Rhetorical Analysis Of VICE Charlottesville

The primary audience in the VICE Charlottesville video is anyone who is willing to listen and realize there is a problem in Charlottesville and our nation today. Christopher Cantwell discusses how he is willing to be violent, doesn’t care about people’s feelings, and wants the country to be racist. The key arguments of the antifa are they tried to stop the white supremacist group from coming and they were ignored. This video’s tone was depressing and upsetting because it displayed the hatred that people are capable of. The reporter created this tone by interviewing the white supremacy group and asking them certain questions that clearly addressed how they felt. The main argument from the white supremacists was a lot of emotion. They clearly …show more content…
That kind of action is what they wanted to happen even when its just a couple people. If the rally happened and no protestors showed up, there wouldn’t have been the same media coverage that there was with the protestors. The protestors arguments are effective because they wanted to prevent this hate group from having a rally, and avoid any violence from happening. They also are in the media addressing that there is still a racism problem in America, even after the extensive history in America with prejudice against other races. The reporter for VICE, Elle Reeve, does a fantastic job of keep her composure when discussing the opinions that people had in the interviews. She asked tough questions in a calm and mature manner, but also does well with disagreeing with what was said. In order to have dialogue and discussion between both sides, there needs to be self-control and a willingness to listen one another. This video relates to the course on business communication by allowing students to discuss tough topics in a mature and caring manner, rather than by emotions and