Questions tagged [rhetoric]
For questions about the messaging of political entities, such as politicians, candidates, parties, and interest groups.
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Palestinian society's commitment to civil rights for Jews
In an August 2023 interview with Bassam Jaber, on the Arabic-language channel Hala TV, Bezalel Smotrich said the following (emphasis added):
I want to say first of all, unequivocally: I as Minister ...
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Why do some Somalilanders hold that Ethiopia is their primary enemy?
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Somaliland’s defense minister has resigned to protest his government signing an agreement to allow landlocked Ethiopia to access Somaliland’s coastline.
“Ethiopia remains our number one enemy,” ...
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Which countries has the US publicly threatened to sanction if they expel US troops, say, in the past 25 years?
Back in 2020,
When Iraq’s parliament voted to expel American troops from the country Sunday, it was an apparent bid by the government to extract the country from an escalating US-Iran proxy war. [...]...
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Le Pen's gesture as immigration bill passed
This might be more a question of political discourse than of politics proper.
Recently, French passed legislation toughening France's immigration policy. Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance party ...
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What's this Algerian parliamentarian tearing up in his speech in support of Gaza/Palestine?
On Oct 31 the Algerian parliament held some symbolic support session for Gaza/Palestine.
There is a summary in French of what was said. However, it doesn't explain what is the stuff that a speaker is ...
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Why is the $14 billion aid bill to Israel "bad for Israel", according to the White House?
VOA reports
U.S. senators from both parties voiced doubts on Tuesday about House Republicans' plan to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel by cutting Internal Revenue Service funding, without ...
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What is the difference between a missile and a “rocket”? [closed]
For some reason when people describe the projectiles launched by Palestinian forces into Israel, they refer to them as rockets. But in all other contexts it seems like such would be called missiles.
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Does using the word "state" imply questioning the status of the region as a country?
Inspired by the question asking for the difference between these two words.
I used to write "the Baltic States", simply using the words I have previously seen somewhere and was usually ...
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Are there studies on whether either the US left or right make more use of snarl words?
In my last question, I attempted to avoid any answer saying that one political party was more likely to abuse snarl words without proof as I deemed such an attack plausible and unconstructive to my ...
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Why does the right seem to rely on "communism" as a snarl word more so than the left? [duplicate]
Both political parties use snarl words to denigrate policies or views they don't like. I have a bit of a rant on what a snarl word is in another question I answered. While that question is primarily ...
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Why do Australian politicians use the term “The Greens political party”?
The Australian Greens are the largest of the minor parties in Australian politics, and a regular target for criticism by the major parties. They are normally referred to as “The Greens” in the media ...
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Does this argument qualify as whataboutism? [closed]
Alice and Bob are two students who are habitual cheaters.
Alice to Bob: You really should stop cheating on your exams.
Bob to Alice: I'll stop cheating if you stop cheating too.
Does the hypothetical ...
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What's the longest speech by a sitting US president?
According to History.com
Ironically, the man with the shortest White House tenure delivered the longest inaugural address in history, which may have been his undoing. This first presidential speech, ...
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Does Castro hold the record for re-election speech length, among heads of government/state?
According to Reuters:
Castro holds the record for the longest speech ever delivered to the United Nations: 4 hours and 29 minutes, on Sept. 26, 1960, according to the U.N. website. One of his longest ...
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How do those who claim it envision that Ukraine would destroy Russia as a country?
I have seen the declarations like "For Russia this conflict is about preservation not only of its elites, but the country itself". It looks that there are people who think that Russia can be ...
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