M.E. Filmer

Mr. Filmer is a husband, father, and lay-Christian from the rural Midwest. He and his family are active members at their local church in a small neighboring community. Mr. Filmer’s interests include history, historic theology, political theory, and restoring the Stuart monarchy.

Culture

Ultimate Terms and Rhetorical Warfare

In The Ethics of Rhetoric, Richard Weaver identifies “ultimate terms” as “those expressions to which the populace, in its actual usage and response, appears to attribute the greatest sanction.” 1, 2 Ultimate terms wield incredible political and social power, because they are rhetorical anchor points; they are beyond question. They are the “‘rhetorical absolutes’…to which […]

M.E. Filmer