Rhetorical man VS serious man

So, the "serious man" and the "rhetorical man." I think my opinion is a mix of Kelly and Jared. I think the serious man is not aware that they are using rhetoric in their everyday actions. I like what Kelly added about the "serious" person heavily utilizing ethos and logos over pathos. I imagine the rhetorical man would heavily and purposefully integrate ethos, pathos, and logos, with a heavy emphasis on pathos. A serious man would approach a problem and try to find the most practical, to the point solution. A rhetorical man on the other hand would put much more time and thought into such an issue, and I think they would come up with a rather creative solution.

I also see where Jared is coming from about the serious man as well, maybe the user is aware of rhetoric but they just do not approach rhetoric through the same lens at the serious person. If the serious man is aware of rhetoric but chooses not to see it, this may be interpreted as ignorance by some but others may see this as just a utilization of a different mindset. 

As we all obviously know, everyone uses rhetoric in everything. Serious men, however, have a different awareness level of how they use rhetoric than the rhetorical man. Regardless of if they know recognize the concept of rhetoric or not, the end point is that they do not choose to consciously integrate such concepts into their life. Rhetorical men on the other hand obviously do the exact opposite, and fully embrace the many niches of rhetoric. As Jared said, he believes rhetorical men are the eloquent thinkers and reason based, and I can understand where he is coming from with that statement. I also noted what Kelly said about the serious men, not even thinking to utilize pathos. I agree with that as well, it seems to me that serious men are trained to approach situations in a very specific way that does not quite include emotion.

So with that being said, I’m going to steer this in a slightly different direction and say that I think if you pulled a serious man and a rhetorical man in to read these blog posts, they would both approach the situation extremely differently (obviously). The serious man, in my imagination, would scoff at not only the topic of the posts but also the way we have drawn out and nitpicked at the issue. A rhetorical man would be much more likely to enjoy the topic and read into the different thoughts we have expressed, forming deep intellectual and creative thoughts while reading. Those are my thoughts on the rhetorical man and the serious man thus far.