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Is there a name for the rhetorical device/fallacy where you portray your opposition as being mad, so as to weaken their argument by making it look emotional in
by gdulli 1y ago
Is there a name for the rhetorical device/fallacy where you portray your opposition as being mad, so as to weaken their argument by making it look emotional in nature?
Who knows if this is that, but this made me realize that pattern is a part of this era.
- soulofmischief 1y ago"u mad bro?" has been a staple of internet vernacular for over 20 years.
- nerdsniper 1y ago14 years, but that doesn't invalidate your point. 0: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=u%20mad%20bro&hl=en https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=US&q=u...
- soulofmischief 1y agoNo, it goes back to Cam'ron, here's an Urban Dictionary entry from 2004. [0] I've been on the internet for a while. "u mad bro" is a variation of "u mad" which was coined basically immediately after and used throughout message boards and IRC for years prior to when Google Trends tracks it. Google Trends can be a nice tool, but it's not a primary source of early internet history. [0] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=u%20mad&defid=792442 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=u%20mad&defi...
- 0cf8612b2e1e 1y agoAlso curious myself, because it does seem an exceptionally common framing device. Supposedly that is why Obama was so demure, he never wanted to be dismissed as just an angry black man. Which is also what made the Anger Translator skit land home.
- atombender 1y agoPoisoning the well? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well