2 student Response 75 minimum for each of them in Lesson 10 forum
Chris Pool
2StudentResponseeach75minimum.docxRemember that you must post two (75-word minimum) responses to receive a passing grade (7-10) for a discussion forum.
Maxine Espalin
Immediately after reading the first few lines of this essay I caught the direction of the paper and felt the author had an underlying bias. There were several things that caught my attention in the beginning, for example quotes of definitions with no source of where the information was obtained. This made me question whether or not the definitions provided were reliable. This essay was pulled form a conservative website, which also weakens the argument because it is obvious that the opinions of the author are conservative and it was written in a manner that is one sided. I felt the argument was not presented objectively enough to be convincing. The fallacies I found in this essay include a hasty generalization that all liberals are a certain way, unreliable or insufficient evidence that was not cited, stacked evidence as this was clearly a one sided argument and distorted emotional appeal. I hate being a critic of another person's work- but the assignment called for it!
Enrico Saturnino
Hannah Sternberg's "Conservative Feminism is Not An Oxymoron" is a very trivial and narrow-minded excerpt that does a better job of attacking its opposing audience than properly reinforcing its claim with purpose. Throughout the essay, it is clear that Sternberg chose to let pathos run rampant within the text; however, many of her warrants seem to either lack any real reason to be focused or are strategically brought up for the sake of causing discourse between conservatives and liberals. Specifically, some of her paragraphs such as 'Abortion' and 'Second Choice' lack any rebuttals and heavily seem like they aim to antagonize the opposition instead of acting as proper support for Sternberg's claim. Personally, I tend to be a conservative and lean right for political issues, but as I read through this paper, I couldn't help but see the entire thing as a shameful, cheap shot towards the other side of the political spectrum, to feminism, and the concept of social respect as a whole; if the text were more oriented towards balancing the use of the "three proofs," or made an effort to provide appropriate rebuttals and acknowledgments, it would be a solid argument; right now, however, it is lacking.
