Sentences with phrase «of rhetorical games»
«When you see these kinds of rhetorical games, they are dispiriting at best and at worst make people think you can't trust anything anybody says,» she said.
https://www.nytimes.com/ Not exact matches
Spitzer scored plenty of rhetorical points — calling DiNapoli's selection «an insider's game of self - dealing» that «confirms the public's worst image of what this Legislature does when given discretion,» and ripping Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver for «a lack of integrity.»
It's all part of a gradual rhetorical shift away from talking about creationism and intelligent design toward casting doubt on evolution, says Joshua Rosenau, spokesperson for the National Center for Science Education in Oakland, Calif. «They have this idea,» he says, «that it's a zero - sum game, so anything you can do to knock evolution down actually promotes creationism without having to say the word.»
This acknowledgment of the game's rhetorical slips into meritocracy are important because meritocracy, as a rhetoric, re-contextualizes the entire purpose of making the player feel poor.
My first encounter with the rhetorical power of games came in the early 90s.
This week she looks at common rhetorical moves that redefine the meaning of a game mid-playing.]
Not sure how much of this is rhetorical dishonesty games (the guy actually likes Clinton's word parsing games) and how much is just him being warped or stupid.
That you insist on retaining an interpretation of AGW which makes a consistent interpretation of the survey impossible despite the fact that the consistent interpretation is the most natural shows you are playing rhetorical games rather than making genuine inquiries.