Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Jim Webb Appeals to Pathos

Jim Webb is asked a controversial question about undocumented immigrants receiving Obamacare. He uses a story about how he supports undocumented immigrants receiving Obamacare because his wife is an immigrant and refugee. He talks about how she did not speak English as a child, but was eventually able to graduate from Cornell University. He discusses how this is the "American Dream" and we need to have good immigration policies in order to have people achieve the American Dream. By using real life examples, Webb is able to appeal to the Pathos of voters.

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  1. This post got me to think about the connection between appealing to pathos and use of the availability heuristic. Both of them use vivid experiences to get their point across and make it more memorable later on. I wonder if they're actually just the same thing under different names?

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