This Post Has Nothing To Do With Flock Cameras (Antiphrasis + Apophasis EXPLAINED) [O0iLmu2liPa]
The original post has few million views on TikTok from a user named LawyerInvestor. I'm not sure if he's on YouTube or not. Anyway, in this video, we're talking about a viral text-based post expressing disgust over the criminals using a very specific method to navigate and avoid the surveillance of flock cameras. That has nothing to do with my discussion of Antiphrasis (we'll talk about that pronunciation, too, especially with The Odyssey out and Greek pronunciation being all the rage) which is the rhetorical choice of stating something where the opposite is the intended meaning and that's apparent to the audience. The "this is fine" meme with the room on fire is a classic nostalgic-internet example of antiphrasis. From there, I bring up a similar concept of apophasis which is where a speaker says they aren't going to speak on something (or maybe even condemn that thing) as a way to bring it back to the attention of the audience. Both of those carry a bit of plausible deniability with them and that's part of the allure of them. If you're interested in media literacy, rhetorical devices, sarcasm-creation, and names for patterns you identify in language and persuasion, here you go! #MediaLiteracy #Rhetoric #Persuasion #CriticalThinking #Communication #Language #Linguistics #RhetoricalDevices #Antiphrasis #Apophasis #Sarcasm #Irony #MediaAnalysis #PersuasiveCommunication #InternetCulture #Argumentation #LearnSomethingNew #Education #YouTubeEducation