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@armorica9.bsky.socialThe Athenian courtroom looked democratic. In 451 BCE citizenship was narrowed, only citizens could sue, and the top 1% owned a third of all wealth. The law served the rich. Historical Rhetoric for Modern Fights.
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@armorica9.bsky.socialArm Yourself No. 3: APPEAL TO CONSEQUENCES — believe it because it would be nice if true. Pascal's Wager: prudent math, not evidence.
My rhetoric trading cards: spot them in the wild, win the argument.
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@kill-bait.bsky.social@armorica9.bsky.socialFor a thousand years persuasion lived in the speaker: Athenian logic, Roman character. Then the book took over. From Athens to Anglo-Saxon England, ethos moved from person to text to institution.
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@armorica9.bsky.socialArm Yourself No. 2: EUNOIA — goodwill toward the audience. Kushner negotiates peace while his portfolio grows with the war. Goodwill: not shown.
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@tenuretracker.bsky.socialUniversity of California, Davis (@ucdavis.bsky.social) is hiring:
Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
@armorica9.bsky.socialArm Yourself No. 1: CUI BONO — who benefits? Kushner negotiates a Gaza peace deal while his firm profits from $465M in arms suppliers. Follow the money.
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@armorica9.bsky.socialThe death of Rhetoric as a field of study was announced 900 years after the fact. That story is a Renaissance invention, not a medieval fact.
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