Tag Archives: Election 2016

Demagogue: a lesson in rhetoric

Famous speakers, Politics, Rhetoric, Tactics, TechniquesBy Lauren Sergy November 9, 2016

Demagogue, n.: A leader of a popular faction, or of the mob; a political agitator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of the mob in order to obtain power or further his own interests; an unprincipled or factious popular orator. (Oxford English Dictionary) In democracies the principal cause of revolutions is the insolence of…

It’s a disaster! The 2016 presidential debates supercut

Funny Stuff, PoliticsBy Lauren Sergy November 4, 2016

I made something. It has next to no instructional value, aside from demonstrating what it’s like when you use a certain word so often that it becomes meaningless and threadbare. But it’s fun! So here, for your viewing pleasure, I present to you The 2016 Debates Disaster Supercut! Embedded video not working? Click here…

The Rhetorical Strategy you NEED, courtesy of Trump v. Clinton!

Arguing, Politics, RhetoricBy Lauren Sergy October 20, 2016

We’ve made it. Sweet merciful mother of everything that’s holy, we’re at the end of the debates. Praise be, hallelujia. We’ve withstood the mud slinging, the ludicrous claims, the hurled invective, the hastily invented “facts.” I feel like we all need and deserve a long, hot shower. But not before another lesson in rhetoric. In debate…