Analyze a Fallay

Demonizing is a very prevalent fallacy used by Wallace in his speech. When describing the government he makes multiple references to satan. He states, “We find we have replaced faith with fear and though we may give lip service to the Almighty, in reality, government has become our god. It is, therefore, a basically ungodly government and its appeal to the pseudo-intellectual and the politician is to change their status from servant  of the people to master of the people, to play at being God without faith in God and without the wisdom of God. It is a system that is the very opposite of Christ for it feeds and encourages everything degenerate and base in our people as it assumes the responsibilities that we ourselves should assume.” He uses words like “ungodly” and then claims that the government is “the very opposite of christ” to make the federal government seem devilish. He uses this in order to have a stronger affect on his audience. By making the government seem like the devil, people will see them in a different light and are more likely to agree with Wallace’s argument. Wallace demonizes the government to make it hard for his audience to disagree with him. If they were to disagree then they can personally be demonized.