Hasty generalization

A Straw man argument is a version of an argument then is easier to attack. Just as a man made of straw is a less solid version then a man made a flesh, a Straw man argument is a less solid version of a fully fleshed out argument. A straw man replaces or represents what ever actual argument is being made. The Straw man argument can come in many forms and some time is not even intional. People may accidental construct and Straw man argument if they don 't fully understand the depth of the subject…

stereotype is culturally shared beliefs about the behavior of particular groups. The overall stereotype of adolescents is an image of raging hormones and reckless behavior caused by a desire to rebel. When that perception is combined with the sweeping generalizations that Blacks are associated with, such as; “hostility, aggressiveness, violence, and danger,” it drives officers and law enforcement officials to make assumptions about the accused juveniles to be irresponsible, remorseless, and…

Draft #2 “Religion is just another language that some people use to explain the unexplainable.” Reza Aslan said. Religion has been a major factor in many of the worlds past and present issues, and will still continue to be in the future. Nowadays certain actions of certain religious believers, such as Muslims, are starting to have an effect on all people with different religions and no religions, including Muslims. Sadly enough, people are starting to generalise Islam as a mother of bad ideas…

In my opinion, it is never appropriate for an interest group or social movement to engage in violent protest tactics, but, through civil disobedience, is appropriate to engage in illegal behavior to reverse a harmful policy or change public opinion about the status quo. Engaging in violent protest tactics overshadows the message that interest groups or protestors want to project. The Media will focus more on the actual violent actions of these groups, rather than the message they are attempting…

Racism has always been an issue in the United States, and it is something that will most likely continue to be an issue. The racism that we see today, however, is not the racism that we have seen during the times of slavery or of Jim Crow, but it has its similarities. Michelle Alexander writes a very convincing book over these similarities that are still occurring. One point that she brings up quite frequently throughout the book is that for every “new” society that we encounter, there will need…

Because of the controversy surrounding the history of Ward Churchill, criticizing the man and ignoring the message would seem the easier choice. However, this is necessary for reviewing “Crimes against Humanity”. This is a stark essay in which the thesis he used was the unfair treatment of Native Americans in the United States of America. In the first section of his essay, Churchill discussed the stereotypes and other forms of negative imagery associated with the Native American culture…

responsibilities” (Patterson). That is a problem because those athletes do not get the chance to develop fully as an adult. As we see every year there are the athletes that are still in college but take the chances between going professional in their sport or perhaps risking an injury that can potentially hurt there playing time in their sport. According to the article “College Vs. Pros: Should Athletes Leave School Early?” Clary gives us the pros to why athletes should leave…

Bene Viera’s “An Open Letter to Tyler Perry” was a response to Tyler Perry’s different works as an artist but his personal response, his latest letter to his fans “Kim Kardashian in Marriage Counselor” Her evidently strong beliefs that Tyler Perry only portrays the women in his films in certain ways is the divine influence beneath her motives in writing this letter, which allow her to present her refutes. In this letter, Viera commits numerous divergent fallacies in which they ineffectively…

In “Why has America Stopped Winning Wars?” Dominic Tierney argues that the US has been unable to win wars since 1945 because the world is so peaceful, the US is so powerful, and the remaining conflicts are “…the toughest and most unyielding internal struggles.” While Tierney’s major theme is compelling and deserves further investigation, the argument he makes in his article cannot stand on its own; he uses false premises, provides inadequate evidence to justify his argument, and uses…

Issue: Should the police have the right to enforce rules on illegal “pot shops”? Interpretation: I believe that the police shouldn’t have the right to enforce rules on illegal pot shops. This is because it’s the responsibility of those with higher power to come up with an overall law regarding marijuana and pot shops so that it suits everyone. Paraphrase: The author of the article agreed with the actions that the police had taken towards the 43 illegal marijuana dispensaries since; the shops…