The phrase "witch hunt" did not end after the Salem Witch Trials. Explain how fear can be a powerful tool for convincing people to shun those who think differently or introduce a new way of doing something or thinking about things. Why do you think people with power would have used such fear tactics to keep others from having a voice? Is fear a harmless rhetorical device and a simple matter of free speech, or does it have a detrimental impact on the common good? What might be a more effective way of examining new ideas?

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Explanation:

Utilizing fear can often give people a sense of power and superiority, Furthermore, people will tend to believe someone if they are feared way more. This explains why when many people accuse someone of being a witch, for example, they often make little to no decisions and burn them at the stake right away. Fear is a mixture of abusive free speech. Fear is also subjective, as every person comprehends fear differently, rendering it useless to said people. An effective way of examining new ideas could be to petition or to safely and camly convince people via propaganda, advertising, or active campaigning,

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

definition was not one of the four methods