by John P. Reisman | Aug 25, 2020 | Media Sophistry, Political Sophistry, Politics
This piece explores how ‘tone of voice’ can be used as a sophist evasion as well as mislead or lie. This piece focuses on how ‘referring’ to how pleasant or harsh someones tone is can actually redirect a conversation away from more relevant...
by John P. Reisman | Aug 11, 2020 | Media Sophistry, Political Sophistry, Politics
How many times have you heard people say, “I have trusted sources” for my news. And, they often say you can’t trust the news. How many times have you said that? For myself, I do my best to ‘not decide’ what is absolutely correct. Instead...
by John P. Reisman | Jul 26, 2020 | Healthcare
Trumps lack of leadership on the Covid-19 pandemic has forced nations around the world to close their doors to America. So instead of Trumps promised wall to keep people out of America, his failures as president created a wall to prevent Americans from getting out of...
by John P. Reisman | Apr 12, 2020 | Healthcare
Trump and Trump Admin loyalists have been saying, hinting, hoping… it looks like… things are better. Things are improving, maybe we are getting this ‘contained’. Misleading the American people is a breach of public trust. That is actually...
by John P. Reisman | Jan 16, 2020 | Sophistry
Gaslighting is a method of trickery. Like the saying ‘a lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth’, which is of course not true. In the American vernacular, it is a form of BS. It is commonly used by con-artists and the like to fool people into...
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