Argument Analysis: The Vietnam War

For this critical reaction, I choose to focus on two documents that demonstrate two different perspectives. Both documents express someone's opinion of the culture war that was going on in America. It is clear, despite there are those that doubt a culture war ever existed, the the atmosphere brought forth dramatically different view points. The first document is a shining example of those that felt the strongest that America was in the midst of a culture war. Pat Buchanan speaks of things like being pro public schools, women in combat, and equal rights as if they are bad things. He even claims that Clinton wishes to make it so abortions can be given as freely as getting your blood pressure checked. He was not alone in his opinions, and he …show more content…
But I think both show that there was a culture war going on. Yes, people were questioning what was once considered traditional American values, but that is how it should have been. Many of those values should not have been apart of history to begin with. Equality for some, and not for all, should never been considered a good value. In that way, yes, American culture was changing, for the better. Thankfully America is still changing. The voters that once controlled the polls are growing out of voting age while younger voters are coming of age. We learn things from our parents, and what we are exposed to while growing up. When matters of things like equal rights for women first got in the spotlight, citizens had never before been exposed to such things, so it was unknown to them, and a lot of people fought this change. As time moves forward, and positive changes are made, the more the younger generations sees things that they understand is apart of everyday life. It isn’t a big deal because it is apart of their world. This in a way, is the result of the culture war. Positive changes to move the country in the right direction in order to correct the errors of the