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it was a polemic, but that is not the same thing as a rant.

• blowski 10y ago
  What's the difference? I understand both to mean 'an angry, emotional attack on something'.
  • pjlegato 10y ago
    Rants are purely emotional and lack any reason or evidence. Polemics are in part emotional, but also contain a significant element of reason and evidence.
  • metaphorm 10y ago
    a rant is a failed polemic.
  • TeMPOraL 10y ago
    A polemic is a rant that they teach about in literature classes.