So, in the world of argumentation, the pendulum has swung pretty hard to the pathos side of things. Pathos is just a fancy word for emotional appeals, of course. It means that we focus on feelings and use words that mostly equate to sensitivity and getting people to connect on an emotional level. The...
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Day 21: Why #notallmen Is Important
I saw an article yesterday that said #notallmen is not relevant because all women are at risk of sexual harassment or assault or worse. And it bugged me. But I wasn’t sure why for a while. But as I thought about it, here’s what I came up with. 1. All women are at risk....
Day 19: Why We Give Back
I don’t really care where or how you give back. I really don’t. But I am firmly convinced that we all need to do it. It makes unimaginable differences for us to get out of our own heads and share something with another person…both for them and for us. And we all know that,...
Just Stop Right There
So I typically behave as if pain is to be avoided at all costs. You know, get comfortable, stay comfortable. Repeat. And for pretty much all my life, anything that interrupted this cycle was bad. Capital BAD. But I’m finding, surprisingly, that it’s really not. The last year (and more) has been an interesting study in...
Black and White
I wish the world was black and white. I really love absolutes. They make things so much simpler, you know? But over my (not quite) 40 years, I’ve repeatedly banged up against the reality that life is, in fact, not black and white. Problems are complex and require complicated, multi-faceted solutions. People are complex...