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Thursday, June 6, 2019

Gourmet English: Ad hominem

Gourmet English: Ad hominem:

Ad hominem.

President Trump wants to rape the English economy. He is just a big baby in a nappy. He sits on the toilet farting and texting rude messages (this from the statue during his state visit). When he says he doesn't see the protests, he is a proven liar. NHS workers scream at him because he is about to privatise the National Health Service...
All personal attack!
And it works!


Will Boris make a good PM? But Boris is immoral. He has just left his wife and gone off with a PR adviser. He also told lies when he was working in Fleet Street and he ordered the buses which cost too much. He made some really silly remarks when he was foreign secretary. So he is totally unsuitable for PM.
And so on. Politics is all about who: not about what.
Diane Abbott was always good for a laugh.
Jeremy Corbyn's antics are still good for scorn too. Then there is buggins and muggins and truggins standing for the leadership…

If you want to win an argument, go for the man not the ball!
Works every time!

There is just one problem.

While we are having fun on Twitter, the real issues are not faced up to. What will happen to the economy when we leave the EU without a settlement? 
Which economy do we want to join – USA or Europe? And what happens if we do? 
Why is a man like Donald Trump elected? What are the voters trying to tell us? 
What is really going on inside the EU which loves its secrecy?Who, for instance, is Frau von der Leyen and how was she chosen and on what grounds and by whom?


Adolf Hitler is always a good person to bring in. If you can't think of anything else, just shout that xxxxx is a Fascist.

 Ad hom - works every time!


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