14. Character Assassination, the new successful dehumanizing strategy to murder and destroy

His Divine Holiness taught to the world that everything is divine, instead Hindu Militant Extremists used caricatures to portray him as a demon, dehumanized

"Abe Lincoln's Last Card" was a political cartoon by the Englishman John Tenniel, printed in the London Times on Oct. 18, 1862, along with an article that him and destroyed his image as a spiritual leader. He was dehumanized to the extent of incitement of hatred and violent among the masses against Him and make them insensitive to the brutality with which He was being persecuted. Readers were fed hatred through cartoons ridiculing His Divine Holiness. Every effort was made to destroy His character across all the sections of society especially educated youth. All His humanitarian contribution were washed away with the acid of poisonous defamation. He was left to die as nobody.

Being brutal in modern information age is a failing strategy. In the modern times, if a person is persecuted and killed, he is honored as a martyr, whose sacrifice for humanity is publicly recognized and revered. Killing is thus not enough, rather it causes other repercussions (such as backlash and revolt by the suppressed community) against the inhuman interests of the ones who want to persecute. Therefore, the character of the person has to be murdered first to deprive him from any sympathy or empathy from the masses and to incite extreme hatred and mob anger. After a person's character has been poisonously defamed and completely assassinated he cannot live what he wants to live, he cannot preach what he wants to preach.

suggested that Lincoln (portrayed as a demon) had played his "last card" in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation which declared "that all persons held as slaves (within the rebellious states) are, and henceforward shall be free." The cartoon was often reprinted by Lincoln's opponents.

In 19th century, newspapers were used to unleash their fury on their opponents. Enemies of American President Abraham Lincoln used to spread wild rumors and fabrications on his character and personal life. His physical appearance became a common theme of poisonous defamation attacks.