Editorial articles are common way for writers to relay arguments pertaining to a specific subject and few subjects have incited more arguments as of late than presidential candidate Donald Trump. One of the most hotly contested aspects of Donald Trump is whether or not his political platform constitutes fascism. Two articles that explore this topic of Donald Trump’s status as a fascist are The Red Phoenix’s Donald Trump and the Rise of Neo-Fascism and Tim Stanley’s Donald Trump is Not a Fascist and Violence is Nothing New in American Politics. Both articles take very difference stances on the matter and use different methods and approaches to making their arguments. The purpose of both of the articles goes far deeper than convincing whether
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Tim Stanley uses logos by citing a candidate that was similar to trump in history who was not fascist as shown with quote, “Trump’s political style bears comparison not with Mussolini but George C Wallace, who ran for the presidency in 1968 and 1972 on a conservative populist ticket.” (Stanley 3/12/16). Stanley use the logic that since Donald Trump is similar to George C Wallace and George C Wallace was not a fascist therefore Trump is not a fascist. The Red Phoenix uses logos by stating the historical attributes of fascism are similar to Donald Trump’s candidacy a illustrated with this quote, “The Trump campaign represents a proto-fascist movement rapidly developing in the direction of full-blown fascism, acquiring more and more of the characteristics of a fascist movement, even if the details of its program are constantly changing, full of inconsistencies and blatantly opportunistic. This opportunism is typical of fascist movements.” (The Red Phoenix 3/26/16). The Article lays out the historical attributes of fascism and then explains how Donald Trump possesses all of …show more content…
Despite superficially being about the same topic, the articles have their own larger unstated purposes targeted at different audiences, which they address in unique ways. Tim Stanley establishes an ethos of being a relatively well know “expert” on the matter, along with the use of historically based logos and calm pathos in order to make criticisms about American politics. The Red Phoenix take some what of the opposites approach by establishing an ethos of being a radical voice of truth that will its selective audience the largely philosophically based logos that “The Man” won’t tell them in combination with inflammatory pathos in an attempt to insight rebellion against reactionaries. Both editorials are excellent example of a question that would seem to only really have a yes or no answer, but can used as a basis for larger arguments and
Tim Stanley uses logos by citing a candidate that was similar to trump in history who was not fascist as shown with quote, “Trump’s political style bears comparison not with Mussolini but George C Wallace, who ran for the presidency in 1968 and 1972 on a conservative populist ticket.” (Stanley 3/12/16). Stanley use the logic that since Donald Trump is similar to George C Wallace and George C Wallace was not a fascist therefore Trump is not a fascist. The Red Phoenix uses logos by stating the historical attributes of fascism are similar to Donald Trump’s candidacy a illustrated with this quote, “The Trump campaign represents a proto-fascist movement rapidly developing in the direction of full-blown fascism, acquiring more and more of the characteristics of a fascist movement, even if the details of its program are constantly changing, full of inconsistencies and blatantly opportunistic. This opportunism is typical of fascist movements.” (The Red Phoenix 3/26/16). The Article lays out the historical attributes of fascism and then explains how Donald Trump possesses all of …show more content…
Despite superficially being about the same topic, the articles have their own larger unstated purposes targeted at different audiences, which they address in unique ways. Tim Stanley establishes an ethos of being a relatively well know “expert” on the matter, along with the use of historically based logos and calm pathos in order to make criticisms about American politics. The Red Phoenix take some what of the opposites approach by establishing an ethos of being a radical voice of truth that will its selective audience the largely philosophically based logos that “The Man” won’t tell them in combination with inflammatory pathos in an attempt to insight rebellion against reactionaries. Both editorials are excellent example of a question that would seem to only really have a yes or no answer, but can used as a basis for larger arguments and