Looking at how Barrack sculpted his argument, along with knowing that everything in speeches like these is put in place for a specific reason prior to it being read aloud, I now agree even more with the fact that it is a powerful and well put together speech.
First, I enjoy the way Barrack, along with who ever wrote the speech, first addressed the main ways his opponent and his followers could, and have attacked him and his religious standards and practices. This creates a very strong base for Obama to break down and deny all of these counter examples, therefore assuring his character; a strong use of Ethos.
Also, when he states " 90 percent of us believe in God, 70 percent affiliate themselves with an organized religion, 38 percent call themselves committed Christians, and substantially more people in America believe in angels than they do in evolution," Barack uses cold hard facts and statistics to prove his points, which is using the most important tool of persuasion, Logos or appeal to logic.
These tools along with his careful lack of logical fallacies make for a very sturdy argument that not only proves his point, but I'm sure alter the opinions of their image of Obama.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Blog #1 Obama Speech Summary
While I am sure this is a very touchy subject for Barrack to give a speech on... especially given his audience, I think this speech is pretty well done. The basic summary of this speech is it seems to almost be Obama's response to a comment that an opposing politician made. This man, Alan Keyes, first attacked Barrack's faith and finalized the disrespect with "Jesus Christ would not vote for Barrack Obama".
While I'm sure this was not the first insult Barrack had received, it was one that hit home for sure. The speech goes on to elaborate on the fact that while Barrack has his own faith, it is not up to him to decide what people should believe in, but simply his job to ensure that they have the right to believe in it. This is something I especially appreciate due to the fact that while I consider myself more of a student of religion, I would most closely attribute my beliefs to those of the Buddhist religion, which is not even one of the more common religions in America.
While I'm sure this was not the first insult Barrack had received, it was one that hit home for sure. The speech goes on to elaborate on the fact that while Barrack has his own faith, it is not up to him to decide what people should believe in, but simply his job to ensure that they have the right to believe in it. This is something I especially appreciate due to the fact that while I consider myself more of a student of religion, I would most closely attribute my beliefs to those of the Buddhist religion, which is not even one of the more common religions in America.
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