List: Rhetorical Device Analysis | Curated by Johnny Silvercloud

Jun 13, 2024
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Rhetorical Device AnalysisActive listening skills. Logical fallacies, scrutiny shields, thought termination cliches and other things people do and say to duck accountability and otherwise bullshit in discussion or debate.
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Israel Uses Human ShieldsNot in the way you think, but far more insidious
Jun 7, 2024
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Jun 7, 2024
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“USA! USA!” — What Are They Really Saying?What Does This Chant Really Say?
Jun 13, 2023
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Jun 13, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Does a BLM Protest Cease Being BLM Because of the Presence of White People?A simple question for those who think Black cops causing harm precludes the act from being white supremacy
Mar 29, 2023
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Mar 29, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“Against the Law” Can No Longer Be Your ArgumentWhen cops DECIDE not only how they enforce, but when and to whom, our nation is effectively lawless.
Jan 29, 2021
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Jan 29, 2021
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“The Protesters aren’t Peaceful, Therefore are Invalid.”A look at a popular white supremacist bullshit framing of Civil Rights Protest.
Dec 22, 2020
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Dec 22, 2020
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
No One is Stealing Your JobBecause you can’t lose what you never had
Mar 22, 2023
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Mar 22, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Remove “Black on Black Crime” from American LexiconBecause defending racism by deflection is still racism
Mar 6, 2023
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Mar 6, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
You Actually Reveal the Content of Your Character……when you quote MLK, demanding us to judge the content of your character
Jan 24, 2023
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Jan 24, 2023
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“Never Forget” This, But Always Forget ThatWhite Supremacists Seek to Control What We Remember (and What We Don’t)
Sep 13, 2021
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Sep 13, 2021
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Politically Speaking
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Johnny Silvercloud
“Cars Kill More People Than Guns!”Another look at another dumbass ammosexual argument
Jun 21, 2022
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Jun 21, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Sunlight is Not the Best DisinfectantThoughts on shitty defense arguments of Andrew Tate (and other rightwing miscreants)
Sep 6, 2022
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Sep 6, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Fallacy Alert: Argument by Tangent MechanismLearn how to call out bullshit when they argue by tangential supporting constructs.
May 11, 2022
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May 11, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“Peaceful Protest” is Code for an Explicit Preference to Whom the Violence is Inflicted Upon.They simply want maim, mutilate, hurt, and kill civil rights protesters.
Jan 3, 2021
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Jan 3, 2021
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The Antagonist Magazine
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Johnny Silvercloud
“Your Opinion Is As Cheap as Anybody Else!”Let’s talk about the flaw in logic in this statement and how many people fail to properly evaluate assessments, statements, and opinions
Aug 9, 2022
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Aug 9, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Don’t Talk About Race CardsUnless you want to talk about who built the deck (you did)
Jul 10, 2022
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Jul 10, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Playing Devil’s Advocate? The Devil is Not Welcome HereAnalysis of a Popular Position for the Wanna-be Intellectual Antagonist
Mar 14, 2022
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Mar 14, 2022
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“It’s Gonna always Be about Race with You huh?”Reflections on the gaslighting shit racist white friends say.
Dec 25, 2020
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Dec 25, 2020
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Does the Phrase “Black Lives Matter” Cause White People to Hallucinate?Because the word “only” is 100% imaginary
Sep 15, 2020
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Sep 15, 2020
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
“The Black Lives Matter Leader is a Trained Marxist!”A Quick look at a Very Absurd Argument Racists Make
Dec 19, 2020
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Dec 19, 2020
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AfroSapiophile
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Johnny Silvercloud
Centrism Is Always a Performance of Political NarcissismCentrism is a dance, and it always serves rightwing politics
Jun 23, 2022
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Jun 23, 2022
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