Rogerian Argument Outline

"Duggar's Should Apologize For Homophobic Actions Or Face Cancellation Of ’19 Kids and Counting"

Their argument:  Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar posted a picture of themselves kissing and encouraged their 350,000+ Facebook followers to follow suit by posting “a happily married picture” to their wall. However, it seems they didn't mean all "married couples".

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar posted the following on Facebook,"God designed marriage to be a loving, dynamic relationship between a husband and wife for a lifetime. God loves marriage and it is supposed to be full of love, joy, fun and romance. Marriage is where romance belongs!"; 

"We are so grateful they, their daughter Jessa and her husband, waited to share their first kiss until after marriage. We've been married 30 years and are still in love! We had fun trying to duplicate Ben and Jessa's happily married kissing picture. We challenge all married couples to take a happily married picture and post it here.  However, it seems they didn't mean all "married couples".  

Validating their opinion

• In the Catholic faith, "marriage is a faithful, exclusive and lifelong union between one man and one woman, joined as husband and wife in an intimate partnership of life and love: (The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops)
• The Catholic Church opposes gay marriage and the social acceptance of homosexuality and same-sex relationships
• Allowing gay couples to wed will weaken the institution of marriage.
• Gay marriage could potentially lead down a "slippery slope" giving people in polygamous, incestuous, bestial, and other nontraditional relationships the right to marry. 

My Counterargument

• The U.S. Constitution protects even the most offensive and controversial speech from suppression under "Freedom of Speech" which is first on Bill of Rights
• Gay marriage is protected by the Constitution's commitments to liberty and equality.
• Same-sex couples should be allowed to publicly celebrate their commitment in the same way as heterosexual couples
• The concept of "traditional marriage" being defined as one man and one woman is historically inaccurate
• Gay marriage would make it easier for same-sex couples to adopt, providing stable homes for children who would otherwise be left in foster care
• Legalizing gay marriage will not harm heterosexual marriages or "family values," and society will continue to function successfully

Possible Compromises

• I applaud their strong faith and belief in God and their sincere desire to adhere to the word of God follow his word as they interpret it is admirable.  However, I do disagree with regard to regulating personal choices in whom we fall in love.   
• Abide by by the Bill of Rights as indoctrinated in the Constitution; On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S.) Bill of Rights, effective December 15, 1791 (constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/bill-of-rights).
• Amendment I (1): Freedom of religion, speech, and the press; rights of assembly and petition Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Project 3 - Research Proposal

After time and thought, my paper will be on the validity and benefits of teaching, learning and using, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills.  

These include:

• Mindfulness Skills
• Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
• Distress Tolerance Skills
• Emotion Regulation Skills

I will write about developing programs and resources for educating people about the values and benefits of using Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills (DBT Skills.) I will focus on implementing ways of "paying forward" DBT skills to "at-risk" youth and adolescents. I will include facts, experiences, and reasons for how and why DBT skills should be taught.

How to Tame a Wild Tongue

In How to Tame a Wild Tongue, the writer describes her background in a dual culture society.  She recalls personal experiences as a child, having multiple required speech classes and being targeted because of the way she spoke. She was treated like Speaking Spanish in America made her less than those who spoke English. Anzaldua claims, "If you really want to hurt me, talk badly about my language...I am my language. Until I can take pride in my language, I cannot take pride in myself."  She struggles with the passion she has for her language and her feelings of not being able to embrace it. Anzaldua describes, “Being Mexican is a state of soul – not a state of mind.”  This thought comes after a lifetime of enduring two cultures’ demands. Realizing a sense of pride from her Latino culture opened a doorway of opportunity into her academic culture.  Knowing she has evolved and is a part of a new future she accepts both cultures’ positives and negatives and uses them to inspire her writings.

If Black English isn't a Language, then tell me what is?

The thesis to this article is located in the first paragraph when James Baldwin states, “The argument has nothing to do with language itself but with the role of language.”  I think that this statement says a lot about the impact that language had/has on the African American race. The article states that people evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances, or in order not to be submerged by a reality that they cannot articulate.  Black English is formed under so many historical conditions of America, it just transformed ancient elements into a new language. We learned that it is a language that while it is different from the standardized English it is still related. As Americans we need to look at it fairly as its own language.  Language brings people together. As the writer says “It goes without saying, that language is also a political instrument, means, & proof of power.” This quote is important to our understanding of language variations & social justice because language is power. Language is the most vivid key to identity so without it you have nothing and the points out, language from place to place.

Malcolm X Prison Studies

A civil rights leader and political activist, Malcolm X’s education came about because of his prison studies. He uses logos by declaring that his writing of EVERY word in the dictionary caused him to understand what books are saying. He also uses logos when he states that he "studied intensely".  He uses pathos by saying that he had never been so free in his life after learning to read, letting the reader relate to the freedom of a book. He also uses pathos when he talks about staying up late and reading because this calls upon to people's need to escape.  He was “escaping” prison by reading.  He also uses pathos when he talks about studying things that might “help the black man” or “battle the white man” which appeals the need to feel safe.  Ethos is used by him saying that an English writer called him, so he must be “someone important”.  He did not receive a formal education from a college or university; he got his education in a different type of institution, prison.

Rhetorical Analysis - Advertisement September 29

Here is the link to the advertisement I chose to write about

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=632CHpeHYZE

• It is an ad for Thai Insurance

• Logos:  Helping others benefits you as well.  He gave money to the girl and as a result she was able to go to school.

• Pathos:   This tugs as your heartstrings for many reasons;   he brings people joy, he bring joy to the dog, he helps a little girl financially so she can go to school.  The woman selling things appears joyful at the end.  The woman who he leaves bananas for hugs him when she finally sees who is leaving them for her.   

• Ethos:  He is reliable; he does the same thing everyday.

They Treat Girls Differently Don't They

Randi Weiss
September 23, 2014
English 101
"They Treat Girls Differently Don't They


Somehow society still has the mindset that there is a right way and a wrong way to be the sex you are.  Boys are told to toughen up and quit crying, girls are showered with messages about how their value is tied to their beauty (as defined by the surrounding culture).  It appears that teachers call on boys more often to make demonstrations in front of their classes; they get more constructive criticism and asked more challenging questions. There is growing recognition that differences between the genders affect the way that males and females think, communicate and behave. These differences manifest themselves in the playground, at school, at home and at work.  It is my observation that boys tend to play different kinds of games from girls and they relate to each other differently. Boys are more hierarchical, whereas girls are more collaborative.  Girls tend to be better at articulating their feelings, but boys tend to answer in class more frequently.  We each have our own set of gifts, interests and abilities. Every personality is unique and different, and much of that will have nothing to do with the sex of the person.