Questions tagged [rhetoric]
For questions about the messaging of political entities, such as politicians, candidates, parties, and interest groups.
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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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Did Björn Höcke sue (and win?) for being called "new Hitler" or "AfD fascist"?
Somewhat related to a recent question, where in answers we find out out that several AfD members won defamation lawsuits for being called "Nazi", Höcke was called "new Hitler" and ...
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It seems Russian public messaging uses false or mutually inconsistent claims, why do they use that messaging strategy?
To someone following Western media summaries of Russian public diplomacy and state-supported media, it appears that they are putting out both obviously false claims and mutually inconsistent ones, e.g....
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Why is "Whataboutism" often criticized?
Whataboutism or Whataboutary is the technique or practice of responding to an accusation or difficult question by making a counter-accusation or raising a different issue.
Examples:
The USA to Russia: ...
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Why didn't Ukraine and NATO simply pretend to agree to Russia's demands? [closed]
Russia have invaded Ukraine to prevent their admission into NATO. Prior to the invasion, Russia made it clear that they wanted assurances that this would not happen.
Why didn't NATO and Ukraine just ...
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Is it common for politicians to share speeches they wrote but never gave?
Hillary Clinton has made public the speech she would have given had outcomes been different in the 2016 US Presidential Election.
I can only think of one other example of a high profile politician ...
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What do those Iranians who say "Death to America!" mean by it?
I was watching an old Anthony Bourdain show and I saw local Iranians in Tehran chanting "Death to America!" and then in the next scene saying "We need one day to be friends".
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Have politicians elaborated on their use of the term 'the Big Lie' in reference to US election fraud claims?
As defined by Lexico, the Big Lie technique is
A gross distortion or misrepresentation of the facts, especially when used as a propaganda device by a politician or official body.
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Why do populists and dictators sometimes lie so ridiculously that it's obvious it's untrue?
Why do populists and dictators sometimes lie so ridiculously that it's entirely obvious it's untrue? What purpose do such blatant lies serve if no one takes them seriously? Examples of extremely ...
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What is the significance of Sec. Pompeo's labeling of China's treatment of the Uighurs as "genocide"?
A couple of recent headlines:
Pompeo labels China's treatment of Uighurs 'genocide' - The Hill
US accuses China of 'genocide' of Uyghurs in Xinjiang - CNN
It seems reasonable to expect that this ...
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Why do politicians often say that they cannot comment on individual cases?
Often you hear politicians say, "I cannot comment on individual cases".
I could understand if it is in court proceedings already so that politicians should avoid influencing the result, but ...
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"[W]ithout the stability of Israel, there can be no Palestine" - is this an actual idea? [closed]
I've been watching "House of Cards". I understand it is mainly fiction, yet as a non-American, I cannot tell real ideas within the U. S. government apart from made-up ones. In the 1st season,...
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Is this expression displayed by protestors antisemitic?
Reading the news after four people were stabbed in protester-counterprotester clashes in Washington, DC — this image from npr.org — I came across this potentially offensive picture:
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