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MR R

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Palin's Privacy

Here is something from the LA Times that supports Palin's right to keep private her family business and family decisions (such as the unwed pregnancy and the marriage of her teen daughter), but which suggests that her potential policy platform would deny that right to others.

What do you think? Consider the tone he uses, and how he presents both sides of the issue. what are his values? Does he share the same values as Palin and those who think like her? Does he define the issue the way that a person who agrees with Palin's socially-conservative platform might actually define the issue, or is he interpreting her position through his own? Explain.


Thank Stephanie Osborn for this one!

MR R
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1 comment:

Mr. Robertson said...

The rhetorical strategy used in the above article, by the way, is called "paramologia," it has to do with conceding a weaker point in order to make a stronger point.

September 6, 2008 at 8:34 PM

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