#Rhetoric

What are the key persuasive strategies used by populist nationalists?A mix of advocative (we the people) & conflictive (discredit & blame elites & 'dangerous others' such as the Left, Muslims
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Back in court at Navalny’s trial for defaming a 94-year-old WWII veteran. The prosecutor asks to submit additional evidence of Navalny insulting the veteran, the judge, and herself. “Seriously?” says
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History lesson! Let's talk about the Fairness Doctrine, how it was gutted, and why moves like this from major media outlets make short-term financial sense and are long-term extremely dangerous
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Kurdistan Region and its dispute with Iraq regarding: Oil, Budget and the future relationship.The following article will describe the current situation:#twitterkurds https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/shock-therapy-wil
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The Yangtze River Economic Basin has a GDP of more than $6.5 trillion, or about half of all China's GDP.Recall, China represents 28% of all manufacturing output - globally. More
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Owen Jones is having a memory lapse about #cunnilingusgate so here's what actually happened. In Feb 2015 OJ wrote an article claiming that saying "transwomen are not female" is akin
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Here is a story on which several of my general circles of interest overlap quite wildly. Namely, it's Russia, politics, hockey and craziness. I will try to make it short,
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We all mock Americans for their complete ignorance about the rest of the world. My sixth grade teacher told me why - and we are now seeing the payoff. (Thread)
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On the plus side, Moderna vaccine safe.https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/info-by-product/moderna/reactogenicity.htmlOn the minus side, does not necessarily prevent you from getting COVID19.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/29/w
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Sociology of nationalism THREADWe've witnessed the rise of political leaders & parties relying on #populist #nationalist discourse: Trump, Orbán, Modi & Bolsanaro are united by their espousal of nationalism, majoritarianism,
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I'm told 400 speakers are signed up and the hearing could go past midnight.https://twitter.com/mplsclerk/status/1333922649412669443?s=19 No audio for me on the youtube stream. Here's the stream on the city's website:https://www.
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1, Government messaging has become progressively hyperbolic and confusing. Balance and perspective is in short supply. As a result, the information we receive often feels alarming and frightening. 2, Trust
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all of u rting "raise awareness bt syria!!" threads that are performative as fuck and are contributing to the spread of assadist propaganda, how bt u invest that energy into
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Inside No10: fears of new Covid strains, the desire to avoid another lockdown at all costs and a new team have replaced 2020’s boosterism with 2021’s “cautious pragmatic approach”@FinancialTimes latest
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Royce Lamberth starts Bolton hearing by reminding he gives govt deference on classified info, but not unquestioned. Says he'll only ask govt to prove it'll be likely to prove this
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Not only do they want you to become vegan, accept a global carbon tax and consent to more mass immigration because of climate change, but the elites believe the threat
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