Mary Fisher Whisper Of Aids Speech
A Whisper of AIDS
In Mary Fisher’s A Whisper of AIDS speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention, she highlights one of the more grave challenges the world has been facing, and that is the comeback on HIV and the AIDS virus. Fisher’s speech addresses her own account with the virus as well as the mindset and understanding of this virus on a national as well as a global scale. Fisher highlights the conspiracy theories on this virus as well, and urges her audience to take into account that this disease can affect anyone; there is no preference as to who can contract HIV/AIDS.
On this note, being that HIV/AIDS has no specific type of individual on whom to attack, the issue surrounding this speech is the fact that a lot of individuals …show more content…
In paragraph 2 Fisher gives the audience a rough account of the number of persons infected with the HIV/AIDS virus who are either dying or have become deceased (i.e. “Two hundred thousand Americans are dead or dying. A million more are infected”). Paragraph 3 brings to light the fact that though as a human being one may be stereotypical in the matter at hand, AIDS on the other hand is not, and that is something on which to ponder: “AIDS… does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican…whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old.” In other words, AIDS is a disease that strikes at whoever is open to it, and that is the entire human population. Looking at paragraph 9, the speaker states “We must be consistent if we are to be believed.” This means that one cannot falter on making others aware of the hazard at hand, or be a hypocrite to call yay for the movement but nay to acting on it: “We cannot love justice and ignore prejudice”. On the same note of appeal, Fisher also gives an emotional perspective to persuade her audience. An example of these emotional appeals is found in paragraph 14 where she gives an account of the solid foundation her family has given her in the struggle over her HIV positive status. Another example of this emotional appeal can be found in paragraph 18 where, through her own emotional stance on the outcome of the future of her kids, Fisher appeals to the audience in a favorable light to make them think about their own children or those around them who might face the exact situation as
In Mary Fisher’s A Whisper of AIDS speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention, she highlights one of the more grave challenges the world has been facing, and that is the comeback on HIV and the AIDS virus. Fisher’s speech addresses her own account with the virus as well as the mindset and understanding of this virus on a national as well as a global scale. Fisher highlights the conspiracy theories on this virus as well, and urges her audience to take into account that this disease can affect anyone; there is no preference as to who can contract HIV/AIDS.
On this note, being that HIV/AIDS has no specific type of individual on whom to attack, the issue surrounding this speech is the fact that a lot of individuals …show more content…
In paragraph 2 Fisher gives the audience a rough account of the number of persons infected with the HIV/AIDS virus who are either dying or have become deceased (i.e. “Two hundred thousand Americans are dead or dying. A million more are infected”). Paragraph 3 brings to light the fact that though as a human being one may be stereotypical in the matter at hand, AIDS on the other hand is not, and that is something on which to ponder: “AIDS… does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican…whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old.” In other words, AIDS is a disease that strikes at whoever is open to it, and that is the entire human population. Looking at paragraph 9, the speaker states “We must be consistent if we are to be believed.” This means that one cannot falter on making others aware of the hazard at hand, or be a hypocrite to call yay for the movement but nay to acting on it: “We cannot love justice and ignore prejudice”. On the same note of appeal, Fisher also gives an emotional perspective to persuade her audience. An example of these emotional appeals is found in paragraph 14 where she gives an account of the solid foundation her family has given her in the struggle over her HIV positive status. Another example of this emotional appeal can be found in paragraph 18 where, through her own emotional stance on the outcome of the future of her kids, Fisher appeals to the audience in a favorable light to make them think about their own children or those around them who might face the exact situation as