Table of Contents
Links:
–https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_assassination (overview)
–http://batstar.net/piper/char.htm (a useful journal overview of the whole topic)
–https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9781315150178-4 (the handbook on CA, historical examples are useful)
–https://carpresearchlab.org/ (an organization dedicated to CA)
–https://communication.gmu.edu/research-and-centers/carp/ca-history (historical examples)
https://d101vc9winf8ln.cloudfront.net/documents/31470/original/ALL-ABSTRACTS.pdf?1559585760 (more examples)
–https://amzn.to/3Eh04ng (character assassination book)
Research Notes:
-It is all about reputation, see laws of power, guard it with your life
-People generally only character attack those who they think have something of value whether it is a belief, commodity, or something they want to destroy. Occasionally people character attack because they feel insecure or they want to feel dominant.
-Ask yourself who has an incentive to attack me
-Character attacks can be post mortem meaning against a dead person’s character or their ideas
-Very prevalent in politics because people don’t research the things they hear much
-Character assassination attempts are generally basically one big ad hominem attack
