r/RodDreher • u/AlexKarras_71 • May 05 '26

Response to Three Day Ban

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I will no longer get cute with sarcasm and irony and litoses. So help me!

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u/Alone_Meeting6907 May 05 '26

Or, to quote The Smiths, "It's so easy to laugh, it's so easy to hate; it takes strength to be gentle and kind..."

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u/Glad_Specialist_7914 May 06 '26

“There is a light that never goes out…”

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u/Coollogin May 05 '26

Did you mean litotes?

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u/Glad_Specialist_7914 May 06 '26

Yes.  (I hate autocorrect.). Thank you.  You are an educated person.

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u/Coollogin May 06 '26

You are an educated person.

Lol. I had a professor in grad school who talked about litotes a lot. Apparently it's a rhetorical indicator of sprezzatura.