I am finally back with another episode in the Domain Query series. This one addresses an interesting question from LRFotS Randale6, who asks:

Could you do a podcast (or perhaps two, one for each form) on verbal and written rhetoric. While there are many books (often freely available as PDFs) I got the sneaky suspicion that it will take more then reading them to turn theory into (effective) practice.

I’m happy to oblige with any insights that I can provide. In this podcast, I illustrate five (more or less) principles of highly effective rhetoric, that apply in both verbal and written form:

1. The most effective rhetoric is always couched in truth.
2. Brevity is the heart of good rhetoric.
3. Highly effective rhetoric always attacks what a person does not want to be identified with, OR paints him as something that he is not to begin with.
4. Good rhetoric must always respect and be tailored toward the hierarchy in which someone operates.
5. Always respond to rhetoric with rhetoric.

That should keep our friend busy for a while. Let me know if you guys would like any follow-ups on this subject, as it is quite a broad and fascinating one.

Here is the podcast:

Make sure to like, comment, share, and subscribe either on Podbean, or to my mailing list. If you’d like to support my work or toss a few shekels my way, head on over to here where you can send me cryptocurrency so that I can keep doing this stuff.

References

Here are some videos on the subject as well, starting with OBADSDL(PBUH) Vox Day’s video about rhetoric vs dialectic:

See also this video from OBADSDL(PBUH) Vox Day’s Voxiversity series about the SSH:

And see this video about Gammas to understand why rhetoric is so effective against them:

Protect Yourself From Big Tech

As I keep telling everyone with sense enough to listen, you MUST take steps to protect yourself from the Big Tech companies. Start here with this post. Here are the specific steps that you can take:

• Make sure that your web traffic is safe and protected from prying eyes using a VPN – click here to get a massive 81% OFF on a 24-month subscription with Surfshark, the best-value VPN client out there today;
• If you want something a bit simpler with fewer bells and whistles, subscribe to GooseVPN here;

Build Your Platform

• Get yourself a proper domain for your site or business with Namecheap;
• Put your site onto a shared hosting service using A2Hosting for the fastest, most secure, and stable hosting platform around – along with unlimited email accounts of unlimited size;
• Create beautiful websites with amazing, feature-rich content using Divi from Elegant Themes;