Ad hominem

There are going to be instances in our lifetime where we will be in an argument. To a certain extent our opinions do matter but we need to separate facts from emotions. Many of our arguments can be true or false on some proclamations but we should be prepared for any counterargument. Logical fallacies can make your claims weak and untrustworthy which is one of the reason to avoid using them. Having strong arguments with evidence and limited bold statements will help your readers stay onboard…

federal subsidies( money) being awarded to individuals from the federal government, even though the law specifically states that these subsidies should be, “Established by the State”. This case held an interesting debate using a strategy known as an ad hominem fallacy. The idea is to avoid or ignore the actual issue at hand and instead begin attacking the opponent. This can sometimes be personal attacks, or in many of these cases an attack on a political party…

“Border Fencing Is Bad Policy” According to Melanie Mason, the author of “Border Fencing Is Bad Policy”, the United States should not build a fence that spans the border of Mexico. There are 12 million undocumented immigrants living in America, and the author claims that a fence will stop nothing. The government has been trying to put more barriers between America and severely restrict immigration, but according to Mason, “the border fence is a political band-aid for a larger policy problem.” By…

misleading used to promote a particular subject such as a political cause or point of view is how the world today rotates. Whether one acknowledges it or not there is propaganda all around us, in fact there are 50 types of propaganda. The types are ad hominem, ad nauseam, appeal to authority, appeal to fear, appeal to prejudice, bandwagon, beautiful people, black and white, classical conditioning, cognitive dissonance, common man, cult of personality, demonizing the enemy, dictat,…

Brexiters are in crisis, especially after US President Obama 's recent visit to the United Kingdom. They were so much troubled and feared that they descended into ad hominem against President Obama. Boris Johnson, the leader of the Leave campaign and mayor of London, suggested that President Obama had anti-colonial mindset obtained from his Kenyan father. Although the reference was made to the removal of the bust of British Prime Minister Churchill from the Oval Office, Johnson was angry…

Mind Control What if the destruction of language and the past can be used as tools to manipulate the minds of people? In the novel 1984, by George Orwell, this is exactly what is happening. Winston, who works in the ministry of truth in Oceania erases the past by rewriting it. It is a vile world in Oceania when even a movement on your face is enough to be vaporized. Winston must control his thoughts in order to stay alive. When one is not paying close enough attention, they can become…

Review of Williams J. Bennett’s “The Broken Hearth” Summary Many of Bennett’s solutions are perceived as controversial in contemporary society. Celebrities (e.g., Adele, Madonna) portray single motherhood as glamorous and preferential. Marriage has become a no risk service based on a trial period; whereas, if it doesn’t work a no-fault divorce is a viable option. Innocent children are caught in the crosshairs of self-absorbed people who proceed to use them as pawns in their game with one…

Stephen Lucas spends two chapters discussing the importance of persuasion. The first chapter, chapter 16, discusses what persuasive speeches are; the second chapter, chapter 17, discusses the methods of persuasion. Persuasion is used in much more than just speeches; persuasion is used in everyday life. This journal is about the methods of persuasion. To begin this chapter Stephen Lucas asks the question what makes a speaker persuasive? Many people have tried to answer this question but the man…

RAA Rough Draft The assurance of safety is always appreciated whether it’s at home, school, or public places. There are always uncertainties whether a specific place can be considered as safe. In an article written by Roxane Gay, she argues the difficulty of finding a space that can be confidently labeled as safe. To strengthen her argument, she uses examples of her personal experience in relation to safety, recent events in campuses, the feministic output of safe space within the LGBT…

Why do many feminist speak so negatively about people who do not identify as a feminist, especially women? Over the amount of time I have spent on the internet over the years has been, what some would say is too much time. However it is not entirely a waste of time, I have noticed that the feminist community has shown a significant amount of hate towards anyone who doesn’t follow their ideas. Whether they disagree with some of their ideas, call themselves something else like an equalist, or…