The creators of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments return at last with a desperately timely guide to rhetoric Public discourse? More like public discord.
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And when keen-eyed Owl claims a foreign shore, he seems to be overlooking someone .
Mouse\'s roof becomes flattened (Elephant\'s foot just happens to be there at the time).
Emperor Squirrel isn\'t naked; he has a clothes-free sartorial style.
Here, passive voice can pardon wrongdoers, statistics may be a smokescreen, gaslighting entraps the downtrodden, and irrelevant adjectives cement stereotypes.
Rabbit, Almossawi leads us through a dark forest of rhetoric--aided by Orwell, Baldwin, and a squee-worthy cast of wide-eyed woodland creatures.
Speaking as wise old Mr.
But listen closely, or you\'ll miss what Ali Almossawi finds more frightening still: words that erase accountability, history, even identity through what they leave unsaid.
The battle cries of our culture wars are rife with Loaded language--be it bias, slant, or spin.
Learn to Hear hidden bias, slant, and spin--from an irresistible cast of woodland creatures! Public discourse? More like public discord. --Hope Jahren The creators of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments return with this desperately timely guide to how words can trick us.
This is a Book for every thinking person, the perfect antidote to today\'s culture wars.
It takes a long pair of ears to Hear what\'s Left unsaid--but when you\'re a rabbit in a badger world, listening makes all the difference.
Fans of Almossawi\'s An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments couldn\'t ask for a better primer on the less logical ways that words can trick us. . .
And when keen-eyed Owl claims a foreign shore, he seems to be overlooking someone .
Mouse\'s roof becomes flattened (Elephant\'s foot just happens to be there at the time).
Emperor Squirrel isn\'t naked; he has a clothes-free sartorial style.
Here, passive voice can pardon wrongdoers, statistics may be a smokescreen, gaslighting entraps the downtrodden, and irrelevant adjectives cement stereotypes.
Rabbit, Almossawi leads us through a dark forest of rhetoric--aided by Orwell, Baldwin, and a squee-worthy cast of wide-eyed woodland creatures.
Speaking as wise old Mr.
But listen closely, or you\'ll miss what Ali Almossawi finds more frightening still: words that erase accountability, history, even identity through what they leave unsaid.
The battle cries of our culture wars are rife with Loaded language--be it bias, slant, or spin.
The creators of An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments return at last with a desperately timely guide to rhetoric Public discourse? More like public discord
