Fulgham In The Russians Are A Rotated Rot

Fulgham in THE RUSSIANS ARE A ROTTEN LOT says that prejudice and assumptions accumulated from the lack of perception and truth about ones humanity leads to the choice of separation, and in some occurrences, war. The author begins the editorial by reciting a version of the bias news that would have been heard by Americans, and others opposing Russia, during the Cold War. By strongly stating, “the Russians are a rotten lot, immoral, aggressive, ruthless, coarse, and generally evil,” the reader is indirectly given the option to side with or against Fulgham for the remaining text. No matter the reader’s choice, they would be making assumptions based off the brief, opinion-based information. After inserting the bias view and compelling the reader to chose a side, Fulgham introduces a sergeant major in the Russian Army stationed in Angola who had been capture by
The author points out that after he is put in the prison, Pestretsov is no longer in the view we’ve been seeing him as, “Not a 'Russian' or 'Communist' or 'soldier' or 'enemy' or any of those categories. Just-a-man, who cared for just-a-woman, for just-a-time, more than anything else.” Now, he is no longer talked about as a Russian, but a man; the element of separate, of difference, is no longer incorporated. The similarity is made more prominent when Fulgham praises Pestretsov for dignifying that covenant that is the same in any language, a vow mainly used in wedding ceremonies. He is praised for being a man like the rest of us because all grieve and make vows in partnerships. By the end of the editorial, Fulgham proves his point that, while we see us as different from the Russians and divide from them, we are indeed similar; Humankind will judge others based on opinionated or limited knowledge and completely forget the fact that all of humanity share the same emotional