Protest

In the beginning of Charles Camosy’s somewhat biased article “Why Americans Should Stop Watching Football,” he stresses why we need to give up America’s most famous and most loved sport: football. He has us think of the movie “Concussion,” starring Will Smith. This controversial movie is about how football causes serious brain damage to the players. Camosy says this very movie is given an overall rating of sixth place. He attempts to persuade others’ feelings by using the rhetorical appeal…

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick became a free agent in 2016. He protested racial injustice and police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem of the 2016 preseason. Colin Kaepernick is still a free agent to this day, many believe that he has not to be picked by another team to play because of his actions. Some have found his kneeling during the national anthem to be disrespectful. There are others who believe what he did was an act of justice. Colin Kaepernick…

“I believe that rioting should not be an immediate option when trying to prove a point or an opinion. Those who riot do not prove a point, but rather they bring about destruction and damage to all those around them. Thus, by trying to make changes in society, rioters only bring about destruction instead. “If a rioter causes destruction in order to prove a point, he has come to the solution that violence is the only answer to his problem. By the rioter resorting to violence, he shows his problem…

The Art of Persuasion An activist is a person who seeks for social or economic change; similarly, an extremist is someone who holds intense beliefs and acts upon them. An extreme activist is when someone has fanatical beliefs about social issues and seeks to change them in utmost ways. Two examples of extreme activists are Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. Henry David Thoreau was an American author that was motivated by his disgust with slavery to write the persuasive commentary…

Greece has been at the centre of much media attention over the several months because of the riots that were caused due to the fact that it is once again undergoing changes for the purpose of paying off their large amount of debt, these riots where caused because a large amount of the Greek population are opposed to the terms of the bailout seeing them as unfair (News.com, 2015). This investigation will explore how the media chooses to report the issue using three separate reports based on the…

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” (Voltaire). Often times people might see someone doing something unordinary people began to make a big deal out of it even if it does not affect them. Well recently many people have been starting to kneel down during the national anthem and the pledge. Some people argue that they should not be able to do this but others are not bothered with them expressing their opinion about their lives. With kneeling…

Activism: The policy or action of vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. That is what activism is. Many things go into activism such as social media, vocal power, purpose, evidence & opinion, and finally knowledge on the topic. At the moment I am going to talk about the social media portion. Before you ask why I named this essay “Silent” Activism, let me tell you. Activism is nowhere near silent. In order to be a real activist you have to be loud for your cause. What I…

went out to protest, at the moment that all my friends were preparing everything to go, I was asking my mother if I could go but she explained to me that it was dangerous for a minor to go protest, immediately I went where my friends were to ask them if their really want to do it, I was reluctant to go but one friend began to say that I was scared, making fun of me, I felt so ashamed, I didn’t want to be the coward of the school, as a resulted, I told them that I was going to protest, all of my…

involvement in the war and made that clear through a series of violent and non-violent protests and demonstrations. Along with the problems in the U.S., there were many problems soldiers faced over seas. Soldiers had to fight against in army that used tactics they had never seen before, had to live in terrible conditions, and lacked the morale needed to fight a war. In result of this the U.S. was forced to withdraw…

A reason for the many protests in Venezuela is the lack of income from the oil industry. Venezuela, similar to other South American countries, have oil reserves. However, Venezuela's economy is closely linked to oil production since their economy is dominated by the oil industry. The deterioration of the industry is a direct result of their president, Chavez, policies. This leads to inflation and food shortages, causing the people of Venezuela to protest. Their president, Hugo Chavez, tried to…