Saturday, August 21, 2004
Homework Post 1
Derek Christianson
Tryon
English 1101 F5
19 August 2004
Blog Entry 1 – Dahlia Lithwick, “Babies and Bath Water”
Dahlia Lithwick claims in this article that liberals, very well known as “Bush-bashers”, iconize current President George Bush as a child. Her main point is that the liberals should discontinue their efforts to give George Bush a childish view and focus on the real matters: providing the real children with a “safe and just” childhood.
Lithwick supports her claim by saying that “Bush-bashers” only degrade themselves by picturing George Bush as a child because they’re acting how everyone has expected them to act: as “snotty know-it-alls” that think that every Republican is dumb and simple-minded. Her claim that liberals do nothing to win over current Bush followers is supported by the pure fact that they insult the President. She makes an excellent point that when they insult the President, they’re also insulting the people who voted for him because they believe in the same ideas and principles.
Lithwick doesn’t have very much hard evidence, except in the paragraph where she describes the Presidential debates in the year 2000. She recalled Al Gore’s reactions to everything Bush said. Al Gore was all “sighs and eye-rolls,” which signaled his feeling like an adult debating with a grade-school punk. Liberals could easily debate this information as hard evidence, but sighs and eye-rolls are easy indicators as to how Al Gore pictured George Bush. Although she may not have very much evidence, her logic makes sense.
Rather than referring to research and other hard evidence, Lithwick relies on her own expert opinion. She notices that the liberals tend to only focus on George Bush and ignore his extremely talented staff of advisors that have accomplished a myriad of tasks since Bush has been in office. Lithwick never really acknowledged the opposing viewpoints, but did touch on how the common liberals compares everything the President does to how a child functions and thinks.
Tryon
English 1101 F5
19 August 2004
Blog Entry 1 – Dahlia Lithwick, “Babies and Bath Water”
Dahlia Lithwick claims in this article that liberals, very well known as “Bush-bashers”, iconize current President George Bush as a child. Her main point is that the liberals should discontinue their efforts to give George Bush a childish view and focus on the real matters: providing the real children with a “safe and just” childhood.
Lithwick supports her claim by saying that “Bush-bashers” only degrade themselves by picturing George Bush as a child because they’re acting how everyone has expected them to act: as “snotty know-it-alls” that think that every Republican is dumb and simple-minded. Her claim that liberals do nothing to win over current Bush followers is supported by the pure fact that they insult the President. She makes an excellent point that when they insult the President, they’re also insulting the people who voted for him because they believe in the same ideas and principles.
Lithwick doesn’t have very much hard evidence, except in the paragraph where she describes the Presidential debates in the year 2000. She recalled Al Gore’s reactions to everything Bush said. Al Gore was all “sighs and eye-rolls,” which signaled his feeling like an adult debating with a grade-school punk. Liberals could easily debate this information as hard evidence, but sighs and eye-rolls are easy indicators as to how Al Gore pictured George Bush. Although she may not have very much evidence, her logic makes sense.
Rather than referring to research and other hard evidence, Lithwick relies on her own expert opinion. She notices that the liberals tend to only focus on George Bush and ignore his extremely talented staff of advisors that have accomplished a myriad of tasks since Bush has been in office. Lithwick never really acknowledged the opposing viewpoints, but did touch on how the common liberals compares everything the President does to how a child functions and thinks.
# posted by Derek C @ 9:02 AM 
