When you think of “rhetoric”, do you think of…<\/p>\n
using language effectively to please or persuade<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
or<\/p>\n
loud and confused and empty talk<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When I originally went with rhetoric in the blog name years ago, I was thinking with the latter to fall in with the already loud ones.<\/p>\n
Somewhere along the journey, I switched to wanting what I wrote to have meaning and help someone along the way. Part of why I don’t blog much is avoiding being a gas bag. The posts ought to mean something.<\/p>\n
Maybe its not so bad to get the idea out there and let someone else provide the meaning?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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