<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:29:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/rhetoric/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of Inspiration! ]]></title><description><![CDATA[It should come as no surprise really that I've been having trouble writing posts lately. In fact I was having trouble remembering even the word for "inspiration" in the first place. Is it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/lack-of-inspiration--8mn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@edicted/lack-of-inspiration--8mn</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[edicted]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:51:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgpqZTU2GetDaJo5S5RFVFVxfVCr9NN83iBguJsUbm1S9KXCY71p4f7NDePehbPwcLJyoDVJnchQwiMs6ZiHA2NesmbRhzRgSfrZsfio8BJb67ePTc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking Past Each Other]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I recently watched the Douglas Murray vs. Dave Smith debate on The Joe Rogan Experience, and the longer I sat with it, the more I felt like something else was going on underneath the surface. Not just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@etblink/talking-past-each-other</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@etblink/talking-past-each-other</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[etblink]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 23:57:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/axopD2eJJx4aMKVnQUWoBG2ZktPecTgiWhuUnyA25nWo5P9dkcWdEx21wR4A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karine Jean Pierre Doubles Down On Rhetoric Trump Vance Threat To Democracy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Karine Jean Pierre was asked about the current President and Vice Presidents position that Donald Trump needed to tone down his rhetoric. Pierre suggested that both Donald Trump and JD Vance posed a threat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/karinejeanpierre/@buzweaveryoutube/karine-jean-pierre-doubles-down-on-rhetoric-trump-vance-threat-to-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/karinejeanpierre/@buzweaveryoutube/karine-jean-pierre-doubles-down-on-rhetoric-trump-vance-threat-to-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[karinejeanpierre]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[buzweaveryoutube]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:27:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dw31qeWDt2gTQ44Qz1xSz2eaNmqLi7cKEce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struck Dumb by the Loss of the Motives of Eloquence]]></title><description><![CDATA[Richard Lanham's book, "The Motives of Eloquence: Literary Rhetoric in the Renaissance," is one of the most important books in my library. What's It About? In the book, Lanham discusses two opposing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@hirohurl/struck-dumb-by-the-loss-of-the-motives-of-eloquence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-147010/@hirohurl/struck-dumb-by-the-loss-of-the-motives-of-eloquence</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-147010]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hirohurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2024 10:18:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g7111bbdDNsHE8bHeux8dz4V7SuaAqvh5CeXmeiyUopzLU3268YnDNNkGQ53PnL62UBiHUDHmVo52KvVRU5MUjybEDXgApFRFHFsUELKdJPEQMNXGRUxJ37TUhafHhWBzfzKrePmMznyMs2fJWn3?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attribution vs. Appeals to Authority ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In many online discussions, people like to quote other figures. Broadly speaking, such quotes seem to fall into two categories: attribution and appeal to authority. While superficially similar, I see crucial]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@jacobtothe/attribution-vs-appeals-to-authority-</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@jacobtothe/attribution-vs-appeals-to-authority-</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jacobtothe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2024 23:14:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNu2L3iBMXq5y7xeiy1isFJsZxnMZSXuXEsxe4ee1cUkGyPZAjdp7K4M8woMojNqi1T4P8WZEaB1NUbT7hCPUE4Ahy8prQvr5sDZkbn4cxEJc4C8RoX8EFA6gJuWKq5C6G5FxmC3kP6itQ2vNdYooDshG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["Trust Authority"]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've been hearing the demands that we trust the experts for a while now. Again, this is a myopic, half-brained, verbal ejaculation. Many people, including me, have pointed out that most people who say]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/experts/@flexbooth/trust-authority</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/experts/@flexbooth/trust-authority</guid><category><![CDATA[experts]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2022 10:06:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuBdMF6DEKiJP5uRqpD26DGEp2XmMprrcaz4xv2izEpeVcgGg3vTuBU2BsE6PM3f9LhCJkAoJwRQLcfGngW3vE5J3rcz2FbPfXt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[JustOneThing - Rhetoric: The Art Of The Silver Tongue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rhetoric is most typically defined as "the art of persuasion". It is the third and crowning discipline of the foundational curriculum of Classical Greece and Rome. First, teach the boy grammar]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101679/@hirohurl/justonething-rhetoric-the-art-of-the-silver-tongue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-101679/@hirohurl/justonething-rhetoric-the-art-of-the-silver-tongue</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-101679]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hirohurl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:10:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCVJ17eytrskdHj2vuZfmYUQNx5xDEFipe4J5UefLRL61fNuzXNSoW2eRcRzuBWLHxLtvmXuAPrwX7xLmHmyUnhLigfLJv7h6Up7PDrnJp5TnWJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kathy Hochul is no improvement on Cuomo.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I don't know if I can definitively say that Kathy Hochul is as bad or worse than Cuomo was; but, I see no indication that she's an improvement. After the act of abject evil in Buffalo, her response was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hochul/@flexbooth/kathy-hochul-is-no-improvement-on-cuomo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hochul/@flexbooth/kathy-hochul-is-no-improvement-on-cuomo</guid><category><![CDATA[hochul]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2022 23:48:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuBHkV2197ag5X54Y1to3N32nuSKAx8WSsbyv8orDDYhxoVwzSpUX54aNk9ATrE2x2FnPA9VexvYDrEiUZKeA7bfVLzGvLXqKka?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to political fact-checkers, perhaps we need political-rhetoric-checkers.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I received the following email this morning from California Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff. The email is entitled “a party without a spine.” I assume he’s referring to the Republican Party, though]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@arbitration/in-addition-to-political-fact-checkers-perhaps-we-need-political-rhetoric-checkers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@arbitration/in-addition-to-political-fact-checkers-perhaps-we-need-political-rhetoric-checkers</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[arbitration]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 22:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLptZgjHUrRAJGcW4y1D4A5QVJJ7zjzqqKdfVHSS6NapSCC5zdHVBsg9fyvrKGyJb4pScoVbSjwkSAeYb1P6wMm22bet38msaoGFKe5p3Vrfyj9889EbfKn3g4Mycj6jKgqUiGWRLobR4vBokYBybrhpLFkmFSvG9sk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk's takeover is a win for liberalism, even if he fails.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The great thing about Elon Musk making this Twitter splash is that it's already the greatest win for liberal values in regard to social media in recent memory. Of course, it would be a blowout win if an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twitter/@flexbooth/musks-takeover-is-a-win-for-liberalism-even-if-he-fails</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twitter/@flexbooth/musks-takeover-is-a-win-for-liberalism-even-if-he-fails</guid><category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[flexbooth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:48:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4Gk2nmMzZsWTf3jiuBVKJRgkx2RnnMtNm9egKEEM7Uav8Fzrbq6WyT649UvpgqBTx6wiBYuSgb49DYYK7hccUAWVjC961jXn3NXD2ydNau2i23zvVt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old Russia at the border trick. That's the second this decade...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born at night, but not last night. If I had been, I would not know how to type. I was watching the entire saga last time Obama was in office and there were videos published, but never covered by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@steemrant/the-old-russia-at-the-border-trick-that-s-the-second-this-decade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-122315/@steemrant/the-old-russia-at-the-border-trick-that-s-the-second-this-decade</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-122315]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemrant]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:14:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP35bVGjGoE93K3E4U5KX8KtMBJ2rhwf9AC8jWGW7qZgQy9SYNo9MkBUcvv4jDQSNJjPxAZyK9fQyMboK4kZaqh663388QqEMDohkYv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part 3 - Rhetoric]]></title><description><![CDATA[Where grammar is the input and base knowledge of who, what, where, when, and logic is the processing and understanding developed to arrive at why, rhetoric is the output and wisdom of out actions: the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/rhetoric/@triviummethod/part-3-rhetoric</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/rhetoric/@triviummethod/part-3-rhetoric</guid><category><![CDATA[rhetoric]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[triviummethod]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2021 00:46:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonZ32EJw6nMctrTQ6kTQ3swaDmbMFvTiNwgwapoXSPorrPBgzm7QnLPDYfU8kxNx1ap9Z1S851Xb5iie83nTzFADGwGq4ZGYgxfiEWp7xbx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going against your natural predilection.]]></title><description><![CDATA[To me it's wrong when you judge somebody for what they are and can't control - gender, skin color, etc. But it's OK for actions or choices - racists, misogynists, etc. But lately I've been finding just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bigotry/@leguna/going-against-your-natural-predilection</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bigotry/@leguna/going-against-your-natural-predilection</guid><category><![CDATA[bigotry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[leguna]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2021 08:19:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCXp44VvvRtFgSDXup9HYPAyWvf26a27DcWcb7r62jEB3aV3zDuhPXcFyqsryavJv9RnkKxoUa6Zy3r9opqZrEFoYZB5dgkSoZVfetSM3okQ5BC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Discussing Ideas, is One Writing Style Superior to Another?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I currently have two drafts saved on my WordPress blog, one of which I started today, and the other I last worked on some months ago, that are disturbingly similar. I couldn't help but notice that the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173737/@steampunkkaja/when-discussing-ideas-is-one-writing-style-superior-to-another</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-173737/@steampunkkaja/when-discussing-ideas-is-one-writing-style-superior-to-another</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-173737]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steampunkkaja]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2021 23:01:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[[EN/FR] Lab’Oratory #2 - Pathos]]></title><description><![CDATA[(English version below) Bonjour à tous, Je poursuis cette série de posts rhétoriques, toujours dans l’idée de vous donner quelques outils pour construire des discours qui sauront retenir l’attention de]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/laruche/@martin.rotter/en-fr-lab-oratory-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/laruche/@martin.rotter/en-fr-lab-oratory-2</guid><category><![CDATA[laruche]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[martin.rotter]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 10:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjW4PvRk9nXBzqrPWMsMTjNrXDPFFf13PShm4q66cfCjtM41wyX9688uDs6PxynbyJ7p9Bi6AfNvtukqZr7DgTWv7bZYrwAJQmJXiKRsyNHU2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not being fleeced, we're getting exactly what we've demanded.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of our political debate centers around an unwillingness of the American people to accept the fact that big government doesn't work. For some reason we've got it stuck in our collective heads it should]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@nooses/we-re-not-being-fleeced-we-re-getting-exactly-what-we-ve-demanded</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@nooses/we-re-not-being-fleeced-we-re-getting-exactly-what-we-ve-demanded</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nooses]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 11:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqgrWe7KyyRHnJEfDrB3t7mryHMnZjJqPcMqJRzu7AYbj4dcJTruZh4e4iB2HK4qAWrfrwS8tZHmNimNdM1e6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rhetoric of 24 Hour News Networks & Divisiveness in America]]></title><description><![CDATA[The introduction of 24 hour news networks has increased the need for new content. One of the ways that the news networks addressed the issue was with the inclusion of shows that spin the news in order]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@stirringmind/the-rhetoric-of-24-hour-news-networks-and-divisiveness-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@stirringmind/the-rhetoric-of-24-hour-news-networks-and-divisiveness-in-america</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stirringmind]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:42:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vqASPAqXGPan36goyU7yqWQqyzTTTEgLzUwqe7xhAcqkRzhvTuQ4RRBHYB6WBgZdXxFzsva5HJb2UBy3izJAPfiLZLJtdgBVASaBXfEnby1xy6pNYeLhf15G5tExBfdn24HjGaDvbh7P2e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Criticism is part of free exchange of ideas; canceling is not]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a new post on a topic that is subject of several of my previous posts. Ironic that the so-called "antifascists" embrace propaganda, a tool of the fascists.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@chrispreilly/criticism-is-part-of-free-exchange-of-ideas-canceling-is-not</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@chrispreilly/criticism-is-part-of-free-exchange-of-ideas-canceling-is-not</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[chrispreilly]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 14:00:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demagogue or Leader: A Psychological Profile]]></title><description><![CDATA[My Impression of a Demagogue, and Loyal Followers Demagogue. Does the word have any true meaning? It is hurled freely by opposing sides in a political debate. But is there objective criteria by which we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196387/@agmoore/demagogue-or-leader-a-psychological-profile-1593881132</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-196387/@agmoore/demagogue-or-leader-a-psychological-profile-1593881132</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-196387]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[agmoore]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:27:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWMGm4Xa2MvD5AT2bJsSA8F9WeC6rcqfGXTVuNZGUDHYaLp3h86MDEaT6XaoV9qFyuJAdjkWXXRM4T9gGM4AUNUqFbRzcKsMw6ccg26zVB1o?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habitación]]></title><description><![CDATA[Recogidas del aire, provenientes de otras habitaciones, golpean con constancia la prodigiosa simiente sus afligidas interpretaciones, hasta que le han confundido lo suficiente para demostrarles que camina]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@samuelesteban/habitacion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poem/@samuelesteban/habitacion</guid><category><![CDATA[poem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[samuelesteban]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 03:13:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>