By Months: Henn Põlluaas
Total Months: 10
Fully Profiled: 10
12.2024
10 Speeches
The tone is extremely combative, accusatory, and dramatic, employing strong emotional appeals and historical parallels. It uses direct and sharp expressions (e.g., "blatant lie," "absurd," "we are destroying the Estonian state") and directly accuses the government of the country's decline. It focuses on blaming the government and painting the future in bleak terms, accusing ministers of arrogance and lying.
11.2024
3 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharp, urgent, and combative, employing strong negative terms like "catastrophic" and "absurd" to characterize the situation. Although the arguments are logical and fact-based (e.g., errors in the cost-benefit analysis and the findings of the National Audit Office), the presentation remains intense and focuses heavily on demanding accountability ("who is to blame for this?").
10.2024
21 Speeches
The rhetorical style is very combative, sharp, and emotionally charged, especially when criticizing ministers, who are accused of cynicism, incompetence, and arrogance. Punchy and memorable phrases are used ("truly embarrassing," "a complete mess"), and attacks are often directed at both policy and personal conduct. Although the style is confrontational, the criticism is often backed up by specific data and legal references.
09.2024
2 Speeches
The rhetorical style is dual: in the first address, it is strategic and inquisitive, focusing on technical shortcomings and demanding solutions. In the second speech, however, the style shifts to become highly confrontational and emotional, employing strong accusations ("slander," "defamation") while appealing to national values and the role model provided to the youth.
07.2024
1 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharply critical and combative, employing strong expressions (such as "into the abyss" or "green frenzy"). The speech is structured around accusations concerning the government's inaction and incompetence. It utilizes both logical arguments (like ignoring the basic tenets of economics) and emotional appeals, highlighting the negative impact of tax increases on families and rural communities. The text concludes with an ironic proposal regarding targeted taxation.
06.2024
11 Speeches
The rhetorical style is extremely combative, critical, and insistent, repeatedly accusing the government of lying and engaging in cynical behavior. Both logical arguments (legal violations, comparison with German taxes) and strong emotional appeals are used, emphasizing that the taxes force people to make an impossible choice: either own a car or keep food on the table for their family. Sarcastic comparisons are employed, such as drawing a parallel between cross-border murderers and pedophiles in connection with the repeal of the penal code.
05.2024
12 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly combative, dramatic, and urgent, employing strong emotional appeals and historical parallels (Pavlik Morozov, Matrossov). Opponents are frequently labeled (e.g., "insane climate fanatics" or "the government of liars"), and it is stressed that the coalition is violating procedural rules and the constitution. The speaker adopts a cautionary tone to highlight the negative consequences of the proposed bills on social cohesion and the nation's finances.
04.2024
27 Speeches
The rhetorical style is extremely combative, urgent, and emotional, employing harsh accusations and moral condemnations (e.g., "tax terror," "pathological lie," "genocide"). The speaker urgently appeals to patriotism and a sense of national duty, accusing the government of sabotage and the destruction of the Estonian nation. Personal addresses and references to past acquaintances are also utilized to discredit the opponent, thereby highlighting their moral degradation.
03.2024
49 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is extremely combative, confrontational, and accusatory, employing sharp phrases such as "government of liars," "absurd nonsense," and "tax terror." Strong emotional and historical analogies are utilized (for example, a quote from an NKVD officer, the theme of communism, and comparisons to Nazis and racists). Logical arguments (violations of law, economic damage) are interwoven with personal attacks and an emphasis on the government's incompetence.
02.2024
58 Speeches
The rhetorical style is combative, critical, and often emotional, employing strong language (e.g., "unconstitutional," "criminal," "eco-fanatics"). Appeals are made to common sense and the will of the people, while the actions of opponents are labeled as ideological and unnatural. It features both logical argumentation (citing specific legal statutes) and sharp personal confrontation, accusing opponents of deception and demagoguery.