Fallacies and Ann Coulter

After watching the clips about Ann Coulter and the arguments she makes, I didn’t find the things she said very persuasive. First of all, she makes fun of people’s physical appearance, and she tends to ignore and purposely misinterpret the ideas of others. For instance, she made fun of Hillary Clinton’s legs. I don’t see what Hillary’s legs have anything to do with politics and Coulter’s argument, yet Coulter seems to just randomly makes fun of people in her books just to make things interesting. Furthermore, she constantly makes false statements in her book. In the clip where Coulter talks with Al Franken, she basically ignored Franken when he pointed out that one of the quotes she made in her book was false, proving that she is untrustworthy.

Overall, what I really disliked about Ann Coulter was when she continued to disregard the opinions of others and then accuse others of doing that to her, especially the part she wrote about the widows. She says the widows shouldn’t come out and speak and allow others to speak, yet when the reporter told her that they never forbid Coulter to say anything, Coulter did not really respond to that statement. Instead, she just says the widows of 9/11 shouldn’t have the freedom to speak their opinions. Basically, Coulter wants to say that only she has the right to say something about the world and politics, and everyone else should shut up and listen. In my opinion, I think Coulter is a hypocrite and that everything that comes out of her mouth or from her book is false. I don’t think anyone should waste time speaking to her or arguing with her about her ideas because she’d probably ignore it and disregard it anyway.

My Opinion on JESUS CAMP

After watching Jesus Camp, I can honestly say that I am not convinced on whatever the argument the documentary is trying to make. It seems to me that the documentary is trying to convince others to become Christians by using children as a persuasive weapon. In my opinion, there are good and bad sides to everything, but the documentary mostly showed the good side of Christianity. There were no other point-of-views from other children who do not believe in Christianity, and to me, that was what made it unconvincing. Furthermore, I think they should not have used children to portray their argument. Children believe in everything anyone tells them. I know, because I believed in everything my teacher or my parents said as a child. I didn’t know how to think for myself. Therefore, I don’t think using children to persuade others into spreading Christianity was very wise.

Another thing I noticed most about the documentary was that the main speaker, Becky Fisher, was not very persuasive in her argument, especially the one about sins. She spoke of people sinning, but it doesn’t seem like she has been doing her part. She spoke of fasting, but it doesn’t look as if she has been fasting in the name of the Lord as well. From my experience, Christianity seems to mean generosity towards others and not being judgmental against others because that’s God’s job. Yet, from the documentary, I see people criticizing others who are different from them. For instance, the Harry Potter comment made no sense to me. I’m positive that Harry Potter has nothing to do with Christianity, so I don’t think Fisher should have used that example to make her points.

Overall, I think the documentary was okay. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t find it very convincing either. If the purpose of the documentary was to show the faiths of children, it should have shown other types of religion that children can have. Anyway, I hope no one got offended by my opinions on the documentary, as I realize that religion is a very sensitive subject. I don’t want to insult anyone with my comments, and I just wrote the truth as I see it.

My Writing Process

When I start to write a paper, I always try to make sure I understand the topic first. I will spend the first day after getting the assignment thinking about the topic and planning my introduction for a paper. After I am confident about understanding the topic of the paper, I usually begin writing. I tend to free write because I think outlines are a waste of time. In high school, my teachers would tell me to write an outline of a paper assignment, and they never helped. My paper never followed the outlines, and I never looked at the outlines to write my paper. I always change everything, so that the paper turns out to be completely different from the outline.

Furthermore, I think free writing is better because it makes your paper sound better. When I free write, I always wait until I feel like it before writing the next sentence. I think this is the best way to write a fluent paper. I also liked to be surprised by my sentences, and I think it makes writing a paper fun. In my opinion, writing should be fun.

The hardest part about writing a paper for me is developing ideas about a topic I dislike. In the past, there were some topics I either didn’t like writing a paper about or just had difficulty understanding the topic. I think it’s very hard to write about something that you don’t like. It’s hard to develop good ideas about a topic if you don’t even like that topic, and I kind of dislike it when people expect something good out of the paper that you hated writing about. I suppose that we can’t have everything we want in life, and I guess I just have to deal with it.

The kind of environment I like writing in is when there is background music. I hate it when it’s really quiet, because the kind of environment that I grew up in was never quiet. My family has always been noisy, so I like it when there is music playing when I’m doing something. It’s what I’m used to.