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

Sunday, May 2, 2021

ACT UP Outline (Updated)

 Introduction

Attention getter

  • 32.7 million people. That is how many people lost their lives to 

AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic unt til end of 2019.        UNAIDS

  • Less than 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood                                   HIV.gov 

Thesis

Although the ACT UP social movement against AIDS did help to drastically change the state of the AIDS epidemic for the better, they nearly didn’t achieve such success due to apathy that clouded their initial drive towards the later stages of the epidemic.

Preview

  • Protest Signs, Protest Advertisement, Larry Kramer speech

Credibility

  • Communications major

*Connective*

Body

Primary Source #1

  • Schemes and tropes                                                                            Vrooman

  • P&OT                                                                                                   Perelman & Tyteca   

  • *March 24, 1988

  • *Mark Fotopoulos and mother

  • *If people are dying (A) because the AIDS crisis isn’t being solved (B), and the AIDS crisis isn’t being attempted to be solved (B) because of President Reagan’s negligence (C) . Then people are dying (A) because of Reagan (C) .

*Connective*

Primary Source #2

  • Schemes and tropes                                                                            Vrooman

  • P&OT                                                                                                   Perelman & Tyteca

  • *December 10, 1989

  • *St. Patrick’s Cathedral

  • *Cardinal John O'Connor

*Connective*

Primary Source #3 

  • Schemes and tropes                                                                            Vrooman

  • P&OT                                                                                                   Perelman & Tyteca

  • *Larry Kramer

  • *1991

Theory 

  • Theory of Identification                                                                        Kenneth Burke

*connects all*

*Connective*

Conclusion

ACT UP did contribute a lot towards the movement to better the state of the AIDS epidemic. It created a sense of empathy that showed that those infected were everyday people, and were unafraid to express and showcase their anger in order to be heard and seen. However, the quality of their contributions towards the movement didn't always remain the best, and hindered them from progressing at a more desirable rate.

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