Rhetorical Analysis: You Don 'T Protect My Freedom'
What is a Hero?
Soldiers and police officers have had our praise for decades, but do they all deserve our adulation? In the compelling article, “You don’t protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy,” David Masciotra sends doubt into the reader’s system, prompting the question: what is a hero? Masciotra persuades readers that not all of their leaders and fighters are heroic due to the flaws in the security, military, and democratic systems of America. Rhetorically, Masciotra expresses his opinion with logic to justify and validate his claim.
To address those who see American troops through foggy glasses, Masciotra applies logic to authorize his argument: “According to the Pentagon, 38 men are sexually assaulted every single day in the U.S. military.” Providing this number is a recherché disclosure. Stating the number of men raped per day as a statistic makes it impossible for people, especially those with high views of all service men, to …show more content…
First, the author cites a worker straight from military grounds: “Chelsea Manning, now serving time in prison as a whistle-blower, uncovered multiple incidents of fellow soldiers laughing as they murdered civilians.” Murdering anyone that does not hold a threat over the American troops is a war crime and absolutely heinous. The fact that the soldiers were laughing as they stole the lives of innocent people proves that not all soldiers are honorable, integrous people. Revealing that soldiers “preferred passing the time with the “entertainment” of YouTube videos capturing air raids of Iraq and Afghanistan, often making jokes and mocking the victims of American violence”, Masciotra proves to the readers that unfit behavior in our troops is a real concern. Fully aware that this evidence is disturbing, Masciotra affiliates it in his article to open the eyes of marvelling
Soldiers and police officers have had our praise for decades, but do they all deserve our adulation? In the compelling article, “You don’t protect my freedom: Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy,” David Masciotra sends doubt into the reader’s system, prompting the question: what is a hero? Masciotra persuades readers that not all of their leaders and fighters are heroic due to the flaws in the security, military, and democratic systems of America. Rhetorically, Masciotra expresses his opinion with logic to justify and validate his claim.
To address those who see American troops through foggy glasses, Masciotra applies logic to authorize his argument: “According to the Pentagon, 38 men are sexually assaulted every single day in the U.S. military.” Providing this number is a recherché disclosure. Stating the number of men raped per day as a statistic makes it impossible for people, especially those with high views of all service men, to …show more content…
First, the author cites a worker straight from military grounds: “Chelsea Manning, now serving time in prison as a whistle-blower, uncovered multiple incidents of fellow soldiers laughing as they murdered civilians.” Murdering anyone that does not hold a threat over the American troops is a war crime and absolutely heinous. The fact that the soldiers were laughing as they stole the lives of innocent people proves that not all soldiers are honorable, integrous people. Revealing that soldiers “preferred passing the time with the “entertainment” of YouTube videos capturing air raids of Iraq and Afghanistan, often making jokes and mocking the victims of American violence”, Masciotra proves to the readers that unfit behavior in our troops is a real concern. Fully aware that this evidence is disturbing, Masciotra affiliates it in his article to open the eyes of marvelling