2). Please discuss, in detail, what you learned from reading Chapter 7. Discuss at least 2 things you learned.
Chapter 2 discusses objections and different ways to refute an argument. I learned quite a bit this chapter though. The first thing I learned is how to answer every objection. Every time someone brings up a good point(objection), it is your job as the one making the argument to counter or answer it. For example:
Sean: We need to get more alcohol.
McGavin: We already have some.
Sean: Yeah, but there are girls coming over and they will drink some.
McGavin: So?
Sean: We will run out once they drink ours, so we should get more.
See, here Sean is raising objections which forces McGavin to answer them.
Another thing I learned about is using ridicule. The only problem with ridicule is that it doesn’t do anything to benefit the argument but rather just ends it. For example:
Sean: I hate girls. They all are all backstabbing b*tches.
McGavin: Why cuz you’re ex girl cheated on you? That doesn’t make them all backstabbing.
Sean: Yes it does. They are all the same.
McGavin: Yea, you should probably just turn gay then.
Here, McGavin doesn’t feel like arguing with Sean so he simply ends the argument by using ridicule.
Tell ‘Em,
ReplyDeleteYou always give very vivid descriptions of what you learned in the reading. You do a good job relating what you read in the book to actual circumstances that may have occurred in your life which I think helps you learn the material better. Your description of using ridicule to end an argument was definitely one I wouldn’t think of using but it really works and shows me that a lot of people I hang out with do this all the time when they want to end the conversation or move on to a new topic. Keep up the good examples!!