By Months: Anti Poolamets
Total Months: 19
Fully Profiled: 19
10.2025
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is formal and interrogative, employing a strongly critical and confrontational tone on European Union topics, accusing the Union of "hijacking" rights. When discussing economic issues, the tone is concerned and emphasizes logical consequences (job losses, increasing poverty), drawing on data and the presenter's personal experience.
09.2025
17 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, combative, and urgent, employing direct personal accusations (lying, threatening, bungling). The speaker uses emotional and sharp phrases ("irreparable damage," "a foolish attack," "a powerless national defense"), underscoring the gravity of the situation. Logical arguments are interwoven with criticism directed against clichés and slogans (the Kremlin playbook).
06.2025
38 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is highly combative, dramatic, and accusatory, employing strong emotional appeals and sharp comparisons, especially with the Soviet era ("all-union," "stink bomb of Soviet power"). He frequently uses rhetorical questions and metaphors (e.g., "a bag over the head" for signal intelligence) and accuses the ministers of low tolerance for criticism and ideological blindness. He maintains a formal demeanor, addressing the ministers and the chairman respectfully, but the content of his address is aggressive and attacking.
05.2025
28 Speeches
The speaker's style is highly combative, ironic, and sarcastic, often employing emotional and pejorative labeling ("whistleblowing law," "monsters," "toxic ideology," "madness"). He appeals to arguments concerning common sense and natural laws, contrasting them with ideological "Lysenkoism." The speeches are frequently long and passionate, including both anecdotal examples (the Rakvere restaurant) and historical comparisons (Karl Vaino's father, Glavlit).
04.2025
26 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly combative, sharp, and polarizing, often drawing historical and moral parallels, particularly with the Soviet regime and totalitarianism. Strong and emotional phrases are used, such as "censorship law in the style of communist China," "traveling circus," "pyramid scheme," and "Soviet lying machine." The urgent necessity of halting the government's actions is emphasized, as these actions are detrimental to national security and the economy.
03.2025
15 Speeches
The rhetoric is extremely combative, emotional, and urgent, often employing strong labeling ("prophet of 'woo-woo' sciences," "Leninist projects," "mad bureaucracy"). It utilizes historical parallels (Lenin's bas-relief, August Rei, March 12th) and vivid imagery (the Eskimo and the inhabitants of the Congo, a car stuck between two tree branches) to underscore the danger and irrationality of the government's actions. It frequently addresses the public and children directly, emphasizing the necessity of protecting them.
02.2025
20 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly combative, dramatic, and urgent, utilizing strong and often derogatory expressions (junk technology, climate mythology, censorship law, anarcho-syndicalist). There is a strong appeal to national pride and a sense of threat, emphasizing the humiliating nature of the government's actions and the descent "to the bottom." It frequently employs rhetorical questions ("Where are we falling to?") and irony (white sweater, Tambov constant).
01.2025
18 Speeches
The style is predominantly combative, passionate, and sharply critical, often employing historical and cultural appeals (e.g., the Soviet falsehood, Lysenkoism, Ivan the Terrible). He/She utilizes strong accusations (e.g., censorship, pseudo-science, cultural Marxism) and rhetorical questions to underscore the irrationality of the government's actions. The speeches are a blend of fact-based arguments (budget figures, letters from judges) and emotional persuasion.
12.2024
31 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly combative, alarming, and critical, employing strong language (e.g., "neo-totalitarian approach," "the economic assassin's dream"). It strongly appeals to the sense of threat (war, economic crisis, health damage) and utilizes historical parallels (the "Sleepwalkers" of World War I, the Phosphorite War). It also employs sarcasm and satire, including the reading of the poem "Green Christmas," which addresses the green transition.
11.2024
28 Speeches
The rhetoric is highly combative, accusatory, and dramatic, frequently employing powerful metaphors ("the elephant in the room," "fighting a fire," "the mother-in-law's cupboard is bottomless"). He draws upon historical parallels (the atmosphere of 1934, Lysenkoism, the VEB Fund) and launches personal attacks regarding corruption. The tone is overwhelmingly anxious and urgent, underscoring the economic and security threats.
10.2024
25 Speeches
Highly confrontational, passionate, and sharp, often employing emotional and historical appeals, comparing the current situation to the Soviet occupation or authoritarian regimes. It uses strong and polarizing expressions (e.g., "European Siberia," "satanic," "colonized," "Brezhnev package") and engages in personal attacks, dredging up past insults against opponents. The tone is predominantly accusatory and urgent, stressing that the nation is in peril.
09.2024
19 Speeches
The speaker's style is highly combative, passionate, and sharply critical, often employing emotional and historical appeals. He uses colorful imagery (e.g., "exports are falling like a stone," "spice merchants") and accuses the government of practicing "arbitrary law" and relying on "bought-in ideas." The tone is predominantly accusatory, demanding accountability, particularly the resignation of ministers, and he emphasizes the opinions of communities and experts to support his positions.
07.2024
9 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly aggressive, accusatory, and emotionally charged, focusing on the opponents' unethical conduct and dishonesty. Strong metaphors ("steamroller," "Teflon layer") and historical references (the $10 million scandal, Meikar) are employed to underscore the lack of confidence. The politician also engages in sharp personal attacks, accusing opponents of using rhetoric typical of a "Putin propagandist."
06.2024
12 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharp, accusatory, and emotional, especially when addressing members of the government (for instance, accusing the prime minister of lying and spreading rumors). Strong metaphors are employed ("nest of illegals," "lays golden eggs") alongside historical comparisons (a colony from the time of Karl Vaino) to underscore the gravity and urgency of the situation. Appeals are frequently grounded in moral indignation and matters of honor, demanding accountability and the restoration of order.
05.2024
9 Speeches
The tone is predominantly combative, critical, and appalling, using strong emotional appeals and exclamations ("This is simply appalling!", "This is an absurd fabrication."). It employs sharp contrasts (Ratas vs Kallas) and historical comparisons (Soviet tricks, planned economy) to discredit the government's policy. The style is direct and accusatory, charging the government with the "blatant demolition" of the economy and the establishment of repressive energy policies.
04.2024
35 Speeches
The speaker’s style is extremely combative, passionate, and accusatory, frequently employing strong emotional appeals and personal attacks. They repeatedly use hyperbolic and negative terms such as "Marxist program," "dystopia," "green frenzy," and "shaming." An ideological and historical framework is favored, linking contemporary politics to communism and programs aimed at the destruction of society.
03.2024
28 Speeches
The rhetorical style is combative, sharp, and penetrating, employing highly emotional terms such as "blood money," "moral corpse," and "dystopia." It heavily utilizes historical and cultural comparisons (Soviet "nudging," Klaus Schwab, Sharia law) and accuses opponents of destroying the nation-state. The speaker employs irony and sarcasm to highlight the government's contradictions and ethical decline.
02.2024
19 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharp, combative, and forceful, employing strong emotional appeals, particularly when addressing ethical and security matters. He frequently uses powerful phrases ("vile business," "free fall," "Lumumba universities") and directs pointed rhetorical questions at the government. The speeches include both logical argumentation (statistics, legal violations) and cultural and historical references (Tammsaare, Hando Runnel).
01.2024
44 Speeches
The rhetorical style is predominantly combative, sharp, and emotional, often using accusations of lying, shamelessness, and the hijacking of state institutions ("brutally hijacks"). Strong imagery is used (e.g., "the party of white sweaters"), and moral outrage is emphasized, relying on both technical details and personal or anecdotal examples (a neighbor's story about a refugee, a pharmacist's health problems). The speaker often addresses opponents directly, demanding repentance and shame from them.