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A '''Demagogue''' (from the Greek ''dêm(os)'', people, + ''agōgós'', leading) is a public speaker who is able to sway an [[audience]] into ignoble thoughts and actions.  This is accomplished by manipulating the emotions, prejudices, and passions of listeners.  Demagogues frequently employ [[deceit]] in their [[rhetoric]].

A '''Demagogue''' (from the Greek ''dêm(os)'', people, + ''agōgós'', leading) is a public speaker who is able to sway an [[audience]] into ignoble thoughts and actions.  This is accomplished by manipulating the emotions, prejudices, and passions of listeners.  Demagogues frequently employ [[deceit]] in their [[rhetoric]].

Demagogues with an evil intent are epitomized historically by [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Pol Pot]] and [[Fidel Castro]]; [[Barack Obama]], [[Hugo Chavez]] and [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] are more contemporary examples.

Demagogues with an evil intent are epitomized historically by [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Pol Pot]] and [[Fidel Castro]]; [[Barack Obama]], [[Hugo Chavez]] and [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] are more contemporary examples. Other public figures who are viewed as demagogues include political activists [[Al Sharpton]], [[Jesse Jackson]] and [[Louis Farrakhan]] and broadcasters [[Rachel Maddow]], [[Chris Matthews]] and [[Piers Morgan]].

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