Persuasion

[JKDS]

If that is true does it matter? You can discuss how persuasive something is even if that wasn't its purpose.

You can discuss anything. If you wanted, you can argue a flower pot is persuasive.

The author of that post is clearly upset about the current state of affairs. But what is the author advocating for? Ending advocacy for women's rights in America? Ending certain types of advocacy for women's rights in the UK? Promoting the fight for women's rights in other countries? If women were treated better in other countries, would the author still be embarrassed? The author, although flustered by the events, is not telling us what to do about it. The author doesnt tell us, because the author isnt trying to persuade us to act.

Maybe the author just wanted us to agree that it was embarrassing? Well, ok. If thats the author's entire point, its technically persuasive in that context.* It'd take more effort to persuade me that the sky is blue though, so I still give it a 0.5/10 in terms of persuasiveness.

_{*Technically correct is the best kind of correct too}

[MadMojoMonkey]

It'd take more effort to persuade me that the sky is blue though

IDK why people insist this to be true, when it's obviously not true at least half the time.

It is a statistical expectation that it is sometimes blue or blue with white bits, and other times gray or black with white spots, or some combination thereof. Sometimes, it's even rainbow colored, but I hear that's usually only twice a day, except when it's not.