Pocket...you really make me sorry for my internet diet! I missed this also.
You need to post that 'Roveian Reduction' somewhere because it's right on.
It is interesting...I can't remember whether you were the rhetoric major or Yaya was the rhetoric major but the things they do are slick rhetorical moves, informal fallacies and the like (philosophy/poli-sci double major). Ad hominem attacks are their speciality...but there is this schoolyard bully thing that really fascinates me. They create two camps--"We are the strong winners. They are the weak losers." A certain class of people is very afraid to be lumped with the weak. They don't care about what happens to the poor or survivors of the hurricane or anyone--caring is a weak thing.
Someone needs to take apart this rhetoric piece by piece very carefully. Why does it work so well?
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You need to post that 'Roveian Reduction' somewhere because it's right on.
It is interesting...I can't remember whether you were the rhetoric major or Yaya was the rhetoric major but the things they do are slick rhetorical moves, informal fallacies and the like (philosophy/poli-sci double major). Ad hominem attacks are their speciality...but there is this schoolyard bully thing that really fascinates me. They create two camps--"We are the strong winners. They are the weak losers." A certain class of people is very afraid to be lumped with the weak. They don't care about what happens to the poor or survivors of the hurricane or anyone--caring is a weak thing.
Someone needs to take apart this rhetoric piece by piece very carefully. Why does it work so well?