By Months: Rain Epler
Total Months: 11
Fully Profiled: 11
12.2024
19 Speeches
The speaker’s style is predominantly combative and sharply critical, often employing emotional and colorful expressions like "screw-up" and "idiotic posturing." The focus is on exposing the hypocrisy and demagoguery of opponents (ministers, the session chair), favoring personal and procedural attacks alongside logical arguments. The speaker maintains a formal tone but does not shy away from using direct and provocative wording.
11.2024
38 Speeches
The rhetorical style is combative, sharply critical, and often confrontational, employing strong language to condemn the government's actions (e.g., "strangles," "lying politicians," "fantasy world"). The speaker relies on facts and statistics (such as price hikes), but presents them within a strong ideological framework. They frequently use rhetorical questions to cast doubt on the honesty and competence of their opponents.
10.2024
73 Speeches
The speaker's style is predominantly combative, sharp, and often ironic, particularly when summarizing the responses of the ministers (Ligi, Svet). He/She employs strong language (e.g., "banana republic," "Putinistic narrative," "demagoguery") and directly accuses the ministers of lying and rudeness. The rhetoric balances fact-based questions (budget figures) with emotional and value-based appeals (the sense of security for families, the protection of children, the threat posed by the "woke agenda"). The formal address ("Mr. Minister") stands in stark contrast to the aggressive nature of the content.
09.2024
32 Speeches
The tone is predominantly combative, critical, and direct, utilizing strong and colorful expressions like "class hatred narrative," "steamroller politics," "Simpletons," and "impasse." It employs logical arguments (economic logic, mathematics) mixed with emotional appeals (harassment of private owners, thoughtcrime). The text frequently features procedural disputes and personal criticism directed at ministers, accusing them of misleading the public and speaking in half-truths.
07.2024
17 Speeches
The rhetorical style is highly polemical, dramatic, and urgent, employing strong moral judgments and accusations (e.g., "stupid or working consciously and cynically," "theatre of the absurd"). The appeals are primarily emotional and value-based, urging colleagues to "do not enact [this]" and to "look in the mirror." Quotation marks are frequently used to underscore the irony, such as when referring to making the tax "better."
06.2024
22 Speeches
The tone is predominantly combative, ironic, and sharp, utilizing strong accusations (lying, breaking promises) and rhetorical questions (e.g., on the theme of taking poison). The style is formal yet emotionally charged, combining procedural criticism (ignoring the legal department) with political attacks (the coalition's dishonesty) and appealing to the livelihood of families.
05.2024
36 Speeches
The rhetorical style is combative, direct, and often sharp, employing strong language such as "judicial atrocity" and "the fake-green woke agenda." It demands concrete answers from ministers, threatening not to listen to their "waffling" otherwise. It uses real-life examples and anecdotes to illustrate its arguments (e.g., Mari's story, the wood-stove heating example) and criticizes the opponents' rhetoric as "pseudo-scientific" or consisting of "slogans akin to building communism."
04.2024
51 Speeches
The speaker's style is combative, sharply critical, and often ironic, employing strong and emotional expressions (e.g., "foolish nonsense," "Satanic misanthropic sects"). He frequently uses lengthy metaphors and comparisons (such as Germany's energy policy or the "Die Hard" film) and accuses ministers of demagoguery and the use of "Newspeak." The presentation itself is formal, but its goal is to provoke and exert emotional influence.
03.2024
64 Speeches
The rhetorical style is sharply confrontational and critical, often employing irony and sarcasm, especially regarding the responses given by the Prime Minister and ministers (e.g., the visit of bank executives to the PM). The speaker emphasizes the importance of sources and facts, but blends this with emotional appeals (e.g., the situation of families with children). They frequently raise procedural questions (acoustics, rules) and accuse their opponents of demagoguery and lying.
02.2024
5 Speeches
The speaker's rhetorical style is analytical but often confrontational, especially when criticizing the economic views of the Social Democrats. He frequently employs rhetorical questions to cast doubt on his opponents' positions (e.g., their concern regarding profit-making). The tone is formal and centers on logical oppositions (entrepreneurship vs. collecting and redistributing money).
01.2024
47 Speeches
The rhetorical style is analytical, yet sharply critical and often skeptical, particularly concerning the ministers' responses. Historical parallels and metaphors are employed (such as Germany's "wonder child" of the green transition, or Ansip's "lemonade machine"). This style demands passionate and convincing answers, while criticizing the Prime Minister's monotonous "recitation" or "rattling off." He/She frequently poses questions by citing reliable sources and data to preempt counterarguments.