As you grow older and face new experiences, what issue or topic do you think you'll have to stand up and debate most often, whether with friends, family, or society?

Prompt: As you grow older and face new experiences, what issue or topic do you think you'll have to stand up and debate most often, whether with friends, family, or society? 

Prompt Response: A topic or issue I'll probably never escape from has to be the politics in my family, in specific my father's opinions as well as those of my mom's mother and stepfather. I say this as me and my mothers views have always been radically different from theirs, causing quite a lot of heated arguments and distress in the house. Some of my reasons that I just can't agree with them include the harmful and hateful influence their ideals have on my younger brother and the fact that the views they hold are actively hurting me and my friends. I just can't get over the fact that they watch and interact with a group that has continuously attacked such vulnerable people and who then not show a single ounce of sympathy or remorse. I feel that sometimes they don't even hear what they're saying, and that they don't even have the ability to discern fact from fiction or realize how that makes me feel. All in all, I hope that I don't have to debate as much with them, but at the same time I need to get them to realize what they're really standing for, and that it's not with me.

Summary: Today we took even closer look at argument, finding what rhetorical device certain examples appeal to as well as the types of claims you can make.

Reflection: The notes today were mildly interesting, but I did find myself drawing a lot on my paper. I was shocked at the ads that were shown in class today and just how backwards campaigning and politics is now.

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