The Assault on Reason

In the book, The Assault on Reason by Al Gore, the first chapter; “Introduction” is an excellent chapter that explains today’s America. Gore’s main point is how news media has changed with time, from the type of information it contains to the way it is spread to civilians. Also by the ways that government uses media as advertainment to win their elections. He also talks about the Founding Fathers plan to have a democratic country and having freedom of speech. Gore mainly argues about how media has changed throughout the time. He argues by using Mills’ Method of Agreement on most of his arguments. “According to an authoritative global study, Americans now watch television an average of four hours and thirty-five minutes every day- ninety…

Gore’s argument in his book, The Assault on Reason, informs readers about the way fear encourages illogical thinking. Gore varies greatly between different methods of persuasion, including appeals to emotion (pathos) and credibility (ethos). He utilizes these many techniques to bring out the relationship between politics and fear, however, a specific element overshadows the others. The extensive application of expertise, a form of ethos, lends itself to Gore’s statements about how fear affects…

Al Gore’s book on “The Assault on Reason” analysis on the aspect of how politics and the technological age of media such as T.V is controlled by fear and ignorance; that makes a deadly cocktail. The main points come from, how the charasistics of television is a powerful tool to be used, but the layout and distribution are delayed by idiocy and celebrity distractions. He argues that that most people do not use their full potential to discuss and debate as we did in the era of the founding fathers…

Weapons of destruction On December 14, 2012 a school shooting happened in Sandy Hook Elementary School. The shooter killed many people and he killed himself. His weapon of choice was a semi automatic or commonly known as a assault weapon. The murder wasn’t stopped,but actions similar to his can be stopped in the future. If assault weapons were banned crime would be down. The loss of would be minimized. Assault weapons should be banned due to their destructive nature and history. Assault…

Fisher asserts that “eighty-three percent of sexual assaults go unreported to college officials” (qtd. in Neidig 180). The only way colleges can determine the extent of sexual assault on their campus is by receiving reports from victims of assault. Unfortunately, victims of sexual assault on college campuses seldom report their ordeal to campus administrators due to various reasons. Sexual assault on college campuses is underreported because victims do not know the meaning of sexual assault,…

Sexual assault is a violent crime that is rarely reported by the victim for varies reasons, one being the stigmatization that comes with it. Many victims of sexual assault in our society are seen as asking for it, or as being the one to blame for it occurring. In recent years there has been more talk about military rape, and sexual harassment toward female military personnel. Do to the underreporting of sexual assault, and harassment the exact number of victim is unknown. As Bostock et al.…

degree of social influence may be impacting this reported lack of understanding and awareness of sexual assault as a crime? According to Sujata (2017) “The story of sexual assault and victimization through social media has, unfortunately, become commonplace. Between the universality of cellphones with cameras and the widespread cultural adoption of social media, victims are often trapped in a wrath of character assassination and name-calling long after their assault.” (Sujata, 2017). To make…

before the age of eighteen are the majorities of rape victims. Although, women are unprotected in any situation, a college campus has been on the top list to increase the rates of sexual assault, and it has been considered as “an epidemic health problem on college campuses. Research…

Sexual assault the most violent and unreported crimes in America and on college campuses. Many college students said they have been sexually assaulted in some form while at school, usually in date-rape situations. Sexual assault is not reported because some students don't see the sexual assault as a crime. Majority of the time, 80 to 90 percent of the victims and perpetrator know each other. A few other reasons why it is not reported is the victims are concerned about their privacy and they…

Sexual Assault on College Campuses For most of my high school career, one thing I worried about the most was how hard college was going to be. As the years progressed, I began worrying about more life-threatening things such as sexual assault. Sexual assault on college campuses have become more common, and young women/men are having to spend more of their time in a courthouse than in class or in their dorm in fear than in class. I worry that those assaulted aren’t getting the right justice…