Thursday, July 16, 2009

Essay 3 Presentation (part of my presentation)

Sources that support my thesis
  • Patrick Gary’s “Censorship by the free- speech generation”
  • Identify:
    -Stresses the negative effects of political correctness
    -Argues that intolerance of free speech and the existence of extreme political correctness are not the solution to prejudice in our society
    -Compared the current political correctness and speech code with weed in a lawn as an example. He said, “It is easier and temporarily gratifying to cut it down but unless the roots are pulled out, the weed still lives and grows.”
  • Methodology (Patrick Gary cont.):
    -The critics that is for the argument does not employ a specific theory.
    -Examples used:
    -The analogy of weed in the lawn
    -University of Wisconsin – as it established the first university codes
    -University of Michigan
  • Solutions:
    -Strengths of the author’s claim:
    -Besides making a claim that supports my thesis, the author had many quotes from university deans and other officials from different organizations to strengthen his claim.

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