I’m starting a two-part series
with this post – two part; so, blink and you might miss it. But I want to talk
to you about rhetoric – you know, that stuff you hear on the news all the time
that’s keeping politicians from actually getting anything done? Fortunately,
I’m kidding: today’s political rhetoric is about as juvenile as college humor
compared to what it actually means. It is, technically, using words to convince
the listener of the rightness of the speaker. In its highest form, though, it’s
supposed to convince the opposition
of the rightness of the speaker – not convince those who already agree, like
political rhetoric tends to do.
