this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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It's not really hard.
There's straight up disinformation, doublespeak, dogwhistles, reliance on fallacy, appeals to authority fear and prejudice, ad hominems, cherry picking, demonization/dehumanization of opponents, etc.
Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_techniques