Analysis Of Bernie Sanders's Speech
In his speech, Bernie Sanders talks about the legalization of marijuana and creating more jobs for the un-employment of people between 17-20. Bernie made the argument on legalization of marijuana seem like marijuana is not harmful and should not be a schedule 1 drug. Bernie compares heroine and marijuana with are both classified as schedule 1 drugs and says marijuana isn’t as dangerous as heroine. When he does this, Bernie is using the Definitional Fallacy by making it seem like marijuana shouldn’t be illegal or be next to heroine on the drug list. This argument might seem effective because a lot of people don’t see marijuana as a schedule 1 drug and should be used as recreationally. People also say that there’s no evidence of the drug killing
people and how its safer than alcohol and cigarettes. The argument could be changed to make it valid by not comparing marijuana to heroine and making it seem its 100 percent safe and has no side effects.
Bernie says that there are more Latinos, black people, and native Americans in American jail then any other country. When Bernie talks about the un-employment of teenagers ranging 17-20 years old he says it’s the blacks, whites and Latinos. Youth un employment for whites is 33 percent, for Latinos it is 36 percent and for black people it is 56 percent. He then goes on saying how if you don’t see a correlation between these two subjects then they are missing something really important. The fallacy in this argument is red herring because he making a correlation between two subjects that don’t really relate to each other. This argument might seem effective because a lot of people agree with there should be more jobs for the people around the ages of 17 and 20. The argument can be changed to make it valid by not comparing it how many and the race of the teens in jail.
people and how its safer than alcohol and cigarettes. The argument could be changed to make it valid by not comparing marijuana to heroine and making it seem its 100 percent safe and has no side effects.
Bernie says that there are more Latinos, black people, and native Americans in American jail then any other country. When Bernie talks about the un-employment of teenagers ranging 17-20 years old he says it’s the blacks, whites and Latinos. Youth un employment for whites is 33 percent, for Latinos it is 36 percent and for black people it is 56 percent. He then goes on saying how if you don’t see a correlation between these two subjects then they are missing something really important. The fallacy in this argument is red herring because he making a correlation between two subjects that don’t really relate to each other. This argument might seem effective because a lot of people agree with there should be more jobs for the people around the ages of 17 and 20. The argument can be changed to make it valid by not comparing it how many and the race of the teens in jail.