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You're right that it's poor rhetoric. "Oh Woe" flagellation doesn't fit well in self help writing. The ancient way of fitting a potentially offensive statement
by chipsy 11y ago
You're right that it's poor rhetoric. "Oh Woe" flagellation doesn't fit well in self help writing.
The ancient way of fitting a potentially offensive statement in is to write it esoterically, so that only the people who really want to analyze get the message. The modern way is to call everything a positive, I think.
- JadeNB 11y ago> The ancient way of fitting a potentially offensive statement in is to write it esoterically, so that only the people who really want to analyze get the message. I'm not sure that I understand this. Are you referring to some older equivalent of dog-whistle rhetoric (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog-whistle_politics)?