Rhetorical fouls are just things that will probably turn your argument into a fight. There are 7 fouls that Jay Heinrichs created. The one I found to be the most important one was "Utter stupidity," as Heinrichs puts it.
To argue with someone that is unwilling to accept his mistakes (a rather stupid person), is to argue with no purpose. You should chose your opponent wisely. We are animals and our instincts merged with powerful rhetorical abilities can help us chose the right battles.
I fight with my sister over clothe. She steals my shorts and then denies it. I have realized that she is a bad contender. Like Heinrichs puts it, "When you find yourself in the realm of the inarguable, get out of there".
I don't know if it is because I tried watching Brave the movie before reading but here we go:
This (above) would be the portal to the realms. Imagine yourself here when deciding whether to engage in an argument or not.
If you choose the right battle and arm yourself with rhetorical weapons you will end up in this peaceful realm. (above)
If you chose to fight instead of argue you will end up in this scary realm and you will be doomed. DOOMED.
Choose wisely.
Choose wisely.
I really like the use of pictures to illustrate the choice between foul or fair play. It was a unique idea and shows that you understand the main idea of the text. The personal example of the fight with your sister shows how you can relate these aspects to daily life and how true it is that it is impossible to argue with someone who only wants to fight or deny it all.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your choice of utter stupidity being one of the most important ones. But don't you think fallacy of power is important too? Also, I like your images for all the visual learners out there (:
ReplyDeleteYes now that you remind me of it, I do feel the fallacy of power could be as important as the utter stupidity foul. Thanks for your comment!! Keep coming back to read my blog.
DeleteOther than the fact that you quoted someone whose name's pronunciation is the same as mine, I really liked that you incorporated your own personal example of what you read in the book. I also really liked the pictures, as I haven't seen that many people with actual pictures in their blogs. So exciting.
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