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0 pointsdbacar3mo ago0 comments

Sometimes the style is the substance. There is a reason people study rhetoric.

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That's not substance. That's style being all there is, trying desperately to cover up the lack of substance. Rhetoric works best when it gives wings to strong ideas, not when it tries to fly by itself.

tadfisher3mo ago

And that should be anathema to discussions rooted in reason.

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