Cool. Yeah, I think we’re defining rhetoric a bit differently. That’s not uncommon, it’s really not solidly defined. There’s a bit of wiggle room in the meaning.

I don’t think you have to be a public figure to engage in rhetoric. I tend to go off the Aristotle calibration of logos, ethos, and pathos. What later became known as a rhetorical triangle. Since her piece read as more of a refusal of persuasion than actually being persuasive in itself, via snark, it doesn’t push the button of rhetoric for me.

Honestly, the whole thing could be summed up like this:

Liberal Elites: Yay! The pandemic is over! We can all go back to work now and get back to normal!

Jessica Wildfire: You stupid Assholes. Haven’t you ever heard the expression 'you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink’? Hmm?? Read the room. Nobody wants your koolaid.

Was it inflammatory and a bit hyperbolic. Yep, sure was. She is a QUEEN of the mic drop that scalds.

Thanks for the link. I’ll check that out. You’re right, I haven’t seen much of Trump’s behavior on the international scene. Mostly the UK because I get BBC, that conference in Norway (? - the one with Putin. I’ve forgotten for sure, but I’m thinking that was in Oslo), and a few internationally televised occurrences with Kim Jong-un. Interesting how those were framed differently by the international press than what we got at home.

Please don’t think I casually dismiss him because I believe he’s got dementia. As I said, so did Reagan and look what he did. There’s no doubt the man is dangerous. Personable/charasmatic but crazy people with a devout following of true believers always are. Historically, they’re the worst of the worst. I sincerely believe we dodged a bullet with him. I also sincerely believe we’re not out of the woods yet. All that said, he’s still a thundering lunatic.