Tag: Rhetoric

Trump’s Racist Rhetoric is Even Infecting Canadians

Have you ever heard something so astonishing that you nearly stopped your car in the middle of the street to gawk? I kept my eyes on the road, my attention firmly forward, and tried to process what my passenger had just said. I had been commenting on my most recent trip south, talking about how T...

Rhetoric Above Realisation

If those leaders of political parties showed the rhetoric, we must already know that the election is near. As an undergraduate student in Indonesia, seeing a billboard full of the faces of legislator candidates is something normal, especially as this country stood as a third world country. Every act...

Xenophobic Rhetoric Overshadowed Real Users’ Rights Protection Concerns During TikTok Hearing

Last Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced five hours of questioning before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The stated purpose of the hearing was for lawmakers and the American people to hear more about TikTok’s commitments to protecting user data and, as TikTok is ultimately owned ...

The Rhetoric Tricks, Traps, and Tactics of White Nationalism

The images in this piece are going to be straight from the white nationalists themselves, their guides to each other on how to mainstream their ideas. Often they operate in groups, like BUGS or similar. There may be an outright “nazi” that the other neo-Nazis point to in order to say &ld...

Challenging Transphobic Rhetoric In Small-Town America

My kids and I stopped at a local convenience store where we are frequent flyers. A day like any other, in a town where everyone knows everyone. My kids want a drink and a snack before we head off to do whatever it is that the rest of this day holds. Today will be just a little different, but we d...

Modern Science Is Finally Making “Red Pill” Rhetoric Increasingly Irrelevant

As  Katie Jgln  says in her article linked below: “But is this really definite proof that men’s empathy deficit is simply part of their biology? And are women actually better at guessing other people’s thoughts and feelings, or ...