Questions tagged [rhetoric]
For questions about the messaging of political entities, such as politicians, candidates, parties, and interest groups.
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Barack Obama: Rhetorical Impact on Societal Divisions
How did Barack Obama's rhetoric and actions impact societal divisions during his presidency according to polls, surveys, or case studies?
Specifically, I'm looking for the most prominent examples ...
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Donald Trump: Rhetorical Impact on Societal Divisions
How did Donald Trump's rhetoric and actions impact societal divisions during his first term presidency according to polls, surveys, or case studies?
Specifically, I'm looking for the most prominent ...
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Presidential Rhetoric: Historical Impact on Public Safety and Social Stability [closed]
What are some historical examples of US presidents whose rhetoric significantly impacted public safety and social stability, and what evidence supports these impacts? Please provide specific incidents ...
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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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What motives do those supporting gun control assign to the NRA?
Related to this question, asking about the motivations of the NRA, it seems appropriate to look into what the opposition says about the NRA. What motivations have those who support gun control ...
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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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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?
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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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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.
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The USA to Russia: ...
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How can I respond to Whataboutism?
While this uses examples that could be seen as supporting one side or the other, it is intended as a politically neutral question, to the extent that that is possible
This has come up more and more ...
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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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