This article was about Republican Sarah Palin's recent speech she gave at an Iowa convention about Christianity in America. This article is definitely a value claim. Sarah Palin has been scrutinized since her epic fail at Republican Vice President candidate backing John McCain in 2008. Although her airhead debate comments were likely the reason McCain was defeated, she is a devout christian and was very well spoken and supported at the recent convention. She argues that America is slowly declining into a communist nation. We are at war with ourselves trying to keep christianity in America and we are essentially "slaves" to China since we owe them $1.3 trillion. The symbolic "church" she is referring to is not a literal church, but the Democratic Obama Administration whom she blames for both of these. She uses a combination of fact claims, symbolic comparisons and ethos. Her credibility is definitely worth noting being the former governor of Alaska.
Read Here:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/09/sarah-palin-blasts-church-of-government/?hpt=hp_t2
Sunday, November 10, 2013
"Flame Off" - Capital Punishment
I chose to find a video that sparked an online debate about the Death Penalty in America. This tied in perfect with my semester research paper so I was able to use my prior knowledge to persuade others of my opinion. One thing i didn't think about was that my Facebook and youtube accounts are linked, so the u of m email address is not the one thats identified with my comments. Anyways, I intervened between a few nasty comments to try and bring civility back into the discussion. I directly commented to at least 3 posters, and commented 2 of my own thoughts on the topic. The comments were mainly back and forth fights about why capital punishment is justifiable and mostly made up statistics. Atleast, they didn't match my statistics that I spent considerable time researching. The most humorous part was that they even fought over the particular case in the background of the video which most people didn't realize was a mock scene. I never took a particular side since it is such a controversial topic. There are good arguments for why somebody should be put to death, but there are better arguments for why it should be abolished. I learned a lot about both sides over the semester from doing research for my paper, so I took turns arguing for and against the death penalty by looking back to my sources even though i didn't post them with my comments. I supported some users and battled against some users, but not to necessarily win the fight, but to get people talking in a much more respectable and thoughtful manner.
Watch Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxdR1cg5CeI
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