Outline from Previous Class about Hoffman
- Claim: race mixing is detrimental to both races
- Reason: law of similarity = mingling creates a less advances in society
- Evidence: offspring of mixed heritage creates illness (anecdotal evidence)
- Warrant: a prior belief in white supremacy (aka it is the natural law of things)
How does the Discourse Community Influence Warrants?
- Warrants are justification for evidence; discourse communities provide an open door to pluck your justification from a specific niche that you want. Cherry pick, if you will.
John Tyler Morgan Rhetorical Triangle
- Claims that if African Americans are allowed to vote; complete and utter anarchy will ensue; further division among society; “unwelcome into the white family”
- To be white = to be American
- “Stay in yo lane”
- Morgan is attempting to incite suspicious and panic with these claims of anarchy –> FEAR
- –> This is an emotional appeal to the public, fear mongering.
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