Yes, I agree. Rhetorical techniques are about persuasion, not truth. Possibly “stronger” should have been “more palatable” or “more acceptable to the non-choir”.
“More acceptable to the choir” would be more accurate. Around here the in-group signalling chorus is “other people are sycophants and I am better connected and less gullible”. More generally, the choir signal is “I consider any comments that don’t advocated deference to status unacceptable because I am high status myself and want the approval of those even higher”. From this it is easy to extract Contrarian Status Catch 18.
Yes, I agree. Rhetorical techniques are about persuasion, not truth. Possibly “stronger” should have been “more palatable” or “more acceptable to the non-choir”.
“More acceptable to the choir” would be more accurate. Around here the in-group signalling chorus is “other people are sycophants and I am better connected and less gullible”. More generally, the choir signal is “I consider any comments that don’t advocated deference to status unacceptable because I am high status myself and want the approval of those even higher”. From this it is easy to extract Contrarian Status Catch 18.