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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by dunkelheit on Sunday June 26, 2016 @03:16PM (#11982180)
Are you trying to say that RMS is an irrational zealot? I agree with you wholeheartedly! But he changed the world with persistent application of irrational and at times childish zeal. Many would say the change was for the better.

The problem IMO is not that he uses dishonest rhetorical devices but that his recent proclamations sound old and boring and failing to confer sufficient emotional charge to the reader.

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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by rhizome on Sunday June 26, 2016 @05:28PM (#11982833)
Appealing to emotion is such a poor rhetorical device.
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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by dunkelheit on Sunday June 26, 2016 @05:55PM (#11982962)
Depends on how crudely it is done. I'd argue that all great speeches and manifests are great precisely because their message resonated powerfully with emotions of the audience.
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