#Rhetoric

“You’re not a victim, you’re a survivor.”Can be a very damaging rhetoric for abused people who 1) are not yet at the stage of their healing journey where they can
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Anybody notice this mirrors exactly the toxic rhetoric spewed daily by CPC’s politicians?It is an exact match.This incident is the result of CPC spinning lies, smears and disinformation. And media
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The president's speech tonight was heavy on racist tropes, including multiple broad-brush references to rapist immigrants and a mention of the "kung-flu." These remarks go far beyond the rhetorical bounds
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Briefing today- BJ appears to say that rise in cases in England is a collective responsibility & people need to take the rules seriously. This isn't an issue of people
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Let me briefly defend @ezraklein's claims about the centrality of polarization to America's problems against @ezraklein's argument that the "dearth of the democracy" is really America's biggest challenge.https://ww
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As the #ParisAgreement turns 5, here’s a thread on the future of #climateaction in the @UNFCCC.tl;dr: The rachet is working, but more ambition is needed. Don’t lose sight of
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1/5: I’ve severely criticized Dr Atlas since his appointment, but make no mistake he was only one of several mouthpieces for a far reaching and deliberate antiscience disinformation initiative led
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Lloyd Barton, head of global trade services at the global forecasting consultancy Oxford Economics. “I would stress that the U.K. services industry has benefited from being part of the single
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Everyone knew what they were voting for:Turkey and the UK are “very close” to signing an FTA for the post-Brexit era.Ankara hopes to negotiate a separate immigration deal that would
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It doesn't matter what we call the January 6th attack on the Capitol. "Coup" is not a magic word, nor is it a legal definition with consequences. I understand others
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Many of the problems I have with the historiography on interwar and wartime Japan has to do with how we narrate the transitions between the 1920s and 1930s and hence,
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Just sat here and heard a progressive political organizer blame the doubling of the Black vote for Trump on rural Black people being influenced by their neighbors and I’m just...
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Nigel Farage and antisemitism: a brief thread on the views he repeatedly expresses, the unsavoury company he keeps, and why there's there's perhaps an argument that media outlet should be
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OK so I'm not sure what hasbro plans to do to de-racism D&D, but they've got their fucking work cut out, because the game is fundamentally built on justifying the
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As a former conservative activist and journalist, it has been so frustrating to see my former compatriots spreading wild and unchecked claims about "voter fraud." @jacknicas of the NYT took
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Short thread on Netanyahu's 2015 racist attack, which will never go away—> Yesterday, he whined "They distorted my words. My intention wasn't to protest against the fact of Arab citizens
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