Showing posts with label rhetoric. Show all posts
Showing posts with label rhetoric. Show all posts
Thursday, October 1, 2026

Clever Comparisons Dept.

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     I’ve just encountered this, from Alice Smith: Calling capitalism the cause of poverty is like calling physics the cause of gravity. — ...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

2026’s Most Inconvenient Question

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     In the philosophical realm, arguments about meaning can go on forever. Meaning arises from interpretation, which makes it a personal m...
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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Imperfections

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     Among the things that tire me most severely are comments to the effect that this, that, or the other thing “isn’t perfect.” Given the g...
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

A New Entry In The War Of Words

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     As my Gentle Readers already know, a great part of political combat is conducted through clever (and occasionally not-so-clever) choice...
Friday, October 23, 2020

Agenda Giveaways

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     Sad to say, these days there aren’t many questions that don’t have a political component. Politics has crept into places where it never...
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Friday, September 11, 2020

Simulated Outrage Dept.

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     We’ve all seen it before: the leftist, when asked a question which, candidly answered, would tell the public something the leftist does...
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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Provocation And Counterattack

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     Every now and then, it’s important, even for the most confrontation-averse of us, to go on the attack. In politics and public discour...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

The Socialist Front In The Lexical Wars

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     Good morning, Gentle Reader. It’s yet another unnaturally wet and foggy day here on the fabled Island of Long. As noted social commenta...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Mincing Words Are An Indicator

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     Does anyone remember President Ronald Reagan’s televised statement about the Iran-Contra scandal? Reagan admirers emphasize that he sai...
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

The View From Here

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     The political Left – i.e., the Democrat Party and its media handmaidens – is suffering badly. The series of blows delivered to it by th...
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Saturday, August 31, 2019

“Truths” That Must Be Disputed

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     It appalls me how often verifiably untrue claims are put forth under the explicit heading of “truth.” The tactic has a specific intenti...
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Thursday, August 15, 2019

To Avert Responsibility, Collectivize!

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     To him who hopes to deceive others for profit, the most attractive of all occupations is rhetorical tactician. Perhaps it always was th...
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Attacks And Defenses

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     First, a brief citation from another blogger that expresses the sentiments of many on the Right today:      I am exhausted of having ...
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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Quickies: “Radical”

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     Much has been written about the corruption of language for political purposes. Start with George Orwell, who certainly knows the subje...
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Sunday, April 22, 2018

Unsatisfactory Lexicon

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     Political discourse, insofar as any remains that doesn’t involve epithets, slanders, threats, or actual violence, requires a lexicon: ...
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