Ancestors

Toot

Written by Donald Ball on 2024-12-30 at 16:26

Folks.

When writing to persuade, consider not using rhetoric like “everyone is doing this thing I dislike” or “nobody is talking about my issue”.

They’re seldom technically accurate and invite trivial pedants to claim easy wins, but far more importantly:

When folk who agree with you, are acting like you want see your message, are they energized and activated, or demoralized and confused?

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Written by Donald Ball on 2024-12-30 at 16:34

With totalizing rhetoric like that, potential allies can’t even acknowledge their existence without contradicting that rhetoric, inviting secondary conflict.

If such rhetoric feels necessary, consider explicitly acknowledging your perspective and avoid making broad claims about the everyones that are doing or not doing the thing.

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