Links to rhetorical tools:

Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:

Schemes & Tropes -- Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca -- Fallacies -- Burke -- Rhetorical Toolbox -- Conspiracy Rhetorics

Friday, February 9, 2018

"Blue State Blues"

1. One-Sidedness
" It is a send-up of the liberal social agenda...are running on the same “progressive” agenda that has broken the state."

Although, the writer admits that a conservative politician is not the best, the article is clearly speaking from a one-sided conservative view point. Throughout the reading, the "liberal agenda" is constantly ridiculed and the conservative views are held high. It had a very us(conservatives) vs. them (liberals) vibe. This article would be less one-sided if it wasn't written that way, but I don't think you can find an article like that on Breitbart. 

2. Overgeneralization
"Rauner has no chance to win the general election."

The article talks about Rauner being possibly the "worst Republican Governor" and then goes on to say that there is a new light in the Republican running and that light is Jeanne Ives. In the end of the article, it says "Rauner has no chance to win the general election." This is an overgeneralization. Even though Rauner's chances of winning are looking slimmer thanks to Jeanne Ives, he still has a chance along with the Democratic politicians.

Source:
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/09/blue-state-blues-jeanne-ives-real-deal-illinois/

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