<p>lol I can’t believe intellectualism is a word. </p>
<p>anyway who does this? obviously we all * want * to appeal to another person’s intellectualism, but sometimes it’s just really hard work. and appealing to their emotions is so much easier.</p>
<p>I kind of (this is going to sound terrible) play with peoples emotions. It’s just so easy to get someone to react how I want them to. I don’t always mean to and it just happens but other times I just sorts mess with kids. I rarely meet someone who I can connect with on an intellectually similar level. Either they think they are better, which makes me laugh, or they don’t have the same thought processes.</p>
<p>I don’t think anyone does this. but people do often go the other way around</p>
<p>Yes, there is the rhetorical triangle for well-spoken people. </p>
<p>ethos/logos/pathos</p>
<p>or in this case,</p>
<p>logos/pathos
(appeal to logic, then emotions)</p>
<p>Actually, I’d appreciate if you didn’t use language like that. </p>
<p>But in all seriousness there are rhetorical terms for these, as another poster said. Logos is appealing to someone’s “intellectualism” or using rational reasoning. Ethos is appealing to somebody’s sense of ethics. Pathos is what Dan was describing, when you get somebody to emotionally pity or favor your point. It’s all just different ways of gaining support. </p>
<p>Speech and debate 
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<p>HJS, I clearly meant I was trying to test his swimming abilities by pushing him overboard! You should have good swimming skills if you want to be a sailor! Geez, everyone is so negative here.</p>
<p>What I meant by them thinking their smarter is that egos make me laugh. They could very well be smarter than me in every way possible, but if they have an ego and act condescending towards me, then I laugh, knowing I’m better morally than them.</p>