Response to Lupton/Miller and Hadden

I believe that symbolism and mass deception was the dominant force in deceiving the german people into accepting the rhetoric of the Nazi party. Having said that, symbols can be a catalyst to allow for an emotional or contextual/cognitive understanding of ideas that might not be able to be coveyed through speech. An example of this is the self definition of the swastika itself that was stated in the article. By pairing the idea of the swastika having a noble and national pride, with the agenda of dominance over culture and fascism, the Nazi party was able to associate the to without directly stating the association;simple juxtaposition.