A) Discuss Any Instances of Nonargumentative Persuasion or Pseudoreasoning and Explain

question 72

Essay

A) Discuss any instances of nonargumentative persuasion or pseudoreasoning and explain any slanting techniques you find in the following passage. (We'll comment on features we find obscure, unusual, or tricky.)
B) Rewrite the passage in language that is as emotively neutral as possible but still retains the same informational content.
"Citizens for a Clean Community caused quite a commotion the other day when it announced its campaign to end the sale or rent of so-called adult and X-rated videos and movies."
"There immediately came the usual charges of censorship and free speech violations-as could have been predicted."
"We certainly would be the first to defend someone's right to read or view whatever they please. But make no mistake, those who are offended by this smut have every right to express their frustration by protesting its distribution.... And this kind of material is completely debasing and has no redeeming value whatsoever...."
-Cascade News

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Definitions:

Construct

An abstraction that cannot be seen directly but is valued because it helps organize the myriad of potential observations in the real world.

Content Bias

A condition which occurs when testing materials are more familiar to one group than another.

Epistemology

The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge, its nature, sources, and limitations.

World View

The fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society's knowledge and point of view.