On October 16, Mi-Ai Parrish, journalist and reporter of The Arizona Republic, responded to several threats from the public because they endorsed a Democrat for president instead of a Republican. She thought about those disturbing responses and how to answer the critics, questioning what would be the correct response to those vile threats. Parrish’s appeal to both logos and pathos along with her choice of diction allows her to successfully build a counterargument and make her response an effective piece of writing. Mi-Ai Parrish responds to each of the variants of the threats with a fellow worker, stating how he or she fits in with The Arizona Republic and what they have unraveled throughout their careers. She also includes her own grandfather
