Ad hominem

Dipper sat in the corner of his side in their room. 'Now that I have his name, the obvious step would be to kill him, however, I need the names of everyone working in the investigation, first...I'll think of something.' "Hey Dipper," Ryuuku said, floating into the room. "I edited all of the tapes with your pre-recorded ones." Dipper pointed to the stache of apples on Mabel's bed. "Good," Dipper pulled his hat down. "There's absolutely nothing for me to-" "DIPPER, TAKE CARE OF THIS BAT IN THE…

The Continuing Problems of Racial Wage Gaps As time has progressed, the racial wage gap has been been increasing significantly, seen especially through blacks and whites. Wage gaps are seen everywhere in the workplace whether it is due to race or gender inequality. Initiative towards the abolishment of wage gaps, especially racial gaps, must be taken soon or else racial wage gaps would continue to exist for decades to come. Through the use of media, readers are able to be informed of the rising…

There are moments in history that can almost mirror later events. Patterns can be found in the types of people that obtain power, how they obtain power, and the circumstances of the state surrounding their rises to power. Catiline is an example of failure to secure power. He raised an army of revolutionists who were found out before they could carry out their plan to murder hundreds of senators. Fidel Castro, who did achieve power later in his political career, created a plan to attack that…

learn in order to become an effective persuader. In the movie twelve angry men, persuasion plays a huge role; as the jury has to decide whether the boy (who is accused of murdering his father) is guilty or innocent. This movie is a great example of ad hominem; which is a logical fallacy in which the argument is countered by attacking the person, their motive, or other things relating to the person who is making the argument. In the movie, every juror is convinced that the boy is guilty of the…

In recent years, the topic regarding biases and inflammatory content represented in the majority of our sources of news have entered common knowledge dramatically. Major social and political movements such as Black Lives Matter, March for Our Lives, and the Tea Party Movement also contribute to the major division that currently splits Americans into two factions. The March for Our Lives movement in particular has gained both notoriety and coverage by a plurality of news outlets in regards to its…

My opponents often commit the fallacy of ad hominem when several people decide to do a group work together. For instance, a girl named Jane who needs to work a project with several guys together in the school. Because they can not finish the work on time, they complain about that Jane does nothing…

1. One overlapping theme I have noticed is that philosophical concepts are almost never have a definition answer to their validity. For example, the theories of mind we encountered were all subject to intense criticism. One theory was not considered “correct” while others were “false.” It seems as if no matter the amount of scientific or numerical data, the answers to philosophical questions will never be answered fully. Going along those lines, I have learned even a satisfactory answer is…

On Postcolonial Theory/ists And Beyond The history of colonialism has been one of turning points in today’s cultural discussion. One major criticism is directed to modernism. Within its history, eurocentric perspective becomes major narrative rejecting that of the third world countries as part its progression. This is linked to the power that narrates the history through colonialism. Furthermore, this issue relates to the idea of representation. How the non-European cultures connoted.…

Group communication is one of the most important types of communication in the world today. In a society that is becoming more and more engulfed in themselves, through cell phones, and social media, it is important that the value of communicating with one another is not lost or forgotten about. Our group thought long and hard about a movie that would best portray group communication and all of its components, and what better movie than one all about a team of cheerleaders? Bring It On is a movie…

In the Fox Special Report with Bret Baier, the broadcast network uses many sources that strengthens its credibility and appeals to the audience’s ethos, as well as build its argument that climate change is not due to human activity. Bret Baier, the Fox News Anchor, reports on the 800-page report released by the White House in regards to the growing link between climate change and human activity and how it will use it to create regulations. The broadcast network convinces its audience by…