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“Trump rambled for 19 minutes, reiterating what he has put in social media posts. He said the war was almost over, but also that military operations were going to intensify, said its purpose was to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities, despite his claim in June 2025 to have obliterated those […]

There appears to be a taxonomy of rhetorical questions...

but do we need one tho?

#rhetoric

Rhetoric Meaning and Examples: From Ancient Rome to David Icke Rhetoric defined with meaning and examples. See how politicians, David Icke and your HR department uses rhetorical language to persuade you.

𝗥𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗔𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗜𝗰𝗸𝗲.

It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it.

#rhetoric #publicspeaking

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www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/03/resist... "In rehearsals for the [RSC’s] upcoming production of Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, the cast have been exploring the uncanny parallels between the […]

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#Rhetoric #Propaganda

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So that he can blow it on another pointless war?

Tho' if he has a 'secretary of war', and no secretary of defense, who is going to spend the money he raises?
Doesn't the 'secretary of war' need a 'war budget' to go with?

#WordsMatter #Rhetoric

See also, NATO v US Illegal Aggression Campaigns: "NATO strives to secure a lasting peace in Europe and North America...", show US legislators a map. #rhetoric #youvotedfordisinformation

#Rhetoric #ADHD

#Rhetoric #ConstructiveAmbiguity

#Rhetoric #Euphemism

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All about chinks through the closing door. #Dreyfus #Winking #Rhetoric

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#Legal #Rhetoric #Belief

Any putative truths beneath or beyond truth-talk, apart from analytic or tautological cases, are not directly available to us except through mediated encounter, interpretation, and language. I am going to make a concerted effort to quit using the word truth when I only mean truth-talk, the language translation of truth, to which we have no unmediated access. We don’t debate truth bare. We debate truth-talk, which is already dressed in rhetoric, grammar, power, and selective emphasis.

Any putative truths beneath or beyond truth-talk, apart from analytic or tautological cases, are not directly available to us except through mediated encounter, interpretation, and language.

I am going to make a concerted effort to quit using the word truth […]

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If you are still on YouTube and enjoy critical-thinking analysis, it's worth viewing https://www.youtube.com/@FramingLogic

I know there are flaws, but I think it is helpful to be reminded of the logical fallacies, and cognitive biases, and rhetorical approaches that external actors are using […]

A Theory of Literate Action > With the emergence of literacy as part of human cultural evolution, new kinds of relations and activities formed that have created structures of participation in larger and more distant organizations, relying on accumulating knowledge and mediated through genre-shaped texts. It is for these activity contexts that individuals must produce texts, mobilizing the resources of language, and it is within these contexts that the texts will have their effect.

📕 A Theory of Literate Action (A free, 197-page book from 2013)

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#POV It is a truism that #language shapes #politics through strategic #rhetoric, #metaphors, and #wordchoice. But does invoking entrenched national #stereotypes make #armedconflict inevitable?Whether one is on the side of the “mad mullahs” or the “Great Satan”, the point is simple: watch your words.

THEME 1 — THE ILLUSION OF RIGHTS: Why “ALL RIGHTS RESERVED” Only Works If You Can Risk Homelessness SECTION 1 — THE PROMISELeases open with language that sounds protective:“This is a binding legal document. If not understood, legal counsel should be consulted before signing.”“This Lease shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado.”“This Lease shall not waive any rights provided by statute.” The message is clear:You have rights.You have protections.You have recourse. SECTION 2 — THE REALITYInside the same document, those rights collapse. Examples from Loveland leases: “Tenant accepts the Premises in such condition.” “Your promise to pay rent is independent, absolute, without right to offset.”

#homelessness #lease #rhetoric

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Poetry

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Poetry

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When the ask is the answer,
the question is unambiguous.
...
haiku: rhetorical deflection

tell me a question
he appealed ambiguously
the ask is the answer

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#rhetoric #rhetorical #ambiguous