My initial reaction was to prematurely interpret some of the rhetoric I read and saw in the trailer as an attack on the NFL.
If 2016 has left you feeling helpless, desperately wondering what you can do to repair the damage of anti-immigration rhetoric, then reading it would be a good place to start: it leaves you feeling armed with empathy.
If 2016 has left you feeling helpless, desperately wondering what you can do to repair the damage of anti-immigration rhetoric, then reading it would be a good place to start: It leaves you feeling armed with empathy.
Listening to the rhetoric and reading the placards at recent right-wing events has led many progressive observers to conclude that "these folks are nuts!" Well, they are no more crazy or ignorant than most Americans (stifle that giggle), but they do live inside a bubble.
The foot soldiers from the Hindu Taliban brigade who maintained discipline by not derailing the Modi rhetoric of toilets (read jobs) not temples on the campaign trail will now demand temples if not pogroms.
They see the red states as dominant, and they read the rhetoric of our policy to be almost like the rhetoric of jihad.
Moreover, Turner did not benefit from reading a book on rhetoric, unlike Frederick Douglass, who read a copy of Columbian Orator as a way to understand rhetoric.
Certainly, my friends who lead universities in Australia, Canada and New Zealand are delighted when they read politicians' rhetoric about making it harder for international students to come to the UK.
"The language in this editorial is the worst anti-Semitic rhetoric that I have read in a long time, unless I want to plug into a hate Web site".
Rhetoric should always be read with a grain of salt, but it is worth noting the salutary effect of the word "crisis," particularly (and understandably) for challengers taking on a party in power, and particularly when it is featured prominently and early in a platform.
