Posts Tagged ‘rhetorical’

Let’s Stop Investing Rhetorical Flourishes with Legal Weight 

In May of 2009 President Obama declared that “my single most important responsibility as President is to keep the American people safe”. When his administration released its National Security Strategy a year later we were told that his “Administration has no greater responsibility than the safety and security of the American people.” And a year […]

Turkey’s rhetorical war with France resumes: “Macron should face his country’s colonial past”

A new cycle of fierce confrontation has opened between France and Turkey, with Ankara describing comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron from Algeria on Friday as “unacceptable” and “unwise”. The comments were triggered by Macron describing “networks”, which are manipulated by Ankara, Moscow and Beijing, spreading “anti-French propaganda” in Africa. During his visit to […]

Turkey’s rhetorical war with France resumes: “Macron should face his country’s colonial past”

A new cycle of fierce confrontation has opened between France and Turkey, with Ankara describing comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron from Algeria on Friday as “unacceptable” and “unwise”. The comments were triggered by Macron describing “networks”, which are manipulated by Ankara, Moscow and Beijing, spreading “anti-French propaganda” in Africa. During his visit to […]

Turkey’s rhetorical war with France resumes: “Macron should face his country’s colonial past”

A new cycle of fierce confrontation has opened between France and Turkey, with Ankara describing comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron from Algeria on Friday as “unacceptable” and “unwise”. The comments were triggered by Macron describing “networks”, which are manipulated by Ankara, Moscow and Beijing, spreading “anti-French propaganda” in Africa. During his visit to […]

Turkey’s rhetorical war with France resumes: “Macron should face his country’s colonial past”

A new cycle of fierce confrontation has opened between France and Turkey, with Ankara describing comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron from Algeria on Friday as “unacceptable” and “unwise”. The comments were triggered by Macron describing “networks”, which are manipulated by Ankara, Moscow and Beijing, spreading “anti-French propaganda” in Africa. During his visit to […]

Linguistic Weaponry and the Rhetorical Mechanics of “Let’s Go Brandon!”

By now, many readers are aware of the gutsy prank that an Oregonian named Jared Schmeck played on Joe Biden and the First Lady during the Holiday break. Schmeck’s family has a Christmas tradition where they call NORAD to determine how close Santa is to their home. This year, the operator explained to Schmeck that the […]

Violence, Both Literal and Rhetorical, Marks Right-Wing Convergence on Washington, DC

Roaming the streets of Washington, D.C., Saturday night, the Proud Boys, a self-declared “Western chauvinist” group with ties to white nationalists, looked for fights. They found them; in most cases, they seem to have started them. In one instance, members of the hate group, dressed in their signature black-and-yellow polos, shoved a counterprotester to the […]

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