use of statistics and then on how he threatened the USA with nuclear war.
Statistics are often used as evidence – sometimes more menacingly than others. This is part of the rhetorical branch of logos (the use of logic).
While Malenkov used statistics to gloat of an apparent Soviet success, other speakers have used statistics as a form of fear mongering.
In his notorious Rivers of Blood speech in 1968, Enoch Powell used statistics on the number of immigrants to strike fear into his audience.
In an attack on Britain’s immigrant population, Powell said…
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